Over the next month, enthusiast fans raised $198,185 and were told Delta Six controllers would ship to backers in December 2013, a little over six months later. The peripheral was delayed several times, but the initial batch of controllers began shipping in May 2014. Kotkin Enterprises was intent on fulfilling orders for its highest backers first, folks who'd paid $500.
In subsequent updates, backers were becoming understandably restless regarding the lack of communication about the rest of the orders. The controllers seem to exist, so where were they?