Think about how Minecraft did their pricing, it was cheaper to buy the game when it was in alpha and beta, so people felt like they were getting a deal and they were supporting a game. On kickstarter is seems to me people expect the game to be included at any funding level that equal or less than the final cost of the…
Crowd funding isn't pre-ordering - which was the primary sourcing for MineCraft iirc - so the two funding models are not really comparable. Crowd Funding has to be seen as an 'investment' in the same way companies offers shares up for purchase (even if this is not the case) because that's how the regulatory bodies see it.…