Why did Star Citizen achieve this level of success though? A Wing Commander sequel could achieve a certain level of success for sure, especially when you account for the nostalgia dollars – but not to the extent that it achieved. In fact, the Star Citizen crowdfunding effort was so successful it made it into the Guinness Book of World Records, with the amount being entered into the book being $39,680,576 in 2014 – just one year after the original posting of the game. The thing is though, that Chris Roberts’ vision seemed to far exceed what the original goal of Star Citizen was, and the public latched on to it.

Star Citizen, as I said, was meant to only be an Indie game that carried on the spirit of the original Wing Commander series. Its here, on the 6th of April 2013, that the problems in Star Citizens development truly begin. Back in 2012, Star Citizen was intended to be an indie game, with the hulking mammoth of al of the promises it would come to make only seeing light once the game was formally introduced to the public on Kickstarter. Star Citizen started being developed by the team at Cloud Imperium Games – founded in 2012 by Chris Roberts with the explicit goal of developing and publishing Star Citizen in mind. Originally, Star Citizen was meant to act as the spiritual successor to the Wing Commander series, with expanded gameplay elements like ship to ship space combat evolving into first-person firefights, and even encompassing space simulation elements like freighting missions, escorting other players and bounty contracts – the list goes on and on.

Star Citizen began as the pet project of Chris Roberts, best known for creating the Wing Commander series.

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