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                        The first thing that gets me is Devs having a $1 support level on Patreon. Let's be honest you never really get anything for it and Devs after the BS and fees from Patreon it only adds up to a few cents after that my advice is to get rid of that tier.
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                     I agree, the $1 pledge takes a big cut and there usually isn't a big reward for the patron. However since Patreon is enforcing all NSFW content be hidden from public, the $1 tier serves the purpose of NSFW previews of content that's being developed.
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                        don't hold out on game material and make high priced Special versions with more content just to milk it. As he would tell me why set on Content and material if I can't give it to all my Regular supporters at the same time. It's just stupid and makes you look greedy.
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                     I agree. I absolutely don't understand how someone can finish an update, release it 2 weeks early and call it an "early release". Let's be real, this is an artificially delayed release for lower tiered supporters. Same with the special versions. Seems unfair to dedicate a huge part of your monthly development time towards higher paid tiers while snubbing your other supporters who are usually the bread and butter of your income anyways.
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                     The two things aren't actually related.
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                     You don't buy games on Patreon - you choose to sponsor a developer.  It's all about the support, not the product.  Piracy is all about the product.  Piracy would affect sales on Steam, certainly.  But if it is affecting sponsorship levels in a negative sense, then it is absolutely a sign that the devs were trying the wrong monetization method - trying to rent out the game for a forever-recurring monthly sum, and not actually engendering support for their work itself, only for it's product.
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                     Or put an even simpler way, piracy simply steals what you already produced.  Patreon isn't there to sell what you already produced at all - it's entire purpose is to let people sponsor you for what you will produce in future.  Patreons give money to support what you have not yet created, not what you have.
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                        The two things aren't actually related.
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                        You don't buy games on Patreon - you choose to sponsor a developer.  It's all about the support, not the product.  Piracy is all about the product.  Piracy would affect sales on Steam, certainly.  But if it is affecting sponsorship levels in a negative sense, then it is absolutely a sign that the devs were trying the wrong monetization method - trying to rent out the game for a forever-recurring monthly sum, and not actually engendering support for their work itself, only for it's product.
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                        Or put an even simpler way, piracy simply steals what you already produced.  Patreon isn't there to sell what you already produced at all - it's entire purpose is to let people sponsor you for what you will produce in future.  Patreons give money to support what you have not yet created, not what you have.
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                     Your logic seems flawed as the whole point of Patreon is to Monetize your content why do you think game devs have different levels of support to lock people out of content they did not pay for. Also the view that I have gotten from most devs I talk to is the modal we use on Patreon is a Software as a service Payment modal where the end user has no ownership over the game.  there copy of the game is rented and each subscription payment is a license for 30 days of use. If there was no intent to monetize then they can use a blog or F95 directly. We don't use DRM because of the expense. Same reason we don't issue DMCA takedowns cost.
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                        Your logic seems flawed as the whole point of Patreon is to Monetize your content why do you think game devs have different levels of support to lock people out of content they did not pay for. Also the view that I have gotten from most devs I talk to is the modal we use on Patreon is a Software as a service Payment modal where the end user has no ownership over the game.  there copy of the game is rented and each subscription payment is a license for 30 days of use. If there was no intent to monetize then they can use a blog or F95 directly. We don't use DRM because of the expense. Same reason we don't issue DMCA takedowns cost.
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                     No, my logic is simply more logical.
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                     You're basing yours on what the platform itself is capable of and has the buttons for.  That's fairly typical for a programmer-like mindset, and not at all uncommon or anything to be ashamed of, so don't take it as a put down.
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                     I'm a marketing geek.  It means that I look at things more from the perspective of the psychology of the actual customers, because that's where the actual money comes from.  I don't so much care what the platform does, other than where it can marry up with what the actual customers want, and where it really doesn't.
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                     Patreon, as a platform, is simply a twist on the ideas of Kickstarter, GoFundMe, etc, where the developers (not one of them with a degree in psychology or a long history in sales and marketing) thought of how to turn it into a recurring fee platform for patronage.  It's a useful twist, and thus is doing okay.  The users getting the most out of it are the ones using it in the ways that connect with what customers want to achieve - which is the psychology side.
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                     Now, SAAS for games is a tricky and complex issue, and there are way, way more failures than successes.  In fact, the entire gaming industry was turned upside down by, in particular, World of Warcraft, and the obsession companies suddenly all felt to try to copy and emulate it's success.  And not one single game, even those with billion-dollar backing, has ever managed to actually rival it.
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                     The SAAS model absolutely depends on the Freemium model.  Free to Play, but paid membership gets you extras of various kinds, mostly around quality of life and speed of progression, and that in turn depends on being MMO - massively multiplayer, where all those free accounts actually add value to the experience of those who pay (even if only by giving them more trade options, more targets, etc).
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