Sega fans and really all fans do the same thing. They get attached to branding, names, art, and basically everything that isn't the people who create games.
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Mighty No.9 Kickstarter (PS4/XB1 & Vita/3DS are GO!) (Inafune/IC, $4M FUNDED)
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Sega fans and really all fans do the same thing. They get attached to branding, names, art, and basically everything that isn't the people who create games.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
Man, I hope they know what they're in for. They're already pushing 18 000 backers and are on track for multiple times that. The logistics of getting bonuses out to that many people around the world are going to be challenging for a small shop.
ZeroMaverick
Member
Hey, I haven't read the thread(sue me), but will we see a PSN version? It's the only way I'll get to play this game 
There's plenty of reasons why. Do you think that if Mega Man really could print money like Sonic and Mario do that Capcom wouldn't be all over it?
The real issue is that for a real publisher this is a risk. Fans can be very vocal but they don't always put their money where their mouths are. We've seen plenty of examples of fans demanding games that end up bombing. Look at Sega Rally Revo: Fans were clamouring for a new Sega Rally, a new studio was set up specifically to make one and, for various reasons (some right, some wrong), people didn't want the finished product. The end result was that dev costs weren't reclaimed and SRS was disbanded.
If this game doesn't match people's expectations? Bad luck. You already paid for it. If a traditionally-published game doesn't match expectations? The publisher pays for it.
There's a massive difference between asking people to pony up the dev costs of your game up front in exchange for the finished product later and funding a project and hoping to make it back and make a decent profit out of it. For Capcom, a new Mega Man game doesn't make sense. For a crowdfunded project, it absolutely does.
That's why they have Famgamer taking care of that.
BoosterDuck
Banned
$997,605!
Edit: $998,439!
Edit: $998,439!
LiveFromKyoto
Member
Hey, I haven't read the thread(sue me), but will we see a PSN version? It's the only way I'll get to play this game
Once it hits 2.5 mil. (I believe!) .
it will
ZeroMaverick
Member
I hope so! I love this game concept with all of my heart.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
1 million reached!
BoosterDuck
Banned
It took Keiji Inafune almost 2 days to raise 1 million dollars!
PrimaNocta
Member
1 million baby!
Wow. That's just...... That seems so ingenuous.
Chezzymann
Member
AWW YEA
LiveFromKyoto
Member
I'm wondering at what point a proper physical release comes onto their radar.
BoosterDuck
Banned
Dear god, PS4 mentioned. Everyone empty your pockets.
SloaneRisette
Member
I wouldn't doubt it.
I see this as the Japanese dev equivalent to Double Fine Adventure. This thing is going to do well.
I'm guessing it will reach the $1.4mil mark before slowing down, like all Kickstarters do, but I doubt it will lose enough steam to not reach the rest of the stretch goals, specially if the team keeps the content coming. This is still quite the uphill battle.
If you mean getting it on Vita, then no not enough money in this world.
DjangoReinhardt
Thinks he should have been the one to kill Batman's parents.
Again, the issue is that there is a gap between demand and demand sufficient to make development of additional Mega Man games more profitable than the alternatives for Capcom. Reality is that Mega Man is a long-declining franchise that doesn't appear to have much upside in today's market. MIghty No. 9 is preaching to the choir, not something that is likely to drive growth.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
Ask Chris Roberts.
