Kickstarter just let the world know that they’ve pulled in
more than $1 billion dollars for thousands of crowdfunding projects since the
company launched. And the category that raked in the most cash? Games, once again, to the tune of $215.75
million.
That number includes campaigns for both digital and
non-digital games. It’s telling to look at statsand see that while Film & Video projects
garnered almost as much money, the number of launched projects in that category
is more than three times that in the games category. On average, the people behind
cinematic ideas might be asking for less money per campaign than the would-be
game-makers are. Games rank seventh on the Successfully Funded Projects list
but boast 30 projects that pulled in $1 million or more dollars, including high-profile earners like Ouya, Double Fine Adventure/Broken Age and Wasteland 2
But, there’s another side to all that money coming in, of
course. Some successfully funded projects miss
their release dates or get stalled in development for various complicated reasons. Despite the reasons that you
might have to be hopeful for Kickstarter-funded video games in the future, it’s
best to remember that backing any crowdfunding endeavor is a roll of the dice that
may involve a long or fruitless wait for an actual thing to materialize.
