This is now the biggest kickstarter ever - and failed previously trying to raise $125k. The verge have quite a nice write up but I imagine there's a lot of interesting writing to come on this one. http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/27/6074101/the-biggest-kickst...
In the original video, at 2:54, you can see the red trim in the upper right come unstuck. The new design is obviously more well thought out and way more pleasing.
Can anyone offer an explanation as to how this product just became the biggest Kickstarter ever? In no way was that a dig at the product -- props to them for their success -- I'm just having a hard time comprehending how a coolbox has exceeded every other project on Kickstarter.
I have similar thoughts concerning the coolest (and I am an American). My conclusion was that its appeal is inherently different than the Ouya or Pebble, and that my conceptions of what should and shouldn't be a wildly successful kickstarter are constrained by my tech-oriented mindset.
I'm assuming their product appeals to a different (and larger crowd) than the early adopters of wearables or a new gaming system, in which case their success, though unpredictable, seems much more reasonable.
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I'm assuming their product appeals to a different (and larger crowd) than the early adopters of wearables or a new gaming system, in which case their success, though unpredictable, seems much more reasonable.