The player at Star Citizen managed to return part of the funds, despite the legal arguments of CIG

Cloud Imperium Games developers have already collected almost $ 600 million from players. to create Star Citizen. Unfortunately, despite the past years, the final of work on the space simulator is still not visible. Therefore, it is understandable that many backers simply lose patience and demand to return the money donated to the game. And although, it would seem, voluntary payments (in exchange for which investors can play in Star Citizen in early access) are not subject to return, one of the sponsors proved that there is a chance to return their money to eat. Even 8 years later from the date of transfer and 274 hours spent in the game.

As much time has passed since the user under the nickname BluebackGround donated his savings to finish and at the same time buy Star Citizen. However, the years passed, and the hope of Backer was constantly falling to the full version. In this regard, he demanded that he return part of the money spent on the game, namely $ 250 (he also bought ships, but resold them to at least slightly reduce his losses). Interestingly, BluebackGround received an extensive, 5-page message from Cloud Imperium Games, in which the developers explained to him why he did not have the right to return the money.

Your claims are unfounded, and we are not obliged to return the money to you for the reasons that we set out below. However, as a gesture of goodwill, we propose to compensate you to part of the expenses incurred, ”says a fragment of the letter that the user shared.

To the surprise of the gamer, not part of it entered his account, but the entire amount that he paid 8 years ago to develop a project. In a published message, he noted that he himself doubted whether he would receive this money.

I am shocked by the fact that they returned the money to me, but I was almost sure that I would not get it or at least I would not get it so fast.

Of course, the prosperous outcome of the BlueBackGround case will instill hope in the hearts of other users who also require the return of the money entrusted to the developers. And there are a lot of such cases. The proof of this is a special subredredit "R/Starcitizen_refunds", where players share similar stories and ideas about how to return their money.