Star Citizen is Now a "First-Person Universe" Game

The PC space simulator has raised close to $73 million in crowdfunding.

Star Citizen creator, Chris Roberts says that the game still has a lot of room to grow.

"I don't think we're close to the addressable market, just based on the numbers that used to play my old games," Roberts said. "We're getting up there, but we're not there. Also, the marketplace has increased a huge amount since then and there's a huge amount of game players out there who won't back a game until it's done."

Roberts also thinks that Star Citizen to attract a "pretty big and diverse audience" when it's finished. As a result, he says, "I think we're probably only scratching the surface of the potential here," he added.

Also Roberts believes that Star Citizen should not be called a "space sim," because the game has other elements such as dogfighting and even a first-person shooter mode.

"We've started to call it a first-person universe because you can fly around in space, but you also walk around on foot in full first-person fidelity equivalent to any AAA title out there," he said. "You can shoot people, but you can also trade with people. There are all these different things you can do, so it's essentially a virtual reality we're building in this future sci-fi universe."