Star Citizen crowdfunding nears $35 million

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/27/2013 08:05 AM | source: | 47 comment(s)

Star Citizen continues to break all records for crowdfunding, the upcoming space sim has roughly hit the $35 million mark. Interestingly, given that the game has around 330,000 backers, this means the actual amount committed per backer is over $100, far more than what would normally be spent on a AAA game.

Star Citizen is rolled out in a modular fashion, the hangar module is already completed and a dogfighting module will be added soon. After that you can expect a social module, a persistent universe and so on.

"Wow! When I started this journey I would have never guessed that we would have come so far in such a short time. $35M in funds raised to build Star Citizen before the end 2013 it truly a monumental achievement! You’re not just re-writing the rules of how games are made and funded but you’re showing the power that a committed community has to achieve a vision that so many people said was no longer relevant. You’ve broken every record there is in crowd funding – and not just for games – for any type of project!

Star Citizen will eventually be a highly detailed, vast space trading game with combat and socialising elements, and even talk of incorporating citizenship rules such as paying tax.

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V@IO
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#4732544 Posted on: 12/27/2013 08:13 AM

Star Citizen continues to break all records for crowdfunding, the upcoming space sim has not hit the $35 million mark.
Star Citizen crowdfunding nears $35 million

Impressive. Guess you mean NOW ?

grndzro7
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#4732549 Posted on: 12/27/2013 08:36 AM

That trailer gives me goosebumps. It looks like AMD's Mantle will come in very handy displaying all that space combat goodness.

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#4732559 Posted on: 12/27/2013 09:16 AM

It looks really good. I did see a couple things which i thought were weird though. The "enemy" fighters had Ailerons. I guess maybe that's for planetary maneuvering, maybe you can fly to a planet and maybe land on one. But in space there's no need, no air.
Also the enemy fighters were aerodynamic, again, no air, not a problem.
Definitely curious to see where this game goes though.

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#4732561 Posted on: 12/27/2013 09:19 AM

They are adding tons of stuff, new ships, they offered several exclusive Sales... they are very good at marketing)

Also the site was not always user-friendly... which caused me to pledge once... then buy another ship)

I am not sure why - but I am also very thrilled with that game.

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#4732617 Posted on: 12/27/2013 11:28 AM

"and even talk of incorporating citizenship rules such as paying tax."

Really? Having no freedom in real life is not enough? Lets put a leash around their necks so that they feel right at home!

Pathetic idea.

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