I would say that most crowd-funded games turn out great. In addition to the games you listed above, here are a slew of other great games on GOG to show how much merit a crowd-sourced video game project can have:

Among the Sleep
The Banner Saga
Broken Age
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller
Divinity: Original Sin
Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey
Freedom Planet
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Kentucky Route Zero
Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded
Lifeless Planet
Resonance
Shadowrun Returns
Shovel Knight
Sir, You Are Being Hunted
Wasteland 2

and the recently released Sunless Sea.

But, seeing as Cavenagh has already realized the error of his broad generalization, we should probably get back to the topic at hand. So, speaking of Nightcry; only $50k to go! With three days left, it will be tight, but I've seen many projects come through in those final few days.

I would be really disappointment if it doesn't get funded now after coming so close, now I am emotionally invested in this.

Not a problem; I'll confess that I can be perhaps a little sensitive about <> crowdfunding: it's something that I see as a very positive development (and not just for games, come to that). Indeed, perhaps I'm also a little worried about sentiment turning against it due to misunderstandings (people looking at it as a pre-order and then being upset about projects falling through, for example).

I suspect that a significant attempt to make use of crowdfunding on the part of a publisher like those mentioned (or a move towards doing so on a regular basis) might result in a bit of an outcry, and perhaps some derision. After all, part of the point of crowdfunding--as I understand it, at least--is to enable projects either to be made independent of such publishers or for which funding is lacking.

I certainly see where all the people that avoid Kickstarter backing are coming from. I've smelled a few obvious scams, it's harder to sniff out such things in crowdfuning.

Oh, and Project Scissors has gotten more than it's original goal of $300,000.