Kickstarting games

Would you pay for a game that doesn't exist yet? That sounds a bit like a crazy idea, but in fact the possibility exists in various forms. For example I already paid $ 5 for my pre-order of Star Wars: The Old Republic. I'll get the money back when I purchase the game, but right now I'm out of pocket $ 5 and have to hope that the game actually releases, or if not that EA would refund me my pre-order. EA being a big company and SWTOR such a big project, the risk of the game and my money disappea

World of Warkraft...