MarkoH01: The fact that backers had to pay as well only means that they wanted to take money for it from the start.
Sir_Kill_A_Lot: No really? I know you aren't stupid but this makes it sound like you think game development is done with pure love and game developers who want to be getting paid are greedy scum.
The whole purpose of Kickstarter is to get as much money as possible upfront to design and make a product.
Please don't put any words into my mouuth I never used. I never said the devs were greedy I never even said that they SHOULD give this documentary away for free. All I said is that in my experience those things usually come as a free bonus. Even the fact that I say that they wanted to get money for it from the get go does not contain any statement about them being greedy it only says that they wanted to make mopney for it. I did not critizise it I just said that this is no argument for explaining WHY they take money. And just for your information (and I still don't critizise what they did) I know at least one indie dev who made a making off completely available for free to watch on youtube - and I am talking about a three man team here. So yes, it is possible. But again: the value of the product imo pretty much depends on the depth of the documentary. Most making ofs are (again experience) not much more than a PR product and paying for PR simply is not my cup of tea. That is my opinion only - I never said something like "please don't buy, they are greedy" or anything similar. It's just MY opinion that for me in most cases making ofs are not worth paying additional money.
Sir_Kill_A_Lot: Just look at most other video game Kickstarter projects: You get the game for x and the game plus goodies for >x.
Digital goodies may include OST, art books and making-of stuff. This is not uncommon.
Especially the making-of stuff may be released for free (like you said), but this happens at a much later point in time (e.g. the Broken Age documentary is now available on YouTube).
I can just repeat what I already said: some making of documentarys might be worth it but in most cases they are just PR and I would not pay additional money for PR. Also in my experience you often get making of documentarys for free on youtube. Just to make it perfectly clear: this does NOT mean they should give it out for free, it only means that I am not their target group.
Sir_Kill_A_Lot: Or maybe it's because you mostly see the free stuff and never bothered for pre-order stuff etc. People may pay for this to either support the cause or to get this stuff before others.
Again: Please tell me when I told people to not buy. I just said that I(!) won't buy. Let me quote myself here:
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But there might be fans of the game willing to pay additional money for it - I am not one of those."
I really don't understand why you are feeling attacked by me. I only stated my point of view and my own opinion about PR stuff you have to pay for. I did not critizise it, I just said that I am not one of those who wil buy those. I even added that "some people might be such big fans that they would want to buy it" ... so I just stated things as they are - nothing nore and nothing less.