This is the normal behaviour of kickstarter projects.
So maybe 7?
I doubt that this curve applies to Shenmue 3. The game had, by far, the largest initial attention of any other game on kickstarter. If anything, it is unusually front-loaded.
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I doubt that this curve applies to Shenmue 3. The game had, by far, the largest initial attention of any other game on kickstarter. If anything, it is unusually front-loaded.
Me too. On disc two of the first game, with a VGA box.
On my TV (Sony SXRD KDS-R50XBR1, which I've had since March of 2006), the VGA port is passed straight through to the display, so it's 1:1 pixel mapped. It looks as good as any HD console-- the caveat being that it's running in a 640x480 box in the middle of the screen obviously.
Still, it's the closest thing we'll ever get to having an HD Sega console. And considering the incredible texture resolution in a lot of Dreamcast games (in fact, a good example is the door in my picture, although it might not be that obvious with my phone's shitty camera), I sometimes feel as though I'm playing an HD Sega console.
Theonik
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Actually, it isn't rare for game KS to be frontloaded like that. There will still be a final rush but not as dramatic as other campaigns probably.
kunonabi
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I've been busy working on backlog but I've dying to start my Shenmue II since I just played all of Shenmue a few months ago. I was actually able to transfer my save for the first time after finding some VMU editing progam so I'm looking forward to finally not having to start from scratch. Might just cave and play some tonight. I need to find a solution to my disc 4 not having music though.
Bl@de
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Is Demul the best option? I always used nullDC. Only bugs are shadows, arcade and ryo's hair. Everything else is ok so far.
more graphically accurate and doesn't have the crash bug in shenmue ii that later nulldc builds have
very resource intensive though, plus anything over 3x resolution in the dx11 plug in is borked
I mentioned the other day that playing Shenmue with a sega saturn fighting stick is awesome. I started yet another playthrough of Shenmue II this weekend using the stick. The fighting portions feel so awesome with a real stick in your hands.
You have to use a saturn stick, however, and a very specific adapter. The dreamcast sticks don't have L and R buttons, they have C and Z buttons. And C and Z are recognized as different buttons. L and R are used to look at things (how you select something you want to talk to or pick up) and run (which makes the game way more tolerable). Most Saturn->DC adapters map C and Z on the pad to C and Z on the dreamcast, but the Saturn/PSX->Dreamcast converter from Innovation maps L and R to C and Z, making shenmue entirely playable with a fighting game stick or saturn pad.
Shenmue doesn't use the Dreamcast or Xbox controller well at all. It's so much better playing with a 2D controller.
anexanhume
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I'm sure this one is probably front-loaded in terms of number of backers more than most because of the press conference plug. However, given the level of dedication of this fanbase, I can see a lot of people feverishly upping pledges near the end if it's near a stretch goal.
If the campaign is within sniffing distance of 10M (say greater than 8M with several days left), there will be a hard push to hit 10M.
bananafactory
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Fuckkkkk the dreamcast I was watching on eBay ended
It was only $100 with shipping included too
Edit: Welp, bought one. $144 but it's in really good shape and comes with 2 VMU and 2 controllers. Now I just need to acquire the games.
It was only $100 with shipping included too
Edit: Welp, bought one. $144 but it's in really good shape and comes with 2 VMU and 2 controllers. Now I just need to acquire the games.
Me and a friend got obsessive in it. I almost hit a perfect game before. I think it was in the 700-800s i cant remember
Fuckkkkk the dreamcast I was watching on eBay ended
It was only $100 with shipping included too
Edit: Welp, bought one. $144 but it's in really good shape and comes with 2 VMU and 2 controllers. Now I just need to acquire the games.
Wow prices sure have gone up a lot. DC used to be one of the most affordable systems to collect for.
Fuckkkkk the dreamcast I was watching on eBay ended
It was only $100 with shipping included too
Edit: Welp, bought one. $144 but it's in really good shape and comes with 2 VMU and 2 controllers. Now I just need to acquire the games.
That seems expensive? I remember getting mine for cheaper. I wonder if people are upping the price of the system itself as well because of this.
bananafactory
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Not sure. It's a couple of factors, mostly our poor Canadian dollar plus expensive shipping charges for importing it.
I paid 75 USD and another 40 USD for shipping, most of the ones from Europe were about 40 British pounds and another 40 pounds shipping
There were cheaper ones but I'm very picky about buying old consoles, this is actually the first I've bought that wasn't sealed, so hopefully it's in as good condition as the pictures indicate
Lucky the UK ain't picked up on this yet for the Dreamcast Prices.
Shenmue Prices are about £50 but there are some exceptions during Bid Wars
Shenmue 2? Well...
My max prices: £30 for Dreamcast. £50 for Shenmue 1. £50 for Shenmue 2. I won't go higher if I want them!
I'll also go in the buying order of Shenmue 2, then Shenmue 1, then the Dreamcast because that is the order of difficulty for prices.
Shenmue Prices are about £50 but there are some exceptions during Bid Wars
Shenmue 2? Well...
My max prices: £30 for Dreamcast. £50 for Shenmue 1. £50 for Shenmue 2. I won't go higher if I want them!
I'll also go in the buying order of Shenmue 2, then Shenmue 1, then the Dreamcast because that is the order of difficulty for prices.
I know lol.
I shoulda caved before. But i'm sticking by my £50 rule...£75 by 2016...£100 if it's 2017...
oreomunsta
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For reference, Yooka and Laylee slowed down to a slow, steady burn that only picked up again when the KS was ~ 3 days from finishing
A little sizzle trailer worked up by the guys at the Dojo. Thoughts?
Music maybe a bit too actiony in my opinion. But I like!
Also, no Lucky Hit...might aswell doom the Kickstarter if you ain't showing off the main draw of Shenmue 2.
Theonik
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It's not the best time to to buy the games.
I would really wait until the KS fever dies down a little.
That's actually smart. Buy all those capsules before your money gets stolen in the story and then sell them after.
Why would you sell the 2nd main draw of the series?
-clearly the only one who plays Shenmue correctly...by not avenging-
indigo-cyclops
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Remember that impressive Shenmue Remaster video some Korean guy made?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpzRBC5zvaI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7cjDaOQpB0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1UrqRoTAbk
Now we have a FINITE amount of time to wait for a new Shenmue game, I can't fucking believe it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpzRBC5zvaI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7cjDaOQpB0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1UrqRoTAbk
Now we have a FINITE amount of time to wait for a new Shenmue game, I can't fucking believe it.
Well that only took the whole night for a 7 minute youtube video as a result. This is why amateurs like me shouldn't do this. =)
Anyway, very introductory video in which I try to describe Shenmue, Kickstarter and the ongoing campaign very briefly. Maybe something for your gaming friends that might be as old as me but have been a bit off their consoles and computers lately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGvjicXqeek
If I manage to do more videos I will focus on details on the campaign instead. Let me know of any shoutouts for other promo-events that could be good to mention. Will sleep now and hope for $3 575 000 and/or 45000 backers in the morning. Keep up the spirit fellow fans!
Anyway, very introductory video in which I try to describe Shenmue, Kickstarter and the ongoing campaign very briefly. Maybe something for your gaming friends that might be as old as me but have been a bit off their consoles and computers lately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGvjicXqeek
If I manage to do more videos I will focus on details on the campaign instead. Let me know of any shoutouts for other promo-events that could be good to mention. Will sleep now and hope for $3 575 000 and/or 45000 backers in the morning. Keep up the spirit fellow fans!
Shadow Ranger
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They've stayed about the same since III's reveal.
II usually goes for 40-65. Varies, but you can get lucky and get it for 40. History is probably closer to 60 for most Sold listings, though. I'd say the higher price is mostly down to seemingly lower print run and no native US copies.
I is cheaper but also harder to get in mint condition (mentioned this in a different thread). Not sure why that is, but in my time looking for a mint copy (mint sleeve included), I only saw them once or twice, outside of brand new copies, which I so regret not getting (they were £25!) around the Dreamcast's disappearance from stores/existence/life itself phase.
Glad I own them, either way.
Hopefully they'll share more engaging updates soon for this KS. Seems like they grossly underestimated its performance and have probably been scrambling, possibly pitching new decks - "SEE! See what happened in just 8 hours?!". One can hope, or something...
oreomunsta
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Oh, ok, interesting!
Hope that fans get what they've been waiting so long for with this KS
bananafactory
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Most of them are around 25-50 USD and another 30-45 for shipping and import fees. Converted to CAD it's in the 100-150 range when all is said and done. Would be much cheaper for me to buy a system locally but they are all NTSC here.
Ryo Hazuki
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Basically Yu Suzuki said with ten million dollars he'll be able to make the game as vast and as ambitious as he envisions it could be.
yu suzuki was asked what he'd do with more money
he said at 5 million he'd get to implement ideas he very much wants to do (seen on the stretch goals as the character perspective system, which from an interview with 4gamer seems to be playing as different characters and having them interact differently in the world)
he said 10 million would be his dream amount
so we're trying to make dreams come true
edit: the above is more accurate
The message is good but the whole trailer has something off maybe it's the different musics like some else said that don't go well together in it, I don't know...
I think the trailer should be shorter to get maximum impact with an intro music then a more engaging music for presenting the features like in this one : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh8uEvcP-Aw
They don't have to explain why they do this (I mean the strech goals), they just need to present the serie (like they did) they finish on a selling message like "Shenmue 3 on kickstarter now". I mean the trailer need to present what is Shenmue and "sell" the campaign.
Sorry for my bad english.
openrob
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I can see what Yu meant when he said that the E3 reveal didn't communicate his vision for that area properly.
cool, though it does further highlight how early that footage is even more. environments especially, it just didn't look like guilin
Why Feminist Frequency is not supporting Shenmue?
Shenmue female characters have very strong characters not typical to videogames of that time.
We have Nozomi, Joy, Xiong and Shenhua
In Shenmue 3 you will have the whole rapport system which will show that this character is behave like a real human.
Someone should really write to Anita about this.
Shenmue female characters have very strong characters not typical to videogames of that time.
We have Nozomi, Joy, Xiong and Shenhua
In Shenmue 3 you will have the whole rapport system which will show that this character is behave like a real human.
Someone should really write to Anita about this.
Friend of Sonic
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Ugh at those Shenmue prices. I let me vanilla copy go for 40 shipped in February and my LE for 50 shipped in May lol
If people are getting in a tizzy about sony involvement imagine the backlash if Anita got involved.
El_Cinefilo
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The way people react to Anita it would probably be better for the campaign if she did a video criticising the damsel in distress scenarios in the game.
Looking pretty good to me. THe goal right now should be to get the KS to about 4 million in the next 23 days. Then I have no doubt in the last 48 hours we'll reach over 5 million
ArisenDragon
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I'm still positive on the 10 million its definitely doable.
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