A cool spaceship from 'Star Citizen' (Photo : Youtube)
"Star Citizen" crowdfunding already reached more than $110 million. There are already 1.3 million people who invested for the "Star Citizen" PC version with over 300,000 new recruits.
The crowdfunding first started in October 2012 and right after launching of its kickstarter, the fund grew and reached its target of $540,000. Since then, the population of pledgers continued to increase as well as the fund itself, making it the most successful crowdfunding of all time, PC invasion reported.
The report mentioned that Cloud Imperium, developer of the said game, have used all of its development bases in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany for "Star Citizen." Cloud Imperium CEO Chris Roberts explained in his interview with BBC that although the continuous cash flow indicates a positive feedback from supporters, the total amount of money they are collecting from the crowdfunding is still uncertain, which makes it one of its pitfalls. He also assured that he has no intentions of pocketing the money because Cloud Imperium intends to create the best game possible.
Roberts also mentioned that despite the enormous amount of money received right now, there are still times games get cancelled and "pushed back." He further explained that it takes years for a game to be fully developed, and by the time the general public hears about a game, it is most likely been in development for quite some time already. Despite the large amount of money from the crowdfunding, Roberts also explained that this poses another difficulty because pledgers are given the opportunity to demand something for the game, and a variety of these is not healthy. He explained that a million game designers, despite their support, would mean each and every voice has a right to be heard.
As of the moment, there has still been no word yet coming from Cloud Imperium regarding the schedule of "Star Citizen" PC version release date. Previously, "Star Citizen" alpha version 2.2.2 was released for free last March 2016 with a few patches also released earlier this year.
Watch the video clip below for the upcoming PC version of the "Star Citizen."
