So Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire‘s has now set big milestone in gaming. While the Fig launched for Linux, Mac and Windows PC, it was funded with the 24 hours. Hence the #roleplaying #game is now the most successful campaign ever for the #crowdfunding site. Since raising over $4.4 million, the first crowdfunded project to pass $4 million in gaming since 2015. Now joining the likes of Shenmue 3 ($6.3 million) and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night ($5.5 million).
Both of those games were on Fig competitor, Kickstarter. While unlike Kickstarter, Fig allows for equity backing, which could give people a share in a game’s profits. Before Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, Psychonauts 2 was Fig’s most successful crowdfunding campaign. Hence going on to raise more than $3.8 million.
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire a tremendously late surge considering not even a day ago it was at $3.5m:
The Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire pitch:
The Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire – Backer Update 19
Pillars of Eternity 1, meanwhile, raised $3,986,929 in October 2012 – briefly a record for a video game on Kickstarter. While making the project the No. 4 game in Kickstarter history. Since then, Obsidian chief executive officer Feargus Urquhart helped start Fig (advisory board). So this is the first Obsidian project to appear on Fig.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity
So this is a remarkable result for developer Obsidian. Seeing the surge for crowdfunding has lessened since the earlier days of 2012-2013. While this crowdfunding movement on Fig for Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is part of the new-age. Since you can buy shares in the game in addition to ordinary pledge rewards.
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire has a rough release date of 2018 on Linux, Mac and Windows PC.
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