More RPGs in the market never a bad thing. People have pledged (including me) to the Shadowrun game over 1 millon $ without knowing what it will be. They too didn’t have concrete ideas about what will be the mechanics of the game and haven’t quite an experience in the CRPG area (designing P&P RPGs is a different area I think).
I perceive these pledges as investment, an investment for a better future with lots of old school RPGs in the market. I don’t know you, but 15 $ investment aren’t so much for me for these possibilities. I have pledged over 10 projects in Kickstarter and nothing is certain if any of them will be able to deliver the experience we want. But, again it’s an investment for me. There’s always a possibility that they would botch the game, but losing 15 $ won’t ruin me.
We, the CRPG players are a bunch of gamers in a vast gamer crowd. Many of you may not agree with me but, if we are reluctant to pledge 15 $ to the possibility of bring in a new old school style RPG to the market, then I honestly think we don’t have the right to complain about the current state of RPG market.* I’m surprised that many of the people in the forum think like a CEO of the leviathan publisher companies we dislike because of their lack of interest in RPGs.