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Is there a Kickstarter hangover? Genuine question--I've been hearing about "Kickstarter fatigue" for years now, and I'm not sure the data is there to support it

• fudged71 13y ago
  In my opinion, it's not kickstarter itself that will experience the fatigue, but the 3D printing category itself. Very similar products are coming out in a very short amount of time. I expect a dozen new printers to come out on kickstarter before these are even shipped. What's that going to do to people's expectations? We couldn't be higher on the hype cycle right now. I think many people will be disappointed with 1. the a huge difference in quality between printers, 2. you can usually only print one color, 3. it's typically not a simple process to print, 4. printing takes a long time, 5. learning how to use/maintain/calibrate the printer takes a really long time
• kaonashi 13y ago
  The metric of being 'on time' seems rather irrelevant; being successful at delivering a product that lives up to expectations seems more to the point.