With kickstarter I at least understand that you pay for it once and hopefully get the game later, but I never understood patreon (when it's used for more than a tip jar). You pay monthly for something which doesn't even have an actual deadline. Over time you spent a shitton of money on something someone will buy with half the cash. So it looks even more funny to me.
You want my honest answer ?
I will bring the big umbrella then, to cover myself. Because i suspect that soon there will be lots of fliying objects in my direction.
In my opinion people who do Patreon are one of these categoryes :
1- Porn addicted that live in a basement or their parents house. People that almost never see the light of the day, and so all they do is porn, porn and porn. In such a scenario, porn is one of their few meanings of life, so they pay on Patreon in the hope to see always new porn games developed.
2- People that spend their money carelessly, and if things go bad that they whine because they don't get what they desired. And they do not accept that.
Trust me, i know a man that buy a new mobile phone each time a new model get developed, and throw away the last model even if it still works.
3- People that have no value of money. Probably kids that ask their parents to open up a Patreon account for them (18+ age rule).
4- / 5- / 6- / 7- People that have absolutely no value of money and should be ashamed, because there are countless people out there that are starving, while you spend 20 dollars per month for porn. I can't stress this point enough.
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If they only pay a reasonable amount, like 1-2 dollars per month : normal people. Nothing wrong with that. You spend a reasonable amount and the developers gain enough money to be motivated.