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[scarybore]

Just sitting here, watching the pledges rise, it's gone up 200k in 20 minutes, it's simply fascinatingly crazy.

 

[Windom Earle]

Please explain to me how kickstarter works. Will I get all the lower tier goals if I'd pledge 500?

 

[Alphahawk]

Surely there'll be Shenmue 1+2 Remaster stretch goals.

I would imagine if this gets funded Sony would just back some remasters of the first two games themselves. It really would only help Shenmue from a marketing point of view.

 

[Jopie]

Surely there'll be Shenmue 1+2 Remaster stretch goals.

Yeah, my backing amount would double to see that.

 

[Zetta]

Already down for 60 and maybe more. This is the day that I was waiting for.

 

[ZeroCDR]

My first kickstarter game, holy crap, I'm so excited..!

 

[Finalow]

The 10k option is sold out? WTF.

Iga am i cry

 

[zeopower6]

Please explain to me how kickstarter works. Will I get all the lower tier goals if I'd pledge 500?

Most of them, yes, if not all. it should specify.

 

[iori9999]

I put $29 in.. Waiting for the physical PS4 copy and I'll pay more.. And I was never even into Shenmue either. Just want to support it..

 

[SephLuis]

Surely there'll be Shenmue 1+2 Remaster stretch goals.

I hope Sony is supporting them on this. Haven't played neither Shenmue and now I want to play because it wont end in a cliffhanger.

 

[Red Devil]

Keep it coming!

I'll get this on PC whenever it comes out. Wonder if they'd release the first two alongside with it.

 

[Krejlooc]

Lan Di am cry

It's known Ryo will abandon his quest to kill Lan Di.

 

[Lethe82]

I think Sony will have to pay some bills for it if kickstarter success. No way they can make it with 2M

Sony is co funding 100%, there's no way they can make Shenmue III for 2 million, and it being PS4/PC is exactly the situation that happened with SFV. There will be no added platforms for stretch goals except Sony platforms (vita maybe but I doubt it).

 

[Fuz]

Only $2M? Do they have some more funding sources?

 

[kunonabi]

Please explain to me how kickstarter works. Will I get all the lower tier goals if I'd pledge 500?

YEP

 

[GoodMorningPluto]

Over 800k already. This is glorious.

 

[Dead Man Typing]

As someone who always had interest in the series but never had the chance to play it, it's disappointing to see that no HD versions of 1&2 are even being considered.

As for those who are hyped, it makes me happy to see all of you getting what you've been waiting for, hopefully the game will exceed expectations.

We can hope that the success of this Kickstarter will make a re-release of 1 and II a no-brainer, even for Sega. 2017 is a long way away.

 

[Bluekaveli]

It's going to reach it by tomorrow night. Beast786 will come in and donate 200k of he and his wifesbmoney.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Kickstart Outrun 3 pls.

Seriously, this much dough would pay for Suzuki buying up all the good 'ol SEGA IPs. Not that it would ever happen, lol.

Page needs work and I'm not sure if the horrific VA in the video's supposed to be a joke, but I get the impression this KS has been quick in the making and will improve overnight. Backing it for $29!

 

[chadskin]

Found it!

The moment I saw it I knew this would end up on GAF lol

 

[MilkBeard]

I know it is premature by 2.5 years, but in celebration of today's announcement, I am firing up the Dreamcast, breaking out my day 1 copy of Shenmue and I am playing until my eyes bleed tom


And almost 800k on Kickstarter already!

Yeah, I'm going to finish playing Shenmue II as well. I bought a PAL copy and Gameshark and I started it but I had other things going on. Now I must return and finish it. I played through Shenmue I and enjoyed it immensely.

Can't wait for III. This is UNREAL.

 

[Acquiescence]

Watching the pledges rise up so rapidly has restored my faith in humanity. Shenmue 3 is going to reach 20 million at least.

 

[YuriLowell]

I cant believe building the list worked.

 

[Rymuth]

IGN gave a pretty good analysis on this

Basically, like Igarashi's kickstarter, someone else has forked over the budget. This is just money to prove there is demand for the game.

Wouldn't surprise me if Sony or another publisher dropped anywhere from $5m and upwards for this project.

 

[Whatever'sComfortable]

Only $2M? Do they have some more funding sources?

The Kickstarter is probably there to prove demand to publishers, and it's doing that with style.

 

[Frozenprince]

This literally crashed the site.

I am so happy I can't even put it into words.

 

[Jopie]

This is like the video game equivalent of Field of Dreams.
If you build it, they will come.

Special day for a lot of people.

 

[HoodWinked]

with these 3 games being announced in an official capacity e3 is going to be weird going forward without these unicorns

 

[Soyongdori]

I cried. I fucking shed tears during the reveal. Fuck FF7 remake. This is my childhood right here. The nostalgia of playing Shenmue 2 with my sister rushed into my head and I couldn't hold my emotion...

 

[fedexpeon]

Woot!
Finally pledged 120 for the toy(lol).

 

[REDSLATE]

No physical PS4 version....
No Xbox version in stretch goals...
Tha fuck is this?

This is something that otherwise would not be...
This is a phoenix rising from the ashes...
This is what fans have dreamed about for more than a decade...

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

Since Shenmue 3 is more likely to happens! My friends and I expressed our interests to try Shenmue franchise. Would they are going to release Shenmue 1 and Shenmue 2 for PS3/360/PS4/XB1 so people could catch up and see why people love the franchise?

i think i saw a stretch goal that will have short? movies of the first two games (5M tier i think)

pledged the 100$ tier btw, see y'all in 2017

 

[HadesGigas]

How do you check?

Click Backed Projects in the upper right.

 

[bluelightningduo]

Found it!

What's his GAF user name?

 

[EchoChamber]

In for $300 ($310 with shipping).

I hope the Kickstarter route allow Yu and co to make it a true Shenmue sequel. Being at the mercy of a publisher would be a terrible fate.

This is a good day.

they are still at the mercy of sega and for this title maybe sony?

 

[takoyaki]

Lan Di am cry

Dude almost got away with it, but after 15+ years he'll get his ass whooped

 

[Tomohawk]

Would have been cooler if sega footed the bill, but I can't complain since I would gladly kick start a mother 3 localization if it ever came to it.

 

[DavidDesu]

Surely there'll be Shenmue 1+2 Remaster stretch goals.

Please god. I'm a huge Shenmue fan yet to my shame Ive not actually played beyond the first 30 minutes of Shenmue 2. I desperately want to experience 1 and 2 again (and finish 2) on my PS4. It feels essential if we're really going to get Shenmue 3 now.

 

[EdibleExplosives]

I would imagine if this gets funded Sony would just back some remasters of the first two games themselves. It really would only help Shenmue from a marketing point of view.

I hope so. I'd love to play the first again (and actually play the second for the first time).

 

[gamechanger87]

Expect more niche games to follow. This game is pretty much opening the floodgates for publishers to get whale money on non f2p games by allowing them to significantly reduce their risk.

This isn't an indie dev who needs money for a game. This is essentially Sony telling you guys to fund this game because we don't want to. 8000 backers are throwing this much money at it. If they were smart they wouldn't cap the price and would do some humble bundle with it.


Really don't like where this is going. I think everyone may be too excited to realize that.

Seriously, this is like MS coming out and saying we don't want a remaster or Rares old games, but you guys can fund the development.

 

[ekim]

850k in ~90 mins while the page being not available most of the time + most of Europe sleeping. Holy cow.

 

[lavarock]

Man this site keep crashing and kickstarter also crashed a few times.

I wonder what happened to the license from SEGA? Would they help fund this (or Sony)?

 

[Firmus_Anguis]

This E3... Holy fucking SHIT this E3!!

 

[Shotgun Kiss]

As someone who always had interest in the series but never had the chance to play it, it's disappointing to see that no HD versions of 1&2 are even being considered.

A $2 million goal is clearly just to gauge interest, as this will cost far more to make. It only makes sense that they'd want to see how well this does before deciding whether or not to make HD versions of the first two games.

I think there's a very good chance we'll see then.

 

[Ushay]

Probably because the other guys just didn't give a shit and Sony put their money where their mouth is, thus making it exclusive in the process.

I mean, It's not that hard to figure out...

Clearly it's us putting our money where our mouth is.

 

[Tenzan]

on the bottom of the kickstarter video it says sega

It says Original game Sega, but the end the productions credits only have ysnet

 

[anaron]

I'm in love with the fact that it's already past 600k

eta: 800k!

slaaaaay

 

[Lt.Chips]

Shenmue 3, funded by the fans from all over the world.

This is a special day indeed.

 

[Crocodile]

So this was the secret kickstarter Ben Judd was talking about last week. Over $800,000 in one hour? The thirst is real O_O I've never played Shenmue so I have no nostalgia for the series but its always good to see fans put their money where their mouths are

No physical copy for PS4 = but I'm guessing they don't even have partial publisher help? (I haven't gotten a chance to watch the video)

 

[ironcreed]

This will be fully funded by tomorrow morning. Incredible.