Until yesterday, the biggest project ever to raise money on Kickstarter was Double Fine and Tim Schafer?s Double Fine Adventure. The game managed to make $1 million in 17 hours and 30 minutes. In its first 24 hours, the project received $1,064,652.05 with the original goal being a mere $400,000.
That record was surpassed yesterday, July 10, when the Ouya Android games console went live on Kickstarter.
The project was asking for pledges to reach a grand total of $950,000 in return for a new console that would retail for $99, run an Android OS, and guaranteed free-to-play games. Just 8 hours and 22 minutes later it had raised $1 million.
By the end of the first 24 hours Ouya had received pledges totaling an astounding $2,589,687.77. That?s well over double what Double Fine Adventure achieved in the same period of time, and shows just how much support there is for a piece of hardware like this.
We?re well into day two of the Ouya Kickstarter now and the money keeps coming. At time of writing the total stands at $3,102,055, which translates into 62,157 pre-orders for the console across all pledge levels.
When Ouya first got announced it seemed likely there would be a lot of developer interest as it formed a nice way to build and test Android games. But clearly there?s a desire for the machine beyond just developers, and the backing so far suggests there is going to be a huge market for Ouya with gamers.
Ouya also suggests the main consoles on the market, the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and soon the Wii U, are going to get some serious competition in the near future from cheap, alternative hardware. It will be interesting to watch the effect it has and how much market share machines like this can steal, much like smartphones are doing with handheld gaming devices at the moment.
Read more at the Kickstarter Blog
Source: http://www.geek.com/articles/games/ouya-breaks-kickstarter-records-in-first-24-hours-20120711/
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