There are a lot of reasons to go to Kickstarter even if you have the money:

Judge interest. Nobody wants to spend time and money on a game nobody wants.

Feedback. You get a lot of people to talk about your game, provide feedback to your design, and later test it.

More than you bargained for. If Brian Fargo spent $900k creating Wasteland 2, it wouldn't be anywhere near the game it would be at $3m. Kickstarter can mean a better game than you were planning.

There are more reasons, but basically Kickstarter is the logical place to go if you have a project. It's a lot more logical to try it than not try it.

I know this topic is a bit old now, but I saw this and had to share it...what?! The pitch video is just a bunch of other games' trailers...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2019921814/alkah-games

Haha, that is one of the most bizarre Kickstarters I have seen. They have never made a game but "want to become like WoW [...] but at a better price".

From the Risks and Challenges section: "The risks is money wise and going completely broke lol".

I also like that their only pledge level is $100, which would give you 300,000 in-game points of completely undefined value. Shut up and take my money!

Their goal is a modest $15,000, despite the Risks and Challenges: 'Other than that the main challenge would be creating my own game after all the private servers were up and going'. Their budget must be fascinating, if they have one.

Wow that has to be the worse KS I've seen to date. They have nothing to offer us but holo words and no facts.

highlights:
"Alkah Games is trying to get some of the best PC games out there to the public either free or cheaper than most games."
So does he want to become a digital distributor? And is your company/business registered in the USA?
I don't think you can name your company/business without registering... Alkah Games... would have to look it up.

"Team" is that code word for only one person? A team of 1?

I'm going to name my team "BAZ" :P

If I can't tell what you're trying to do on your Kickstarter page, you might want to rethink it...hahaha.

Best ever!
lol, indeed!

That...is the most delusional kickstarter of the year. Maybe more like decade.
Wow.
I mean.. it must be a joke right? The only reward tier is $100 for some microtransaction "points".

Personally, I'm holding out waiting for the kickstarter for "Goat Petting Simulator 2"

It can be very popular in many sheep-o-file countries ;)

The trailers and play-through videos on Youtube for the first Goat Petting Simulator seem rather popular so perhaps you're right! :)

Oh wow... that's just... wow.

Clueless creators who slap together something akin to an imageboard post (worse, in fact, because even purveyors of guro would frown on WinXP default desktop pictures) in the span of time between two beers are a dime a dozen. The really fun nonstarters are those where the creator is very obviously out of touch with reality, has spent considerable effort and expects to be funded. Lore, Your World, and the Thora Birch movie are examples of this, but my all-time favorite is this series of Christian furry pedo porn. The guy is so far into the closet that he's chatting up Mr. Tumnus.

^what makes that alkah particularly insane is that it doesnt even make it clear what they would be funding.. other than "servers i guess?" and "games like WoW". Even more insane... apparently they planned on funding it with $100 donations alone.
lol.. that thora birch film kickstarter is funny... but then again.. if the goal had been 200k and featured a video with messages from some of those names (theyr not really very big names).. it actually probably wouldv done well. But it should go without saying, if youre doing a movie kickstarter you need a kickstarter video that shows off your film skills a little.

Here's my nomination for delusional Kickstarter-wannabe of the week. Enjoy!