What can $500M get you? In the case of Star Citizen, more development coals shoveled into the fires of Chris Roberts’ vision: The game’s total funding has just crested half a billion dollars to keep RSI crawling along in its alpha phases.
The crests and falls offered in the funding chart’s weekly and daily breakdowns suggest that this new milestone can very likely be attributed to ship sales associated with community events such as last week’s Ship Showdown promotions and this week’s Pirate Week event.
The game’s community appears to be somewhat divided by the news, with disgruntled backers pointing out the glacial development pace and defenders either lauding the milestone, bracing themselves for backlash, or trying to brush off the figure as “just a number.”
