Star Citizen - the first ever space sim in danger of making itself irrelevant by not actually managing to come out before we all live in space - has now raised more than $250m USD in crowdfunding, according to figures from developer Cloud Imperium Games.
Star Citizen's original crowdfunding campaign set the bar high, securing over $6m USD when it launched in 2012. Despite the space sim having missed its original anticipated release date of November 2012 by quite some margin (not to mention a succession of other milestone targets for its various announced modes), that figure has continued to climb dramatic in the years since.
Star Citizen's funding status is, somewhat uniquely, displayed in real-time for anyone to see, and its last major monetary milestone - when it crossed the $200 million threshold (a figured that doesn't include the previously announced $46m USD of private investment) - occurred a little over a year ago in November 2018. That means supporters are contributing an average of around $130,000 USD a day through pledges, the purchase of virtual ships, and more.
from Eurogamer.net
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