Hello Citizens! This post will be brief but I wanted to show the numbers surrounding the Gamescom event and the sales that followed.

The Gamescom event and demonstration was a landmark moment in the development of Star Citizen. It marked the first time we were truly shown what the universe will be like to exist in. Now, I feel there is much more to come in that regard but it was a great hint of the future.

In response to this, Star Citizen has seen fantastic support. Money is coming in and new people are signing up to explore the ‘Verse!

The period between the beginning of the Gamescom presentation and the end of the Argo sale was 417 hours (17 days, 9 hours). During this period Star Citizen brought in another $4,378,470 in funding and 54,507 new Citizens! In addition, 48,063 new ships were added to the UEE Fleet.

This represents by far the best period for Star Citizen in 2016. It also produced the best month for Star Citizen all-time that wasn’t an October, November, or December.

Star Citizen has traditionally had spectacular 4th quarters. CitizenCon, Anniversary Sale, Holiday Livestream + Sale. Those three events every year have led to huge amounts of support in the final quarter.

Another interesting note is that what I call “base” or “normal” funding for SC has markedly increased as well as far as we can tell. An average funding day this summer prior to Gamescom was roughly $35,000. We’ve only had a small sample size after the Argo sale ended but it looks as though this has risen to roughly $68,000 for the time being.

So, for those of you interested in and following this aspect of the Star Citizen campaign, it should be a very interesting next few months. Star Citizen Alpha 2.6, CitizenCon, Anniversary Sale, Holiday Livestream + Sale, Star Citizen Alpha 3.0.

Buckle up! :D

For those interested in the details, here are the basic numbers surrounding the Gamescom event:

Funding

$118,644,186 21:00 UTC+1 Aug 19

$123,022,656 06:00 UTC+1 Sept 6

$4,378,470 increase in Funding

$10,500 per hour

Citizens

1,464,496 21:00 UTC+1 Aug 19

1,519,003 06:00 UTC+1 Sept 6

54,507 increase in Citizens

131 per hour

UEE Fleet

1,038,831 UTC+1 Aug 19

1,086,894 UTC+1 Sept 6

48,063 increase in UEE Fleet

115 per hour

Source: Crowdfunding Development Spreadsheet