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Elite Dangerous was first announced to the public on November 5, 2012.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/EliteDangerousOfficial/posts/10152235720990564?__tn__=C-R</ref> Over a quarter of a century after the original [[Elite]]. David Braben of [[Frontier Developments]] launched a successful Kickstarter campaign in November 2012. The purpose was to test-market the concept, verify whether there's broader interest in a fourth game and to raise funds to help make the game. | |||
Braben wrote ''"We’re using Kickstarter both as a means of test-marketing the concept to verify there is still interest in such a game that extends beyond the individuals who regularly contact me about the game, and raising the funds to do so. There is also the fact that as long as we hit the threshold, it commits us to making the game."''<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/06/elite_dangerous_on_kickstarter/</ref> By April 2014, £1.7m had been raised.<ref>http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/DAVID-ELKS-thesentinel/story-20992380-detail/story.html</ref> This was a fraction of the total budget for developing the base-game, Elite Dangerous (1.0). At Gamescom 2014 Braben said "The original budget, because we put a lot of our money towards it, was £8m," "it's grown by quite a lot".<ref>http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-09-11-elite-dangerous-original-budget-was-8m</ref> | |||
==Benefits== | |||
Backers of the '''Kickstarter''' campaign for ''[[Elite Dangerous]]'' received various benefits in return for their support. All delivery dates listed below were subsequently revised to account for delays during the game's development, but the original Kickstarter dates are recorded below for the record. Note that higher backer levels included rewards from all lower levels. | Backers of the '''Kickstarter''' campaign for ''[[Elite Dangerous]]'' received various benefits in return for their support. All delivery dates listed below were subsequently revised to account for delays during the game's development, but the original Kickstarter dates are recorded below for the record. Note that higher backer levels included rewards from all lower levels. | ||