Nah, more like soul-crushing realism.Whoa this thread is all doom and gloom these days!
kickstarter backers doesn't even remotely equal potential sales. not every shenmue fan aware of the campaign have donated either. you'd know this if you read the thread only as little as three pages back.Barely reaching 5 millions only demonstrates why publishers won't finance this game.
Are you assuming that the tier is double the digital release? It'll boost the funding but I expect the proportion that will be going to development will not be double since the cost of production will take a decent chunk.
Neat update. I am curious in the interview he alludes to the following pictures;
Saying this content was cut from final version of Shenmue (I'm assuming he meant Shenmue 2) as it didn't work with games flow. The community long speculated this was footage from early version of Shenmue III on Dreamast. I guess it may not be the case.
Barely reaching 5 millions only demonstrates why publishers won't finance this game.
Barely reaching 5 millions only demonstrates why publishers won't finance this game.
you'd think some people would realise that the kickstarter doesn't end for another 18 days. even if it's a crawl until the last big final surge, we'll still cross $5 million. it's $6 million we have to really work for.It's going to end up well over 5 million. It's pulled in A LOT of money. You need to get some perspective and realise that this is doing extremely well for a kick-starter.
Barely reaching 5 millions only demonstrates why publishers won't finance this game.
good man, well done.Just added more funds, I'm backing 150$ now
Choose only to get 30$ reward, I want them to use the money for the game
This is childish and very embarrassing. /facepalmDon't know if this was posted, but a petition to fire Awesome Japan is building steam and the comments are looking ugly with lots of people saying they are removing their pledge because of the mismanagement.
you'd think some people would realise that the kickstarter doesn't end for another 18 days. even if it's a crawl until the last big final surge, we'll still cross $5 million. it's $6 million we have to really work for.
Thumbs up!Just added more funds, I'm backing 150$ now
Choose only to get 30$ reward, I want them to use the money for the game
It's going to end up well over 5 million. It's pulled in A LOT of money. You need to get some perspective and realise that this is doing extremely well for a kick-starter.
kickstarter backers doesn't even remotely equal potential sales. not every shenmue fan aware of the campaign have donated either. you'd know this if you read the thread only as little as three pages back.
anyway, the new update was pretty interesting.
did they just stealthily confirm the series will be heading into tibet eventually? they need to do an update about the cut content from shenmue II as well, that'd be a very interesting one. ideally the media may pick up on that as a story and bring a little more positive media attention back to the campaign.
Yeah, still having a decent chance of being the highest earning gaming kickstarter of all time is really proving those publishers right.
There will be enough interest and coverage around launch that if Yu Suzuki can make a great game then it will sell.
what the hell? your words would be truth if we were talking about not reaching 2 millions, but not even games that would sell millions can pull off 5 millions in KS and shenmue 3 is a very special case.
This is really ignorant.Barely reaching 5 millions only demonstrates why publishers won't finance this game.
the fact you're actually looking to insult us with something as banal and sexist as calling us ladies for disagreeing with you through logic, reason, and proven evidence of KS backer vs final sales just goes to show you really have no intention of adding anything meaningful to this conversation.Ladies, for 5-6 million the ultra mega hype that was behind the game is nothing for a publisher, especially after breaking the 2mill barrier between hours. That what I meant. he thought he could easily get 10 millions.
The Kickstarter was horribly made. There is not a re-cap or some sort of thing to get new people to back this project.
I didn't mean to say anything bad or wrong.
I'm not being ignorant. I know how Kickstarter works.This is really ignorant.
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the fact you're actually looking to insult us with something as banal and sexist as calling us ladies for disagreeing with you through logic, reason, and proven evidence of KS backer vs final sales just goes to show you really have no intention of adding anything meaningful to this conversation.
Look at it this way. If a publisher announced a game that was 2.5 years away and it raked in $3m worth of pre-orders in two days, they'd probably be pretty happy about that. I can't imagine most people pre-order until much closer to release, if at all.I'm not being ignorant. I know how Kickstarter works.
What I really mean is, that behind the publishers eye, is not enough. This game has been asked for years and years and we its finally announced, doesn't mean the full expectation.
I'm not trying to say anything bad about the game/future game. I'm pretty sure it will be a good game and hopefully have good sales
For 5-6 million the ultra mega hype that was behind the game is nothing for a publisher, especially after breaking the 2mill barrier between hours. That what I meant. he thought he could easily get 10 millions.
The Kickstarter was horribly made. There is not a re-cap or some sort of thing to get new people to back this project.
I didn't mean to say anything bad or wrong.
What I really mean is, that behind the publishers eye, is not enough. This game has been asked for years and years and we its finally announced, doesn't mean the full expectation.
Yu bet your sweet ass!I'm so happy! I got TWO Shenmooo updates today and one basically said a PS4 version is coming. Announce it YUUUU and I will double my pledge.
how about replying to the full content of omikaru's post instead of just snipping everything besides the first line?I'm not being ignorant. I know how Kickstarter works.
What I really mean is, that behind the publishers eye, is not enough. This game has been asked for years and years and we its finally announced, doesn't mean the full expectation.
I'm not trying to say anything bad about the game/future game. I'm pretty sure it will be a good game and hopefully have good sales.
wow wow, hold on. I didn't mean to offend anyone here. My apologies if you felt offended.
And how did you come into this conclusion? that's mere speculation, please, don't let the eager to see it reaching 10 millions blind you.
They don't get new people into this project because of the nature of Shenmue itself, not because of the KS, and the FUD isn't helping.
Despite all the criticism, the campaign is still breaking kickstarter records. What expectations are not being met?
Sure, the campaign started with an unprecedented amount of attention thanks to the exposure at Sony's E3 conference, but still...
How do the classics play via nulldc these days? Last time I tried it there was some weird glitching with Ryo's hair that made it transparent in parts.I'm playing through Shenmue 2 again via nulldc and am reminded just how crazy detailed the world is.
Just give me something more interesting than 3 extra capsule toys and i'll up my pledge to $500.
How do the classics play via nulldc these days? Last time I tried it there was some weird glitching with Ryo's hair that made it transparent in parts.
Pretty much put me off playing the game via emulation. Which is a shame as it otherwise seemed to play fine.
give demul a go. very resource intensive and heavily tied to your vram though. anything over 3x resolution is borked in dx11 mode too.How do the classics play via nulldc these days? Last time I tried it there was some weird glitching with Ryo's hair that made it transparent in parts.
Pretty much put me off playing the game via emulation. Which is a shame as it otherwise seemed to play fine.
Nulldc still does the same thing. Demul runs without those glitches, but the downside it is much more system intensive. Not sure if Demul has improved on that front.
give demul a go. very resource intensive and heavily tied to your vram though. anything over 3x resolution is borked in dx11 mode too.
I did try demul, but speed was an issue (that was back when I had a Core2Quad Q6600). As it happens, the developer posted some screenshots ~11 days ago, so they are still working on it despite its last update being in 2013 (can't say the same for nullDC).
Not to mention my PC is considerably better now than it was back then, so I may give it another whirl with demul this time.
A shame nulldc is all but dead, however. I was hoping we'd have a Dreamcast emulator that is as amazing as Dolphin or PCSX2 by this point. At least the demul guys are keeping the torch lit!
The nullDC devs are wokring on reicast: http://reicast.com/ It's mainly for android atm but it will eventually have a PC build.
Demul doesnt't run fullspeed for me at anything higher than native resolution but i'll try it again once I get my new gtx980ti.
Ah, I didn't know much about reicast. I guess I could buy an Ouya. :3
As for my PC, it's an i5 2500k and GTX 960 now. I'm hoping that has enough muscle to get some decent speeds on Demul.
For 5-6 million the ultra mega hype that was behind the game is nothing for a publisher, especially after breaking the 2mill barrier between hours. That what I meant. he thought he could easily get 10 millions.
The Kickstarter was horribly made. There is not a re-cap or some sort of thing to get new people to back this project.
I didn't mean to say anything bad or wrong.
Neat update. I am curious in the interview he alludes to the following pictures;
Saying this content was cut from final version of Shenmue (I'm assuming he meant Shenmue 2) as it didn't work with games flow. The community long speculated this was footage from early version of Shenmue III on Dreamast. I guess it may not be the case.
Get a Shield tablet. I'm using it as a tablet emulator and it works great!!! Recast works wonderfully on it w/ Shenmue albeit with a few graphical glitches.
These screenshots still make me so sad.
Even in-light of the Kickstarter, this is still the game I want.
There's no way a village was cut from Shenmue 1, can anybody who understands Japanese confirm if he says the same...?
I don't trust Awesome Japan's voiceover at all! Haha
As others have said, Demul is the way to go, if you have the system to run it. It runs great for me.How do the classics play via nulldc these days? Last time I tried it there was some weird glitching with Ryo's hair that made it transparent in parts.
Pretty much put me off playing the game via emulation. Which is a shame as it otherwise seemed to play fine.
I have an ouya. It barely had enough horse power to turn on. I really doubt it can run shenmoooooooooooCool to know! I have an Ouya (that never gets used), so hopefully it has enough horsepower to run Shenmue. I just played through it on Dreamcast with a VGA cable, but it never hurts to play through the game again
Get a Shield tablet. I'm using it as a tablet emulator and it works great!!! Recast works wonderfully on it w/ Shenmue albeit with a few graphical glitches.
The state of that Twitch interview with Yu Suzuki, my god.
I'm not even sure I blame Awesome Japan for it. That interview was so bad, I can't believe Awesome Japan would have displayed a shred of competence at any time that made Suzuki go, yes, this is the team that should handle Shenmue 3's Kickstarter.
Almost speechless at how bad it is.
On one hand, I'm thrilled Shenmue 3 is finally happening. On the other, with the PR and Kickstarter blunders, I can't help but wonder how much funding this could have reached. Real, real shame
These screenshots still make me so sad.
Even in-light of the Kickstarter, this is still the game I want.
There's no way a village was cut from Shenmue 1, can anybody who understands Japanese confirm if he says the same...?
I don't trust Awesome Japan's voiceover at all! Haha
The voiceover is kind of on point.
He says the village was cut from Shenmue II, with the reason being that it didn't really fit in with the flow of the story at that point, which just got a huge overhaul at the time.
(Considering the effort that was put into creating the village and characters with Chinese ethnical clothing) staff was of course very surprised it got cut.