Zombegoast
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So kickstarters are now going to replace petitions now?
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Sony is officially helping with funding and development with Shenmue 3
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Definitely. It's just good for all the people that are still asking how they can make the game with so little money.
Was it ever implied or that one of the stretch goals would be "xbone" port? I dont get it.
Now im confused too. Does this mean no PC version now? or still PS4/PC? The hell, I thought they were funding the game already with a Kickstarter to help dev costs???
Red Blaster
Member
why come
sony is assuredly going to lose money on this
shenmue is an aaaa production that doesnt exactly have mass appeal
the_sun_king
Member
As if there was any doubt.
They needed to gauge interest for Shenmue? lol
Anyways big exclusive for Sony and huge loss for Xbox.
BMX Bandit
Member
Time to add that ps4 physical tier
BreezyLimbo
Banned
I get what you're saying, but games aren't cheap these days. With Bloodstained and Shenmue 3, I think we're going to be seeing an evolution of how new IPs/revivals are handled in the future.
Good maybe you should have funded it. It wasn't going anywhere if Sony didn't step in. If Microsoft or anybody else wanted to they only had a what a million years now to do it. Stop crying like this was some moneyhat.
Play on PC then sheesh.
Extra Sauce
Member
It's Shenmue 3. This approach was invented for a project like this.
Too bad, because I'm a huge fan of this approach. And since my opinion counts double*, I'm afraid you lose this one
*And don't you dare ask why.
gundamkyoukai
Member
PC gamers should be happy that Sony don't consider PC a problem .
They get the best of both worlds.
Zombie James
Banned
With Sony's financial situation they can't be risking tons of money on a niche game, so this approach made sense. They boosted the noticeability of it at E3 and now saw that people besides the vocal minority that speak on forums actually want the game, so they can back it with total confidence.
The Bookerman
Member
Microsoft did that same shit back with Shenmue 2, stop bitching.
Why? I mean, anyone can type on a forum or select on an option on a poll saying their "interested" but it means nothing. Kickstarter allows for those interested to put their money where their mouth is to show that they're in fact interested and willing to buy. Because the other approaches gets you nothing.
Fushichou187
Member
Existing >>> Not Existing
This I think is the more interesting bit. Sony is fronting cash to get a title made that'll come to something other than exclusively its own platform (and one that can outclass it fidelity-wise), and I think that's pretty cool.
BossDarkseid
Member
Like most Ks...to gauge whether people woulkd actually buy it rather than do a Xenosaga HD and just say they will.
BattleMonkey
Member
But it is. If they had confidence in the game, they would have backed it like they have other games. The kickstarter was done to essentially prove to SONY that there is demand enough for the game.
It's an odd approach, but it's also getting the fans to show what they want to toss their money at, instead of having suits in a boardroom decide where the industry should go
NormalFish
Banned
These are my thoughts.
Hate to see these big names coming to kickstarter just to prove to pubs that their game has consumer interest.
So if this game becomes exclusive, they don't deliver on kickstarter deal, right?
Zeyphersan
Banned
That's what basically all of them are
More to the point, I think this is dumb. There was never ever ever ever any doubt that the kickstarted would hit its goal in 31 days, so Sony should have just partnered from the start. There is no "gauging interest" here. The kickstarter was unnecessary
Console exclusive to PS4? Yes. But the game is not "exclusive", as it's coming out on PC as well. Unless that somehow doesn't count, that is.
nikos
Member
From the Kickstarter page:
If this project reaches its funding goal, Shenmue 3 will be available on the PS4 and PC.
SerTapTap
Member
I don't mind them picking up the game or getting it exclusive in return since it's VERY clear this shit was never going to happen, but I do think Kickstarter needs to start requiring a clear label on these publisher-backed kickstarters. Stick an "externally funded" badge at the top.
Though it should have been VERY obvious that someone, clearly Sony, would be pitching in several times the funding amount for this from the Kickstarter.
Though it should have been VERY obvious that someone, clearly Sony, would be pitching in several times the funding amount for this from the Kickstarter.
ersocaster
Member
I agree. I only contributed enough to actually purchase the game, but I still feel a bit cheated. Nintendo didn't make a semi-fake kickstarter to gauge interest for Bayonetta 2, for instance, they just funded it because they wanted it on their console, and they even went a step further and put Bayonetta 1 on there as well.
SonicXtreme
Member
i'll still probably buy it on pc lol, my bloodborne box won't be around as long as my pc will. oh well, souls games are almost always best on playstation so it's nothing to complain about, i'll still buy all of them on there due to no hackers (lookin at you pc) and larger player base (not that xbox is a bad alternative but PS will always have an advantage in playerbase for souls games imo)
but for shenmue, eh yer gonna have to put something exclusive there to get sales from people like me
but for shenmue, eh yer gonna have to put something exclusive there to get sales from people like me
KillerSloth
Banned
As opposed to the no game approach? A lot of people here really don't seem to know what kickstarter means.
joecanada
Member
Soooo now can we ignore all the dumb questions of "why would sony get any credit for this" and "this seems scummy"
it was obvious all along Sony was helping out, helping them out with advertising via giving them stage space during e3 was nice enough, now here's the official word that there's more.
not only that but if they never had a piece of the pie, they would have never gotten extra money from the franchise, so it's not like they were draining the franchise of resources or something. It was nothing, a pipedream and they helped out. big deal, some people need to make sour grapes out of anything.
it was obvious all along Sony was helping out, helping them out with advertising via giving them stage space during e3 was nice enough, now here's the official word that there's more.
not only that but if they never had a piece of the pie, they would have never gotten extra money from the franchise, so it's not like they were draining the franchise of resources or something. It was nothing, a pipedream and they helped out. big deal, some people need to make sour grapes out of anything.
GitarooMan
Member
That's what I don't get. It's like trying to prove a point that didn't need to be made. This idea that people needed to prove their love of Shenmue with some $2 million dollar goal that would be super easy to reach is strange. I'll admit I'm eating crow on this one, because there is no way I thought a massive dev like Sony would send a project they are partially funding to Kickstarter.
Since Sony is funding it, they aren't going to allow it to be released on Xbox. This is clear cut.
CountAntonius
Member
Kinda crazy that Sony of all people are helping with the release of two of the biggest PC games in the future. SFV and now Shenmue 3.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Agreed.
Not to mention, us gamers can now put our money where our mouths are. We want a game made so bad (that would seem hardcore followed but still niche), then let them gauge it. It isn't like most of these Kickstarters do not give fans a copy of the game plus some collector's like extras for their funding. And they get to be recognized in the credits more often than not.
It is pure win IMO.
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