True. I feel like Sony might have something like this up their sleeve. It seems odd that they would just announce the Kickstarter at their conference and that's it...
Guess we'll see!
SHENMUE 3 kickstarter (PC/PS4) - FINAL DAY - NEW KS RECORD GO GO GO!
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True. I feel like Sony might have something like this up their sleeve. It seems odd that they would just announce the Kickstarter at their conference and that's it...
Guess we'll see!
60 days is the max. Kickstarter recommends 30 days.
Otaku Coder
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They don't get any of the money until the campaign closes.
IMHO, If other platforms are not decided it's because they are not included among the planified stretch goals. but that's only my opinion.
flipswitch
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OK, new to KS. What about the space sim game, didn't that reach like 60mil?
They kept going with funding on their own website.
You can use Paypal? I thought it was credit cards only.
A $2m goal is awfully small. I think Sony should have been a bit bolder and gone for a goal of at least $10m.
Looking at the budget of some other games here, $2m would only just cover the recap videos!
The first Yakuza cost $21m and the first Shenmue was $47m. Obviously I don't see them spend that much again knowing that it didn't make the money back the first time. Plus I expect them to keep development simple to make a pretty basic game technically so they don't blow the budget and put more emphasis on the story itself.
But I'm sure there's lots of fans out there who would have given a lot more. For example I would have paid around $50 for a digital copy. I didn't back the $60 cause I have no use for a physical PC copy.
Looking at the budget of some other games here, $2m would only just cover the recap videos!
The first Yakuza cost $21m and the first Shenmue was $47m. Obviously I don't see them spend that much again knowing that it didn't make the money back the first time. Plus I expect them to keep development simple to make a pretty basic game technically so they don't blow the budget and put more emphasis on the story itself.
But I'm sure there's lots of fans out there who would have given a lot more. For example I would have paid around $50 for a digital copy. I didn't back the $60 cause I have no use for a physical PC copy.
SymbiantXenos
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Backed
Yeah but only a (relatively) small part of that was through kickstarter.
lazybones18
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Less than $25k to go. Hurry up so I can go to bed
Lightning Count
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$25 grand to go.
I can taste it, the sweetness of victory and faith rewarded, to be finished by drinking the tears of the haters.
I can taste it, the sweetness of victory and faith rewarded, to be finished by drinking the tears of the haters.
gundamkyoukai
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Just a short while more to go.
lazyproblems
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A Paypal hasn't been setup yet.
dragonbane
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Its happening guys...
GreyOcelot
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i think it's fairly obvious that they won't be making the game for $2MM. first of all, they are going to get a shit-ton more than that off of kickstarter. secondly, it's a virtual guarantee that they are going to use the kickstarter as a basis for publisher funding like Iga did
LonelyGreyWolf
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Whoa, just woke up and I'm amazed by how much money this has gotten. I thought the core fanbase that wanted Shenmue was much smaller than this. Never played Shenmue so I have no connection to the franchise unfortunately. Did this game break Yooka-Laylees record on fastest million?
ShipTheCheese
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Best $100 i've ever spent.
Basileus777
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They really need to open up more tiers, especially high end ones. There are more than 4 people willing to spend 10k on this.
Alcoholikaust
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gave my 200 bucks. Godspeed!
SpoonyBard
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$29 backed, first time I joined this kind of thing. I'd have paid more for a PS4 physical copy, but I don't have use for a PC version.
Bl@de
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It broke everything. Even Kickstarter. Fastest game to a million of all time.
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Yes. 90 minutes vs 6 hours.
travisbickle
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It costs more than a couple of million to make a game these days. I'm sure Sony is supporting the project, a long with advertising it closer to release. This is just a way to pump up interest, get the fans involved.
If they open a separate PayPal donation site, they could do this.
airmangataosenai
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This thread hasn't been open for even 9 hours yet. Assuming it was opened close to the creation of the page, we're looking at sub-9 hours for reaching the goal..... holy shit guys.
I haven't done anything else for the past hour. I'm just sitting here waiting to celebrate with ya'll, This is the most excited I've been about anything in a long time. Haha.
I haven't done anything else for the past hour. I'm just sitting here waiting to celebrate with ya'll, This is the most excited I've been about anything in a long time. Haha.
Lightning Count
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I really need to take a leak, but I refuse to leave my desk until I see that counter hit $2 million.
oh i know its not the budget of the game. But they should have set the goal higher, if they were only looking for interest, they would be able to gauge it whether they made the goal or not, so it wouldn't hurt to ask for more money. I don't think its a matter of squeezing gamers for everything they have got, its just about making sure everyone gets on board.
That's what I would have done anyway.
I am listening to the entire Shenmue I & II soundtrack while I am at it.
This is unbelievable. Watching history, something I didn't even really wake up yesterday morning believing was possible ever, and I'm going to go to sleep with Shenmue 3 a go.
We did it guys, We fucking did it. I beat Shenmue 2 on a New Year's Eve night, fitting to see Shenmue 3 become a reality with a countdown.
We did it guys, We fucking did it. I beat Shenmue 2 on a New Year's Eve night, fitting to see Shenmue 3 become a reality with a countdown.
I've literally been here for 8 hours and 40 minutes straight.
Lightning Count
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I am tempted, but 11.30am is a bit early in the day for me.
This evening I will definitely partake a few.
shenmue ii did about 100k in the us on the xbox. that's the floor as of 2004 or so when the series originally ended.
LonelyGreyWolf
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