Kinda funny games pulling it DOWN

I saw a link on hacker news of the highest earning Patreon campaigns and was surprised to see how well Kinda Funny games is doing. Good for those guys. Between the two Patreon campaigns, they are the number 2 earning group on Patreon, pulling in about 50k a month. Well done, guys. I hope the guys here as doing as well financially.

Wow, forget Kinda Funny, there is an artist pulling down $30,000 every two weeks.

Anyway, I still wonder about the sustainability of Patreon. It's great that these guys are able to make a living off of crowd funding now, but what about in six months or a year?

The fucking state of that list.

"Hi, I'm creating an adult RPG...." ££££££

Great googly moogly.

Who knew animated porn was such a lucrative industry.

Number one draws half naked anime and videogame characters.

Its times like this I hope the guys behind Star Citizen are actually researching into a cure for cancer.

I don't mind people buying and playing adult video games, but holy hell those games looks like garbage.

@mb: Colin and Greg started kinda funny in January so they've already sustained succes for 7 months and counting. And their subscriptions have gone up, not down, over that time. Their model seems pretty similar to giantbomb to me really.

japanese tentacle connoisseurs?

People that pay for porn baffle me. And by baffle, I mean terrify.

Does this include Patreon's cut? Also for Kinda Funny that's minus website/production expenses and then divided by four (plus whoever else they pay). So really it's not a terribly large amount. I'm sure it helps but I wouldn't call it raking in the dough.

Man is it a fucking bummer to see Crash Course (an awesome youtube channel with lectures and lessons on a whole slew of educational topics) behind two different creepy porn games/shows.

@finaldasa: I really doubt it's divided evenly by 4. Colin and Greg are on record that they each made 6 figures at ign.

That sounds insanely high. I don't imagine any of then took on a venture like this without being somewhat prepared that it wouldn't be successful right away. But my overall point is that it sounds like a lot of money but none of them are suddenly wealthy beyond compare.

I mean seriously as an illustrator myself I can appreciate the work that goes into it but 60k a month? That person is certainly talented but that is not 60k a month quality art. Good for them though, it is an artists dream to be able to simply do what you love and get a steady income for it.

Hope they keep it up. And that greg manages to stay shirted.

@finaldasa: 100,000/year isn't insane wealth if you live in San Francisco, New York, LA, Boston, etc. don't get me wrong, it's definitely comfortable but it isn't living the high life by any means.

@bceagles128: I'm guessing $100k there is worth around what $50-60k is everywhere else. Dude's aren't rich by any means but they ain't hurting, either.

everyone should be supporting uhh yeah dude instead

Happy to see LoadingReadyRun and the Comedy Button fairly high up on that list too, but wish Retronauts would be up there too, they are down at number 147 with $3k a month.

They deserve it, they put out quality content at a rate that rivals this very website.

Personally, the fact that there are people who will pay a hefty monthly fee for illustrated pornography is a stunning revelation, only because there are so many of them. And not to get too political, but the fact that the guys who are "making" The Sarkeesian Effect have more people giving them money than both We Have Concerns and Retronauts is a goddamn travesty.

My favorite tidbit about the horrors of US late capitalism is that L.A.'s recent minimum wage hike isn't even enough to cover the cost of living in any part of Los Angeles County, period.

Good for them.

They're splitting between four different guys, right? I'm guessing they make a decent amount of Youtube money as well. That's still about the same as probably what they made at IGN.

That 60k guy's art is really damn good looking though, I wish I could draw and use digital media half as well as he could.

I had to look up that second one, and Jesus fucking Christ. I can't believe people are still talking about gamergate like it's relevant anymore, and they actually use "Social Justice Warrior", ugh.

Recently started getting really into their stuff. I honestly never visited IGN because I just flat out didn't like the website, so I didn't really know anything about them outside of Greg Miller's appearance on here.

I've become a big fan, they do quality stuff and I hope it continues to work for them. It will be interesting to see how long Patreon works in general.

I really enjoy a lot of their stuff and it's good to see them doing well. I like the model they have which sits somewhere between the Giant Bomb style subscription and crowdfunding. I think if Patreon does begin to drop off they will ultimately move to exactly the GB model of direct subscriptions. Of course they are also generating income from Youtube/Twitch and podcast sponsors.

Who knew you could make a cool $60 grand a month drawing pornographic fan-art?

Since when has "pulling it down" meant earning money? Damn you young'ins.

meh, Greg Miller is alright in small doses but I can't stand Colin Moriarty.

@mems1224 said:

My thoughts exactly.

I hate this forum post.... only because I've learned that a porn video game is the second highest paid patreon. I'm going to pull a great quote from their patreon page.

"...we want to make a game that is so fun and addictive that you'd want to play it even without all the fucking. That said, the fucking is pretty important to us too."

$34,000 a month people.

Capitalism does great things sometimes, great erotic-creepy-anime things.

At least this way we know where to start searching when we have to start putting weird animated sex lovers in jails.

They also employ another dude (Kevin?) full time.

That's funny. I've always thought Jeff and Colin were very similar except that one is filled with California stereotypes and the other is filled with East Coast stereotypes.

@mb: I'm sure those people / groups are smart and wise enough to have another revenue source then just Patreon.

Btw anybody know what Patreon's cut is of the money if any?

Giant Bom IS the internet's number one location for naked cartoon pussy. GB should start a patreon.

good to see Uhh Yeah Dude in the top 50. those guys should be the ones making 60,000 a month.

agreed

Never heard of patreon, but i need to get down on this. 10g+ a month drawing anime boobs? What the fuck have I been doing with my life all this time?

Pulling it down, you know, like raking it up, or bringing it out, or partying sidewaysface.

I dont agree but if its true then Colin is definitely the evil twin.

Is it weird that everything about Patreon disgusts me?

@sterling: Whyso? If anything, it reminds me of the Giantbomb model. An optional subscription that gets you extra content. Just, democratized and monetized so that it can be 'sold' to other people looking to put out a product over time, and get paid for it.

Since always. And I'm not young. But I am American, so...

@reasonableman: I don't know, just something about the whole thing just rubs me the wrong way. It just feels like a bunch of people begging for money so they don't have to get a real job.

Does....does KFG really *need* to be on pateron anymore? Like seriously, they blew up huge and it feels weird and scuzzy to have them on there imo when they don't really need it and the money can be going to someone who really does need it?

Also lmao I wonder how Colin "DON'T TREAD ON ME WELFARE STATE OBUMMER LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT" Moriarty justified this kind of funding to himself. Oh right, it's because it's a handout that benefits *him*.

Sorry, got off-topic there for a moment.

@sterling: There's a reason I always hear it referred to as hipster welfare.