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[–] derram 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

https://archive.is/CYYfO | :

Video Game Raised $148 Million From Fans. Now It’s Raising Concerns. - The New York Times

'According to Eedar, a video game market research company owned by the NPD Group, about 30,000 successfully funded video game projects were on Kickstarter as of February, and more than $593 million had been pledged to them. '

'Persson sold his video game company Mojang, which makes Minecraft, to Microsoft in 2014 for $2.5 billion.)“I wanted to do the same thing, without having to deal with a big video game publisher,” Mr. '

'As the dollars have mounted, the ambitions of Cloud Imperium Games have grown, and the game’s official release has repeatedly been pushed back. '

'Yet the gigantic sum of money has created issues for Star Citizen, which began with a modest goal of raising $500,000 in 2012. '

'Cloud Imperium Games has now opened four studios: in Los Angeles; Austin, Tex.; Manchester, England; and Frankfurt. '

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