I said that there was only assumptions, of course some improvments have been made, but I cannot recall for any major feature which was not anounced during the kickstarter campaign... and as Larian is a firm, we should assume that indeed, they need to spare money if they want to make another game...
Getting features implemented in their most basic state is one thing. Getting them to a working, polished, bug-free state is quite another. I think you're making the assumption that the money raised through Kickstarter was able to single-handedly pay for all the promised stretch goals. And yet, despite receiving funding from both Kickstarter and Steam they've been open about going over-budget (and not being able to add the final stretch goal). It should be obvious that Kickstarter alone has not been able to finance all the costs.
If Larian Studios says the money made via Early Access is being invested back into the game, why doubt them? I feel like we're picking and choosing which statements to believe here, which is a little too convenient for my tastes.
Case in point:
Really successful games sell hundreds of thousands of copies or millions of copies....I do believe this game will be successful, but less than 20k took a leap for it long before they could play it.
Or, as Larian Studios seems to believe, the problem has been with "word of mouth" and getting information about the game out. Just because X number of people pledged on Kickstarter doesn't mean that's all the people in the world who were willing to back this game earlier in development. Divinity : OS wasn't even on my radar until it showed up on Steam's front page one day, and this type of game is probably my favorite. Not everyone follows Kickstarter (that, coupled with a lack of media attention), which is why games on Steam Early Access do so much better comparatively.
I don't even like Steam, but I'm not going to sit here and pretend the benefits reaped through Larian Studio's decision to make the game available through Steam's Early Access program weren't enormous. I am just in awe that some of you are trying to play them down in an attempt to make a point.
