Description Games give players the power to take control and decide what happens. Kickstarter gives backers the power to take control and decide what happens.The combination of the two has produced some memorable events. Incredibly, all of this has happened in the six months since the launch of Double Fine Adventure.

Here are the year's (2012) leading categories on Kickstarter by dollars pledged through August 31st:

1.Games—$50 million
2.Film—$42 million
3.Design-$40 million
4.Music—$25 million
5.Technology—$16 million

Here's how much money has been pledged on crowdfunding site Kickstarter to games each year:

2009—$48,190
2010—$519,885
2011—$3,615,841
2012—$50,330,275

SOURCE LINK to full article:http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/the-year-of-the-game