Backer Exclusive Content?

- Change exclusive to [blank] and let people know its for everyone.
- Then as a backer, state the only exclusive is the name in the credits for that tier and up.
- Piss off people so they never trust another campaign again which says "exclusive".
- And make "trusting in a brand" just a lie.
- Give people the chance to get the money back for that "exclusive" content since its not anymore.

This argument seems to boil down to "Ego's vs. Expanding the Appeal of the Game"

Punch in the face... kick in the teeth... a promise will be broken and I will have lost faith in Iga and company, my purchase will be devalued... Really? You had the opportunity to help shape the game and participate in the community, thats not being taken away... Your name will forever be in the credits, thats not taken away... Your game will have the slipcase that says your an extra special backer person, that won't be taken away and any physical rewards your entitled too keychains, stickers, books, CD's.... whatever will be given to you. However the "exclusive" content promised to you... will be given to you!

Everything that was promised will be given to you... and yet you'll feel lied too and punched and kicked in the teeth? So much so that you'll want your money back? I'm not saying you don't have the right to feel this way and I do understand where you're coming from, (That WAS the wording used) but I really don't get it as your losing nothing. I backed the project so the project would succeed not so I could stream/twitch an Iga Superboss and Swordwhip run and say look at what I can do and you can't.

And this isn't even Iga's decision to make, It seems that Angel and 505 will be making the decision. I doubt he even decided on there being exclusive content.

I've heard suggestions to change what the exclusive is... sept this solves nothing as it's still an "exclusive" no matter what suggestion is made, I've seen the suggestion to cheapen the value of the exclusive content... so much so that it seems like most WANT the Iga superboss to be a dumb lil afterthought and the swordwhip to be a throw away weapon... (why would anyone think this is a good solution?) The more complex the solutions that we create the greater number of people are potentially slighted. The only compromise I've heard that I've found remotely reasonable and interesting is some sort of indicator in online listings that your a backer attached to your profile maybe like a specially colored shard of stained glass or Iga giving a thumbs up or something. This wouldn't fragment the game at all no special patches needed (least I don't think so) just a special "hey you" for all to see.

I think the choice should really just be, either the exclusive content is a code included with the backer game that enables an exclusive download, or the word "exclusive" is dropped and it's available to everyone. I personally won't stop supporting the game either way but I know without a doubt only one of those choices is better for the community as a whole, I also know that not all of $60+ backers care about "exclusiveness", I certainly don't and of the ones that do how many will still care 6 months after the games out... 1 year after they've either finally or long since put the game on the shelf for the time being? Yet 1 year later there will still be fans buying this game I hope... and 5 years from now when Bloodstained 2 comes out this game again will be up for grabs, it may very well be *remastered* for a new generation will you still feel cheated if that version has the "exclusive" content?

I made this thread to hear other peoples voices and i didn't really want to chip in at all since it's about gaining varied perspectives, but i feel i need to express where i'm coming from in relation to roguedragon05 's post, please forgive the formatting as the quote function does not like to work for me:

roguedragon05 said:
"Punch in the face... kick in the teeth... a promise will be broken and I will have lost faith in Iga and company, my purchase will be devalued... Really? You had the opportunity to help shape the game and participate in the community, thats not being taken away... Your name will forever be in the credits, thats not taken away... Your game will have the slipcase that says your an extra special backer person, that won't be taken away and any physical rewards your entitled too keychains, stickers, books, CD's.... whatever will be given to you. However the "exclusive" content promised to you... will be given to you!"

As I only backed at $60 so my name WONT be in the credits, my game WONT have any kind of slipcase, and I DIDNT back for any kind of physical reward, or even a physical copy of the game. I have backed only for digital copy and i have genuine reasons for not wanting anything physical, so in these circumstances my tier reward in it's entirety is potentially (more likely probably) being given to all, so there's no reward other than the fact that the game comes to fruition. It's not that i want to gate content away from people it's just that i backed that particular tier because (a) i wouldnt have to have anything physical and (b) i wanted an edition of the game that was going to vary somehow from a standard retail copy just as a recognition because our investment in the project was important at the time. I'm not suggesting the content should remain exclusive, i get that it's a business decision but what would be a fair solution for someone in my position, who essentially is looking at not really getting any tier reward going forward?

First off monk I know that I did quote you a couple times there but my post was meant to be directed to the "exclusive" side in general I was drawing from several different comments and loped em together alil, maybe that was disingenuous I don't know, if it was I do apologize. Secondly I totally understand where your coming from you definitely deserve a nod... all I can say in defence of my position in relation to yours is that... your still not "losing" anything. I do think that some sort of online notification of this is a backer would be a cool thing, and I'm not going to stop supporting the game if the content is locked off for good or if it's given out at a later date, my only issue with it being given out at a later date is that I personaly don't want the game to be fragmented from the base game/disc/download it's not a deal breaker for me but it would irritate me.

Haha, thanks for understanding. Sorry if I'm reading more tension in this stuff than really exists .

I will say that I was wrong on one point

"Ego's vs. Expanding the Appeal of the Game" Isn't the truth or accurate to say... I guess perhaps more so it's that many feel that a promise should be kept regardless... But when the keeping of your word is more important then improving the communities experience or the product, I just think it's too the detriment of both personally. Anyways that's my piece on the subject.

Make alucart stuff for "everyone" while backers get alucard stuff.

See what I did there?

I like that idea.  Backers get the Iga Boss and Iga Sword-Whip while non backers get the same, but with some terrible pun or other word play with Igas name.  I wish I knew enough Japanese to actually put together a terrible pun.

So since they are thinking about not making different versions for backer versions content and mass market versions. Does that mean the $28 digital copy is getting the backer content also? I'm not criticizing I might add a digital copy to the $60 I already did a while a go. I thought missing content was worth the extra 32 for the backer exclusive content since its a lot of extra stuff. If this was already asked and answered please let me know where to look.