Here's a useful image:
https://dto9r5vaiz7bu.cloudfront.net/q282hg461drhk/tavern_upload_medium.pngOf course they wouldn't make 10 mil a month every month, they normally grab around 2-4 mil depending on sales and events. November and December are always the big funding times though, almost making up the yearly shortfall.
People here keep saying they were nearly bankrupt after seeing the financials, but that's ridiculous imo. They had tens of millions in the bank and sales haven't slowed down. As I said, they were always going to get investment or credit if required, no problem, and they continue generating millions and millions in pre sales. They've never even used an overdraft FFS!
I don't think the space sim genre is in trouble, it's flourishing right now, no doubt partly due to SC's financial successes. Quarter of a billion dollars ain't to be sniffed at. Frontier doing ok too, infinity battlescape, no man's sky, everspace...there's loads.
They've beaten the record for annual funding already this year. It's not slowing down. How many of you guys were absolutely, positively, definitely sure that funding would be slowing by now? I think most of you predicted a crash and burn by now right? Yet, here they are breaking records.
Y'all must feel a little daft, surely.