Kickstarter has proven to be a boon for independent game development, especially if youāre an industry veteran making games publishers donāt want to bankroll anymore.
Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts certainly falls into that category, with his Star Citizen game making over $2 million during its Kickstarter campaign.
Which might sound like a lot of money, but itās nothing compared to the gameās final tally.
Star Citizenās website made nearly $7 million on its own. Which means people told other people they used to play space shooters with that, hey, this guy is making a new one, they went there, donated, washed, rinsed and repeated.
All up, the game made $9.1 million.
Itās a staggering amount of money for a video game to receive when thereās no publishing or distributor expenses to cover. Hereās hoping itās worth it.
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