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[Phionoxx]

Backed! It is finally real! How long before it gets funded?

 

[Crayons]

It's funny because I'm on drugs but this is real

 

[wulfstein]

For big projects like this, Kickstarter is mainly used to generate interest. If people pony up, investors see the demand and have a reason to fund the game.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Bit disappointed in it being ps4/pc only, but better than it not existing I suppose.

Should get funded pretty quickly.

 

[NeoRausch]

Wait... Half of the stretchgoals are subtitles?

The hell?

 

[SpotAnime]

I've said on GAF before that I would pledge $300 if Shenmue ever made it to kickstarter and that is exactly what I just did!

HYPE TRAIN IS FLYING OUT OF MY HEART RIGHT NOW!

That means you also got the signed art print from Yu Suzuki. Congrats!

 

[John Dunbar]

ryo looks kind of jiffy and i hope they do something about that, but i love the awful voice acting. not quite as good as og ryo, but after 14 fucking years i will take what i can get.

 

[Nyoro SF]

2 million is a really low gauge, the stretch goals are a bit odd, $501-9999 tiers are missing, PC-only physical?

It's like SEGA made this kickstarter themselves. LOL

Still backed though.

 

[Wilsongt]

Holy shit. Almost half a mil already.

 

[Bots are better than you]

But there's an option to get a physical console version by backing...

Where? I only see physical for PC.

 

[Dr. Buni]

I hope it gets funded, but since I didn't like a number of things about the original game, I will be saving my money.

 

[Curler]

Where does it say that?

Only PC is listed on any tier. Plus if you get physical PC, you can't get digital PS4.

PHYSICAL COPY - PC

A physical copy of Shenmue 3 in an exlusive, backer-only case (PC only).

Your choice of a digital copy of the game for PC or PS4, or a physical copy for PC + A digital copy of the trial version for PC + Your name in the credits.

 

[gamechanger87]

Dec 2017 haha. This is never coming out.

 

[RiZ III]

Pledged 175! Omg can't believe this is happening, I feel giddy!

 

[thelatestmodel]

Not like this...

Been waiting for Shenmue 3 for so long.. and when it's announced, it's through a kickstarter and on PS4/PC? Ugh. Better than nothing I guess. But it will take forever before it's actually released.

Not to be a downer. The fade to black and then the Shenmue music starting was one of the most hype moments in E3 history. Just slightly disappointed it wasn't a true reveal.

You are being a downer. Stop it.

 

[Busaiku]

Man, they really threw this page together fast.

 

[Trojan X]

Damn no xbox? I'm out then

PC version doesn't wet your appetite?

 

[Snaku]

HOLY FUCKTITS YES PLEDGED $175! MIGHT UP IT FURTHER IF I CANT RESTRAIN MYSELF!

 

[Wyndstryker]

2 million is a really low gauge, the stretch goals are a bit odd, $501-9999 tiers are missing, PC-only physical?

It's like SEGA made this kickstarter themselves. LOL

Still backed though.

I think the kickstarter is really there to gauge the interest. If there's interest then Sony and/or Sega might foot the rest of the bill

 

[Kibbles]

Announcement of a kickstarter at a press conference? What the actual fuck?

 

[KageMaru]

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!! Sony just won E3 and this generation with this announcement alone for me. Definitely backing this!

 

[scarybore]

I'd like to think that I've calmed down, but I haven't. It's 3am and I'm squealing like a schoolgirl, I have tears in my eyes, I'm in dreamland. Pledged £192 ($300) and I only wish that I could give more.

I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight, I'm just astounded.

 

[digitaldevmike]

Backed. Still not sure if I'm actually awake though.

 

[zeopower6]

Backer #1102 here I think ~

 

[Esiquio]

I click on the link to the OP and see that it was already at like $15k after a short while. Then I spend five minutes looking through the Kickstarter page and it says $450,000. I was thinking my eyes were wrong, or there was some kind of glitch.

Nope. Now it's at $482k. DEAR LORD!

Spoiler

[/Never played Shenmue, but I've heard about it a million times here on NeoGAF, might actually get it!SPOILER]

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Nearly 25% funded in what, an hour?

And Sega said there was no market for this game for years???

 

[twothunder]

Already reached half a million.

 

[Maleko Saint]

So damn ready for this.

 

[Stormhammer]

$300 backer. This is like a dream come true.. ; ;

 

[Neoweee]

Not like this...

Been waiting for Shenmue 3 for so long.. and when it's announced, it's through a kickstarter and on PS4/PC? Ugh. Better than nothing I guess. But it will take forever before it's actually released.

Not to be a downer. The fade to black and then the Shenmue music starting was one of the most hype moments in E3 history. Just slightly disappointed it wasn't a true reveal.

It's going to be out before the FF7 remake.

 

[Hours Left]

I'm excited for this, but the Kickstarter video was kinda janky.

Obviously it's a work in progress, but I feel like the production of the entire video is a bit worrying.

 

[goldenpp72]

Put in 120, might do more as it unfolds. I can't believe this is happening!

 

[AlteredBeast]

25% of the way there!

Best day of gaming in years, regardless of actual games. Is there any day that can match today's excitement? MS' awesome conference, Sony having the best E3 in the history of the show (better than 2001 MGS2? Yeppppp)

 

[celsowmbr]

It is INSANE how fast it's rising.

But I don't understand how this is only targeting 2 million.

Did you see the video?

2 million is the first target (Baisha)

??? million (Shobu)

????? million (Bailu Village)

 

[NolbertoS]

I hope Yu Suzuki throws us a bone with Shenmue 1 and 2 HD too with his kickstarter campaign. Want all Shenmue's on the PS4

 

[gogojira]

Kickstarter page is weak as fuck. I know everyone is hyped at the thought but man, it looks like a student turning in a semester project he made the night before its due date.

 

[Dennis]

$500,000

 

[Blues1990]

Now we need the first two games to be made available for the PS4.

 

[Bluekaveli]

Gaf members going to donate their entire salaries.

 

[Swag]

Kickstarter is funding at an alarming rate, 512k already, damn

 

[REDSLATE]

LOL! The Mods closed the other thread. Also looks like NeoGAF was overloaded for a bit. Technical difficulties

Went with the $300 package as one of the first 300 backers. The game's nearly a quarter of the way funded and it was announced only minutes ago. This is great!

 

[aly]

I'm so happy right now. Tomorrow is pay day too, so I'm in this.

 

[Trojan X]

OMG!!! OVER $513,000 BACKED IN JUST 40 MINS AFTER ANNOUINCEMENT!!!!!?>!

 

[YuriLowell]

310 dollars from me.
Godspeed.

 

[Carl]

Every time i go to it i bump my pledge i need to stop

 

[Spaghetti]

$510,000

in like half an hour

to all the people who said this would never happen

or that nobody would ever be interested

eat crow

 

[clem84]

I was 100% certain this would NEVER HAPPEN IN A MILLION YEARS. With all the money I spent on Bloodstain, how the hell am I going to afford this? I don't care Shenmue is coming baby!

 

[genjiZERO]

So we're going to get Japanese VAing? $30 for a digital copy is pretty good.

 

[Alphahawk]

$502,000 hit. If this trajectory keeps up it should be funded within the week.

 

[artsi]

Lol, I opened the KS page "it's probably funded with tens of thousands already"

$520,410

Holy shit.