Star Citizen crowdfunding reaches $49M. Developer says: Gimme more

Fans have helped the developer of the Star Citizen PC space-dogfighting sim race a whole mess of money, but the studio says it needs more.

Star Citizen director Chris Roberts announced today that people have contributed more than $49 million in crowdfunding toward the production of the upcoming game. That money will go toward producing the simulation’s dogfighting, exploration, and other gameplay mechanics and systems. While that might seem like a ton of cash — especially for a project that started on Kickstarter — Roberts isn’t shy about asking for more for his studio, Cloud Imperiumm, for more work on it.