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[Delstius]

That was quick. Next one now.

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

God is real you guys.

 

[Scavenger]

Finally Ryo gets to fart so hard he goes into space

 

[Y2Kev]

This is just the best. I mean really. It's happening and shenmue fans are strutTing our shit.

 

[cantona222]

1 million $ in 90 minutes. Wow.

 

[Skyzard]

Uh. GAF. I backed immediately when the site was chugging.

I chose the $29 tier but it pledged me at the $10,000 jacket tier.

Am I badass enough to roll around in a 10k jacket?

Spoiler

no

Lol, wtf ha.

 

[Guevara]

$1M, lol.

 

[AuthenticM]

The GT guys' reaction to FFVII was just as good if not better.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

Please make a remaster.

 

[The Spoony Hou]

If this is crowd funded, why is it PS4/PC only? I don't see what Sony has to do with this.

 

[Erekiddo]

Wait. Did you really.

Apparently.

 

[AgentClassy]

just backed a digital copy for the PC. Cant wait for this!

 

[Dead Prince]

$2 million not even reached yet? disappointed. gotta go faster so they can add some stretch goals tomorrow.

 

[Thaedolus]

I'm still just in fucking shock

 

[Iceman]

I bought both of the originals as soon as they were available for import (to california). Paid a hundred bucks each time. I began to learn Japanese just so I could get through Shenmue I. Replayed the crap out of them. Purchased each of the English language ports. There is no doubt that I'm throwing money at this thing. The only question is how much.

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

Halfway there! Come on world!

 

[Canis lupus]

Fastest Kickstarter to reach 1M. ~1h30m
Yooka-Laylee did it in 6 hours.

 

[Toki767]

Fastest video game kickstarter to hit 1 million.

2nd fastest kickstarter of all time to hit 1 million.

 

[cj_iwakura]

ONE MILLION DOLLARS

Travis wants his cat back.


So is there any intention that this will finish it, or no chance?

 

[FStop7]

Remember: Nobody wants this and it's just nostalgia. That's why it crossed $1 mil and nearly 12,000 backers in 90 minutes.

 

[Furyous]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLRWL0s0l10

Can someone point me in the direction of the GT Live reaction to FF7 remake?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Over a million. So, so awesome. Shenmue 3! Still can't believe it.

 

[Gormless Noodle]

Is this a new record? I don't think even Yooka Laylee went this damn fast.

 

[Thunder Monkey]

This is just the best. I mean really. It's happening and shenmue fans are strutTing our shit.

Hold on a minute there.

We haven't even decided if we're even alive yet Kev.

 

[Shmuely Bully]

My guess is that Sony has already agreed to partly fund the game, and that this Kickstarter is simply a courtesy gesture to offset development costs.

If the original game cost 70m to finance in the '90s, we can assume that 2m and a tiny team of Sega remnants really isn't going to conjure up much content in 2015.

Still, we'll see how far this goes.

I'd have preferred a Shenmue 1&2 port myself.

Or it's to prove there is adequate interest to fund it. There's clearly a reason why it was announced at their presser after the Cerny tweets, etc. but I doubt an extra $2M would stop Sony if they believed there was a market for the game.

 

[Krejlooc]

$2 million not even reached yet? disappointed. gotta go faster so they can add some stretch goals tomorrow.

Uh, this is looking like it'll be one of the most impressive crowdfunding stories to date. This just obliterated Yooka-Laylee's record to $1 million.

 

[Laevateinn]

there was no Sega logo during that reveal

Fuck Sega forever

 

[Skyzard]

Apparently.

Maybe change it if you're not keeping it?

there was no Sega logo during that reveal

I wonder if they just...let him have it?

 

[shmoglish]

I am new to kickstarter, is 1mio of a 2 mio goals in reached in two hours fast? ( I think it is)

 

[Xpliskin]

Remember: Nobody wants this and it's just nostalgia. That's why it crossed $1 mil and nearly 12,000 backers in 90 minutes.

Look at this guy.


Look at him.

 

[Erekiddo]

Maybe change it if you're not keeping it?



I wonder if they just...let him have it?

I plan on it. Just found it funny. Maybe we can all pitch in and share the jacket.

 

[Mr Moose]

Wow.

Literal tears are running down my cheeks. LOL.

Not ashamed to say, I cried after all the announcements lol.

Also, 1M+ JESUS. Hope I can change my digital to physical copy sometime.

 

[darkwing]

I literally jumped up and down on my bed

 

[ChrisDM]

I know the hype is real in here but I LOVE EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.

 

[zeopower6]

Shenmue HD at some point is inevitable for PC/PS4 right?

 

[Nhutty]

Never played a shenmue, I should check it out by the crazy responses here haha

 

[XanaviF30]

1 million!

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

The hype is real. 1 Million within and hour and a half. This has to be a new record. This is ridiculous

 

[Krejlooc]

I am new to kickstarter, is 1mio of a 2 mio goals in reached in two hours fast? ( I think it is)

It just set a new record. It took Yooka-laylee much longer to reach 1 million, and that itself was a record.

 

[Carl]

A million in 2 hours, ridiculous

 

[Tenzan]

This game will not be the scope of the first two. There is no way they can hope to sell enough copies to exceed that budget. I think sometimes Gaf needs to slow down the hype train and think realistically about things.

There are stretch goals to add more villages so they can increase the original scope of the 2mil target of this game at least

 

[Chezzymann]

Is this a new record? I don't think even Yooka Laylee went this damn fast.

Yooka Kaylee got to 1 million in 6 hours. This got there in 90 minutes.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

If this is crowd funded, why is it PS4/PC only? I don't see what Sony has to do with this.

I'll bet Sony announces some sort of donation afterwards. Pre-planned of course.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Apparently.

What?!

 

[IAmRandom31]

I feel like I'm going to wake up soon in cold sweats going " I knew it!!!! Nooooooo "

 

[spwolf]

this is going to get funded before i wake up in 6-7hrs... they should put up more goals.

 

[Windom Earle]

Uh. GAF. I backed immediately when the site was chugging.

I chose the $29 tier but it pledged me at the $10,000 jacket tier.

Am I badass enough to roll around in a 10k jacket?

Spoiler

no

Change it NOW then please.

 

[Thunder Monkey]

I am new to kickstarter, is 1mio of a 2 mio goals in reached in two hours fast? ( I think it is)

Very fast.

Fastest yet actually.

At this pace it will be met in about three hours.

 

[Thaedolus]

Dude. Guys. It's fucking happening.

Oh my fucking god.


GUYS.

LIEK IF U HADZ DRIMECAZT 9/9/99

 

[MattyG]

Apparently.

Holy shit hahahahahaha