Since crowdfunding website and service Kickstarter launched in 2009, a staggering $108.52 million has been pledged to games projects, both video and tabletop. Of that, $90.83 million went towards successful projects — those that met their funding goal and are either already on general release or in development. On the technology side, $47.99 million has been raised by pledges for projects, while $38.33 million of that sum went to successful ventures. In both cases, Kickstarter did not claim the shortfalls. What do these figures tell us? For a start, Kickstarter does rather well as it claims a percentage of each pledge. But more importantly that crowd funding is a very good means to raise capital for a good project.
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