SHENMUE 3 kickstarter (PC/PS4) - FINAL DAY - NEW KS RECORD GO GO GO!
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AzureTranquility95
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I don't want to be greedy but let's be greedy here. I hope Yu doesn't rush the story and tries to wrap everything up in 3 (thinking this is his last chance). With the support of his fans it should be no problem to make Shenmue 3,4 and 5This is only a new beginning Yu.
I think.. there's 30 days Shenmue will have in its run. Sega/Sony/Yu have to start thinking HD rereleases. Title them classics or something, so as not to deflate potential hype, then build it up from there like any other game and bring the mechanics to modern. If not that, then HD rereleases and this is a one off to get out there.
Either way it should be great. It would be great if Sony said some proper congratulations to Shenmue when it passes. Yu's such a boss
cyberheater
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I still can't believe this. It's unbelievable.
I dont follow kickstarter games that often so can someone explain something to me. I'm a huge Shenmue fan but the kickstarter video looks bad and voiced terribly. Should that be of some concern or not.
It's easy to buy in to the hype but just because its a Shenmue 3 kickstarter doesn't give it a pass if its looking bad.
Being a game I truly love I don't just want a Shenume 3 game I want a great game worthy of being a sequel to Shenmue 2. Nevertheless I'll back it.
Placeholders.
Scripts will be in Japanese, voiced by some of the original voice actors.
I can't imagine the models and animation being anything else than quick test material either.
I would agree that the material from the trailer is rather bad. They should indicate this is just test material and nothing definite if that's the case.
As someone working in Japan and familiar with the work culture here, I'd say that we can't be too sure about that
Sakura
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It's going to raise more than 2 million though.
And even still, demand aside, it's funding a portion of the game so the people paying the rest don't have to pay as much.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Will Ryo kill Lan Di, or will he find it in his heart to show him mercy?
Gambit 1138
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Wait is this going to be the ending to Ryu's story? I thought Yu Suzuki's intent was for it to be a multi-part saga not unlike a manga and he had story mapped out for Shenmue 3,4,5,etc. rather than just tie everything up nicely in a trilogy. Considering the reaction Sony and Sega should just pay to have him finish the saga and give him the space he needs to tell the story rather than stifle the creativity.
FlashbladeGAF
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Who cares. It's getting made regardless
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I'd be surprised if 500k was not funded in the next 6 hours.
Triggerhappytel
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It's at over $1.5 million already... is that the fastest funding on Kickstarter ever? (EDIT - I see this was asked above). My guess is that, like Bloodstained, if the Kickstarter can hit that goal then a publisher (Sony, presumably?) will give Suzuki a big bagload of money to help with development (pulling numbers out of my arse, I'd guess about an extra $10 million).
But there must be a Shenmue 1 & 2 HD port though, right?! I mean, there just has to be. The series has never been on PS before, so really they need an HD port to bring people up to speed. I mean, I'm kind of interested in this but I've never played the series before (excluding about literally 10 minutes of Shenmue 2 on Xbox), so I feel like I need to at least have the option to play the first game to get up to speed.
But there must be a Shenmue 1 & 2 HD port though, right?! I mean, there just has to be. The series has never been on PS before, so really they need an HD port to bring people up to speed. I mean, I'm kind of interested in this but I've never played the series before (excluding about literally 10 minutes of Shenmue 2 on Xbox), so I feel like I need to at least have the option to play the first game to get up to speed.
Patrick Bateman
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I'd never except E3 to blow my away like this..
I thought megatons were a thing of the past.
I thought megatons were a thing of the past.
https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3/#chart-daily
If the trend ends up true then I want Final Fantasy level graphics, Planet Harriers, Virtua Cop 3 and so much more madness on Shenmue III.
If the trend ends up true then I want Final Fantasy level graphics, Planet Harriers, Virtua Cop 3 and so much more madness on Shenmue III.
Sakura
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Why? Sony isn't funding the entirety of the game to begin with.
ToVenusAndBack
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That was a very easy Kickstarter to back
They want to see if the interest is there before getting into bed with the developers.
Doctor Ironic
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So this has probably been asked a million times, but how can I legally play Shenmue 1 and 2?
Dash Kappei
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Legendary E3 so far, I can't wait to finally play a Yu Suzuki game again, dude to me was even bigger than Miyamoto during my childhood, not having owned a NES (Super Famicom was my first N console) since I was a Commodore dude back then before getting a Megadrive but I was super big on going to the arcade basically every day and there SEGA and Yu reigned supreme.
Two questions tho:
surely I'm not the first to notice Ryu's fucked up face model in the concept-footage? Ok, ok, is not even pre-alpha stuff but I still don't understand why the made him so plain looking and nothing like Ryo is, WTF??
so what SEGA's deal? Are they licensing Suzuki's company the Shenmue brand for free (lol)? I find it weird the Kickstarter doesn't mention anything regarding how they're dealing with the licensing issues we've all always though prevented Y.S. from going solo with the project. Maybe Sony's footing that bill if (when) the game's fully funded?
I don't mean to be disrespectful to the creators but I wish YS went with a better firm to handle this Kickstarter.
Frankly it all looks VERY, VERY amateurish and barebones, the tiers are imo wrongly composed and in general it all seems like a lot of wasted of potential, especially compared to the latest high-profile kickstarters.
Two questions tho:
surely I'm not the first to notice Ryu's fucked up face model in the concept-footage? Ok, ok, is not even pre-alpha stuff but I still don't understand why the made him so plain looking and nothing like Ryo is, WTF??
so what SEGA's deal? Are they licensing Suzuki's company the Shenmue brand for free (lol)? I find it weird the Kickstarter doesn't mention anything regarding how they're dealing with the licensing issues we've all always though prevented Y.S. from going solo with the project. Maybe Sony's footing that bill if (when) the game's fully funded?
I don't mean to be disrespectful to the creators but I wish YS went with a better firm to handle this Kickstarter.
Frankly it all looks VERY, VERY amateurish and barebones, the tiers are imo wrongly composed and in general it all seems like a lot of wasted of potential, especially compared to the latest high-profile kickstarters.
This isn't really funding. This is them using kickstarter to gauge interest. Whoever is funding apparently has reservations about doing so unless Yu Suzuki can prove there is a substantial demand for his title. Earning $2 million instantly within hours of announcement makes Shenmue 3 look like a sure winner.
I'm guessing that the unorthodox method of funding means this title is going to get a big budget.
Sega has been saying for a while they are open to Yu Suzuki making another Shenmue so long as he funds it himself.
FranXico
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Well, they should be pretty convinced by now.
eso76
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Mercy of course.
Man, naysayers still around huh ?
I wish I remembered the names of those who kept saying they hoped this would get kickstarted just to prove there was no interest in a new Shenmue with the funding failing miserably..
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this is a rough estimate but it seems to be making $50,000 every 15 minutes as of right now
Physical Copy is the only way to go with a prestigious title such as this.
IrishNinja
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nah but ill say this: if you wanna import an EU copy of 2 for a US DC, you won't even need swap discs. it's awesome.
Bl@de
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I don't know who really holds the IP of Shenmue. It's amazing to see it made without Sega so remasters/ports should be possible. Bluepoint Games to the rescue.
This is Yu Suzuki. Remember how insane VF5 looked when it first released? I think they'll eventually bang out some awesome character models.
I think what we're seeing here right now is something built without any budget at all.
For every one person willing to donate money, there is at least a hundred that are interested but won't donate for various reasons. It won't always translate into success (remember Ouya?) but it can measure interest and demand.
Of the bits of the story we know, it's known that Ryo eventually abandons his quest to kill Lan Di in part of taking on a greater overall story.
That's the crazy thing about shenmue - everything we've seen thus far has been the very beginning. We haven't even really gotten into the main story yet.
https://twitter.com/yu_suzuki_jp/status/610704523271630848/photo/1
Translation: With Yoshida of SCE and Hashimoto of Square
Edit: He also just retweeted the gametrailers reaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLRWL0s0l10
スクウェアの橋本さんとSCEの吉田さん！
Translation: With Yoshida of SCE and Hashimoto of Square
Edit: He also just retweeted the gametrailers reaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLRWL0s0l10
Haunted
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JohnSpartanLee
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Swore I'd never back anything on Kickstarter unless it's Shenmue III.
Backed 100$.
Backed 100$.
FiveMinuteHero
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So how many Shenmue sequels are needed to cover the whole story =)
Star Citizen got $2.1 million on kickstarter. It got the rest through donations on it's own site over the years.
$10 million is a lot of money to raise in a kickstarter.
Simply Sami
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Shenmue will sell well in this day and age.
Firstly Sony know how to market their games right unlike Sega. Plus there are a lot people who missed out on it and been wondering what the fuss has been about these past 10 years, who will likely pick it up.
Firstly Sony know how to market their games right unlike Sega. Plus there are a lot people who missed out on it and been wondering what the fuss has been about these past 10 years, who will likely pick it up.
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