And yet, some of you feel only one of those platforms (Kickstarter) deserves any reward.
Did anyone argue against SEA getting any rewards? Having kickstarter rewards remain rewards for kickstarter doesn't prevent SEA from getting rewards that may or may not be similar. On the other hand, giving everyone kickstarter rewards means that people who backed the game long before there was a public alpha don't even get a temporary symbolic gesture of thanks (aside from the higher tiers that included content creation or listing in the credits).
As mentioned earlier, for the same price that the game is available through Steam Early Access, Kickstarter backers received:
2 digital copies of the game
1 digital soundtrack
A listing as a backer in the credits
A Kickstarter forum badge
And that's not even counting the digital rewards (2 Kickstarter potions and Zandalor's Trunks of Epic Intelligence). How can that possibly be labeled as
"don't even get a temporary symbolic gesture of thanks". I think an extra copy of the game, the digital soundtrack, the forum badge, and a listing in the credits is a pretty nice "thanks".
For comparison, $40 Steam Early Access backers received a single copy of the game.
