I hope the ICO craze will end soon.
I don't think cryptos should be mixed with startups/kickstarters. Cryptos should be trustless, transparent and decentralized, ICOs are none of those things so using a blockchain platform doesn't really offer any benefits to them, in fact just giving a bad name to cryptos.
I dont think by the same way as you, icos are a good thing after all.
Maybe without them, there would not even be a quarter of all the altcoins that are on the top 20 at the moment.
Mate, I'm also of your view. 2018 would even see the springing up of new and numerous icos because cryptocurrencies are going to be the new revelation for money generation by next year.