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$83MM to Kickstart Games in 2012

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A Best of Kickstarter 2012 feature has some eye-opening statistics on the year in videogame crowdsourcing. Word is 561,574 backers pledged $83,144,565 to 2,796 projects. Thanks nin via Kotaku.

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Re: $83MM to Kickstart Games in 2012

Jan 9, 2013, 09:03

nin

Dmitri_M wrote on Jan 9, 2013, 05:24:
Creston wrote on Jan 9, 2013, 00:33:
PropheT wrote on Jan 8, 2013, 23:46:
Some of those projects will never hit the light of day and others are just disappointments selling a name to get made; there's still no real, playable proof that investors are getting a return they expect on these kinds of projects.

Ahem.

Creston

Quit using FTL as example. That was well into development prior to the kickstarter.

OK, what about all of these ?

When did the millions signifier become MM rather than M?

I think assgok threw a tantrum one day...




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

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Comment [quote="nin"Jan 9, 2013, 09:03][quote="Dmitri_M"Jan 9, 2013, 05:24][quote="Creston"Jan 9, 2013, 00:33][quote="PropheT"Jan 8, 2013, 23:46] Some of those projects will never hit the light of day and others are just disappointments selling a name to get made; there's still no real, playable proof that investors are getting a return they expect on these kinds of projects. [/quote] [url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/ftl-faster-than-light] Ahem. [/url] Creston [/quote] Quit using FTL as example. That was well into development prior to the kickstarter. [/quote] [url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/744735150/cthulhu-saves-the-world-enhanced-version-for-pc-an?ref=live]OK[/url], [url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/project-giana/project-giana?ref=live]what[/url] [url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/149077132/kentucky-route-zero-a-magic-realist-adventure-game?ref=live]about[/url] [url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1432651738/octodad-2?ref=live]all[/url] [url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2dawngames/ravaged?ref=live]of[/url] [url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jwishnov/sequence-a-rhythm-roleplaying-game?ref=live]these[/url] [url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/43153532/strike-suit-zero?ref=live]?[/url] q[When did the millions signifier become MM rather than M? ]q I think assgok threw a tantrum one day... [/quote]

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