Today is a record setting day for Star Citizen and Cloud Imperium Games. CIG is releasing the last concept ship for sale, the Odin. A battlecruiser that was the $17 million stretch goal, the massive ship with a crew from 33-65 ran for $5,000. My understanding is the ship quickly sold out.
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| $6.6 million sold in a single hour |
During the hour in which the ship was released for sale, the store's display counter showed $6.6 million in sales. The hour broke the previous full day sales record of $3.56 million set during this DefenceCon event 4 days previously. The monthly sales record of $31.9 million set in November 2025 was surpassed with 7 days remaining. The sales event runs through May 27 so $35 million is probably within reach.
Today also saw two milestones reached. For the year the sales total reached $70 million, already exceeding the $62.3 million in sales revenue generated in the first five months of 2025. By the end of DefenceCon the sales total will exceed the $71.4 million brought in for the first half of 2025.
And, of course, the total sales total for the online cash shop reached $1 billion during that fateful hour.
Just from the amount of sales, I would guess at least 1,000 of the $5,000 ships were sold. I'm not sure where the ships will gather as currently server shards can only handle 700 players. With the crew size, only 10-15 of the ships can enter the same system at one time if fully crewed.
I'm thinking about how to compare the situation to EVE Online. The relative power and size of the ship compared to the game reminds me of a titan. Now, imagine if the developers sold 1,000 titans in pre-alpha. And these titans cannot be permanently destroyed. Instead of needing to wait weeks to replace a lost ship due to the real life construction time, CIG will ensure the losing player receives a new ship in days instead of weeks.
I think I can safely say CIG jumped the shark with this ship sale. This is ridiculous.
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