Sony owns the trademark on the name and is the original publisher. I guess I'll contribute a bit now. Saw this just now about why they're using Kickstarter:

http://www.harmonixmusic.com/blog/wh...o-kickstarter/

They had a nice little bump these past two days. Making another $300K in three days still looks difficult, but no longer seems like an impossibility.

Fence-sitters, please help out if you can!

Kicked in $35

Does Harmonix have the ability to extend the end of their Kickstarter campaign to the full 30 days, or is it DOA if they don't meet their goal by Friday?

They bumped up a $35 tier that included $20 of post-launch DLC, but limited it to 1000 units and it disappeared quickly. I'd have gone for that but with their stupid limit they've capped themselves at an additional $15,000 in funds and are still over $200,000 short with 66 hrs to go. Brilliant!

Yeah I would have bumped up to the $35 if they opened it up to more than 1000 people. Now is that PS2 case just decorative, or does it include a physical edition of the game? Because one would be nice, the other would be interesting but useless.

Pretty sure it's just the case + artwork, no disc.

Yeah, just a box with artwork. Not worth $100 in the least. I still have the original box for this game (lord knows why since I can't play the disc any more)

Looks much more like they're going to make it - currently at 80%, "trending" towards 90%. Should probably eek across the finish line just in time.

I might up my pledge to get that print, if it's down to the wire and it seems like they may not reach their goal.

Yeah I figured as much about the box. Another question: They claim it's a PS3/4 redemption code, but does that mean that I can have it on both systems, or do I have to pick one or the other?

It's a "cross-buy" code, which means you'll get it on both systems:
http://www.vitaplayer.co.uk/playstat...oss-buy-guide/

I hope this hits its goal, $75k to go.

Wow, $70k to go with 30hrs left. Is it going to make it!?!? This is going to come down to the wire.

Thanks, glad I can get it for PS4 eventually (if I get one).

I got my friend to go in for $20! His only stipulation is that I listen to 2 Nerdist podcasts.

As you see in my post above, they were $300,000 short with three days and then $200.000 short with 66 hrs to go. They'll make it easily now that it looks certain to hit their goal. I'm really surprised since it was so far below their goal a few days ago when I bumped this thread.
Look at the graph at Kicktraq. That's a huge, late bump

I bet other devs are kicking in money. Nobody wants Harmonix to fail.

They did get three $10,000 contributions in the past couple days for the deluxe tier reward

It seemed to get a little more press lately, I saw a post on Kotaku about it. I know devs like Insomniac put in 7500.

I upped my pledge to the next tier yesterday.

has to make $24k in 24 hours

The $40 tier where you get it two weeks early or the $70 where you get swag?

Less than $7k away now

Cleared the goal

Funded and now they have added stretch goal.

1st one is Online Head to Head MP - 1.125M

They'll never make it. (unless they extend the Kickstarter deadline -- now that they've hit their goal before their self-imposed deadline, why not?)

I wish we'd get Vita Cross-Buy, but that's a pipe dream