And those backers will never get any financial return on their money.

这些支持者捐出的钱是没有金融收益的。

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Ouya expects the dev kits to get into backers' hands "within a couple days" of the 28th.

ENGADGET: Ouya dev consoles shipping to backers on December 28th, SDK available same day

Of course, funding a video game on Kickstarter and letting backers get a nice glimpse of the project as it emerges is something that most certainly has been done before, but never with quite this much bravado.

FORBES: Connect

And, they are influenced hugely by campaign funds and billionaire backers to get their ideas pushed through.

FORBES: Send report cards to the people on their tax money.