This is the suggestion for gamesas and I think many of us would help. Why don't you Fund Descent 4 by using http://www.kickstarter.com/ or something like it. Let us the users Fund Descent 4 before the game even out. Work on a target amount for descent 4. Setup some Ad's. Like Multi player combat in the Caves Where you see your ship get damaged or when your attacking a robots you see part breaking off of it before finally exploding. Or could shoot the ceiling or the wall to cause damage to the ship below.

I seeing two of my old Favorite. Elite a 1984 I use to play. The last elite game made was in 1993. Well in 2112 Elite dangerous was funded by me and thousands of other players. It will be out in 2014. Another game Star Citizen (Wing Commander) Was also Funded by me and thousands of other players. It will be out in 2014. The two game was funded by the people who love to play the game.

So the burden taken off of gamesas trying to fund Descent 4. The burden will lie with the people who love Descent so much..