Star Citizen Crowdfunds Half a Billion Dollars – and $100 Million In Less Than a Year
Cloud Imperium Games has raised over $500 million for the development of Star Citizen. That includes his $100 million since last November.
As reported by euro gamera space trading and combat simulation that has been in development for over a decade, now claims to have raised $5111,757 from backers.
Star Citizen’s initial $2 million Kickstarter campaign launched in October 2012, but that was just the beginning. Cloud Imperium Games has raised more and more money over the years, and in total he surpassed $400 million just 10 months ago.
Despite this astonishing sum, the game is still in the alpha stage of development, with no release date in sight.For context, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cost $81 million and took about five years to develop I was. Red Dead Redempt cost $80 million to he $100 million and took five years.
Star Citizen creator Christopher Roberts said in 2020 that the various gameplay elements that have been promised over the years are no longer a pipe dream and won’t take decades more to implement. However, a year later, an advertising watchdog warned the studio against marketing concept ships, saying they needed to make it clear they were selling a product that didn’t exist yet.
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