Madscientist Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 According to the kickstarter page, Torment:Tides of numenera has collected 4.188.927$ If PoE2 will beat this number, will it be the biggest crowd funding project ever? By "biggest" I mean the amount of money collected in the official campaign. We do not know how much money has been given from other sources (e.g. pay pal). Also I do not mean maximum % of the initial funding goal reached, there are better projects regarding this value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarack21 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) Nope. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/getpebble/pebble-time-awesome-smartwatch-no-compromises Edited February 24, 2017 by Katarack21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eselle28 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) Even if we restrict it to games rather than all crowdfunded projects, Star Citizen would still be ahead. They did their initial crowdfunding campaign on two different websites, but the total of the two was $6.2 million. Edited February 24, 2017 by eselle28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaketenRichard Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Since only the pledges are comparable to Kickstarter and they contribute only half of the funding, I'd say hardly so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaColombo Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 By that token, all investors who would have pledged if not given the chance to invest (as would have been the case on KS) should be added to the pledge amount. But alas, we'll never know how many they are and how much they would have pledged... That said, not sure why investors shouldn't count. "Time is not your enemy. Forever is." — Fall-From-Grace, Planescape: Torment "It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question, and he'll look for his own answers." — Kvothe, The Wise Man's Fears My Deadfire mods: Brilliant Mod | Faster Deadfire | Deadfire Unnerfed | Helwalker Rekke | Permanent Per-Rest Bonuses | PoE Items for Deadfire | No Recyled Icons | Soul Charged Nautilus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganrich Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Even if we restrict it to games rather than all crowdfunded projects, Star Citizen would still be ahead. They did their initial crowdfunding campaign on two different websites, but the total of the two was $6.2 million. Shenmue 3 ($6.333 million) and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night ($5.545 million) also made more than PoE2 is likely to reign in by the end of their campaign. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No idea Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) According to the kickstarter page, Torment:Tides of numenera has collected 4.188.927$ If PoE2 will beat this number, will it be the biggest crowd funding project ever? By "biggest" I mean the amount of money collected in the official campaign. We do not know how much money has been given from other sources (e.g. pay pal). Also I do not mean maximum % of the initial funding goal reached, there are better projects regarding this value. No way, man. That scam called Star Citizen has taken almost 150 million dollars (yes, the amount is correct) and they dont even have an alpha version of the game after five years of crowfunding. Imagine what Obsidian could do with 150 millions dollars for a single RPG game... PS. My guess is they would make a virtual reality RPG game. Finally we would be able to fight some "real" dragons. Edited February 24, 2017 by No idea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No idea Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) Sorry, double post Edited February 24, 2017 by No idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen Rohk Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Money isn't everything. Bioware spent $300,000,000 on a Star Wars game and we got The Old Republic. You read my post. You have been eaten by a grue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarack21 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Money isn't everything. Bioware spent $300,000,000 on a Star Wars game and we got The Old Republic. Pretty sure that's an elaborate ruse to sell fanboys twenty million different costumes for their virtual dolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatUndeadLegacy Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Money isn't everything. Bioware spent $300,000,000 on a Star Wars game and we got The Old Republic. Remember Destiny how many Hundreds of millions did that count? much more than 500m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpymoose Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Even if we restrict it to games rather than all crowdfunded projects, Star Citizen would still be ahead. They did their initial crowdfunding campaign on two different websites, but the total of the two was $6.2 million. Shenmue 3 ($6.333 million) and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night ($5.545 million) also made more than PoE2 is likely to reign in by the end of their campaign. I didn't end up giving to any other crowd funded games between now and back when PoE had its kickstarter. As a Symphony of the Night fan, I was rather happy to see Bloodstained get funded, to whatever extent. Shenmue 3 too, in a way, though I've heard some iffy things about how it's coming along. Bloodstained had a demo to its backers. Can't say I was impressed with what one of the backers showed off in a video, but that's more to personal taste in metroid/metroidvania style games, as I like the hand drawn sprite aesthetic for such things (though I certainly have nothing against 3D or 2.5D). That same like for the sprite look has had me going back and forth over whether to give Serpent in the Staglands a go. Love the look, iffy about some of the other aspects. Money isn't everything. Bioware spent $300,000,000 on a Star Wars game and we got The Old Republic. I'd send Obsidian a big pack of ramen and water every month, and pay for the rotted out shack they'd live in, if they'd make a honest to goodness single player Star Wars RPG. Probably a really bad idea because I'd likely forget to feed them at some point. Also I'm fairly sure there's all sorts of human rights violations in there somewhere too. I guess they'd actually want paid or something silly like that. “I cannot forget the follies and vices of others so soon as I ought, nor their offenses against myself. My feelings are not puffed about with every attempt to move them. My temper would perhaps be called resentful. My good opinion once lost is lost forever.” - Pride and Prejudice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demeisen Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Imagine what Obsidian could do with 150 millions dollars for a single RPG game... I wonder if that would actually be for the better. Often huge budgets are to a project's detriment. You need enough ... but not too much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin Ryan Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I think Obsidian could do wonders with a larger budget but not too much larger. I think like 10 million would be enough for them to deliver just about a perfect product. Maybe not a flashy one but they could get all the content they want, test it properly, develop the world, etc etc. Too much money could lead to a loss of focus on the project, trying to do everything and thus failing to do anything well. I'd trust Obsidian more than most but even the best companies with the best intentions can fall into the trap of having too many resources for a project that doesn't truly need said resources to be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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