Elite: Dangerous announced as sequel to 1980's space trader - Kickstarter

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Slimebeast said:

SvennoJ said:
There are a few, nothing big budget atm though.
Evochron mercenary is supposed to be like Elite, but I haven't gotten in to it yet. I crashed soon after I finally found a way to start the thrusters.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/71000/

Elite Dangerous is at 614k dollars now with 8,500 backers, it needs 2 million to get funded. Star citizen is a bit over a million dollars with 9 days left. Seems to be an uphill battle.

Elite will make it, guaranteed.

But I find it curious how much they're asking for. $2 million is a lot of money to ask for a crowd funded project. I wonder if it's hubris.

It reminds me of the failed Kickstarter campaign with that old fart who made Pitfall but nothing else in the past 20 years.

He asked for $900 000 to make this:

As a fan of David Crane from 'back in the day', that actually caused me physical pain.