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Shenmue 3 shatters Kickstarter Game records ; $2 million achieved in 8 hours
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They are not - they even indicated as much before announcing it saying "this is very much their project, but we wanted to show it off on our stage". On top of that Sony are not listed as a sponsor at the end of the trailer with the others involved
thiscoldblack
Unconfirmed Member
I'm sure Sony has a deal with Suzuki-san for the project being for only PS4/PC at the moment. It was a significant moment for Sony for the game being announced at their E3 conference.
Chû Totoro
Member
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Nobody does this. This will be overfunded out the wazoo and back.
I agree. There's been enough cases of Kickstarters running in budget issues, and using the stretch-goals money just to finish the game. They don't have a publisher to turn to for the extra dough.
I'm semi expecting Bloodstained spending 1.4m just to finish the game, for instance.
Mendax
Member
small sales no.s on a small platform doesnt weigh up against high development and licensing costs!
I did not know that SEGA wasn't involved in this. Makes me feel a little better about the whole kickstarter thing.
Although I'm pretty much against kickstarter for a 'proof of demand' thing. And I doubt this game can be made south of 10m.
With that in mind, it's amazing that this game is being made. And made the E3 with FF7 remake AND Last Guardian reappearance.
This E3 won't be topped in a very long time.
Although I'm pretty much against kickstarter for a 'proof of demand' thing. And I doubt this game can be made south of 10m.
With that in mind, it's amazing that this game is being made. And made the E3 with FF7 remake AND Last Guardian reappearance.
This E3 won't be topped in a very long time.
Cyborg
Member
Synless
Member
You will get your day...
Very cool. I never really played Shenmue. I believe I borrowed Shenmue 2 and watched a Shenmue recap before playing Shenmue 2 for, I dunno, a few minutes before abandoning it. I may have to watch a Shenmue 1/2 movie on YouTube or something and see if I can understand the appeal all these years later.
Still, very cool! I'm thrilled for you guys.
Still, very cool! I'm thrilled for you guys.
I suspect they have an arrangement similar to Bloodstained, where they would fund the game provided there was sufficient interest from fans. Nothing shows interest like throwing actual money at it years before it launches.
Can't wait to explain to the kickstarter doubters and people who think Shenmue 3 would need 80 billion dollars why they're wrong over and over for the next 2 years.
have fun in this thread.
Here you go:
"Nowhere near" $2 million is a lot of money. For a game that no publisher wanted to back, I find it maybe a tiny bit optimistic. Are there examples where a kickstarter received a lot more money after a successful campaign, outside of maybe Star Citizen ?
Studio funding, sure, it's possible, but I don't think Yu Suzuki or YsNet are swimming in cash right now. From outside, but who ? Sony ? They didn't make it clear during the keynote that they wanted to invest money in the project.
In any case, hope they can make the game they want with the cash they'll get.
Dedicated.
Well to be honest, if you divide the cost by 14 years, that's just $6 for each year we had to wait.
Kerotan Frog
Member
Good job fellow gamers. Show the suits what we want to play. And thank you Sony for listening to us. Put my $29 up for this.
Now I have to go find a way to play the first two.
Now I have to go find a way to play the first two.
JohnSpartanLee
Member
$2.2 millions now
CecilRousso
Member
The goal with kickstarter is to raise the money needed to make a project happen, but it's not necessarly the same thing as that it's all the money needed for the project to be fully completeted.
That you use additional money is often use doesn't mean that you have budget issues, if you still have it under control.
StriKeVillain
Banned
More than deserves it - I'm glad to have done my part.
Maybe, maybe not. Why limit it on consoles to PS4 if that's the case? Why not both Xbox and PS4?
Yeah, this is what I call a "marketing Kickstarter".
The game was already going to be made. Judging by the demand, a Kickstarter was going to succeed no matter what the goal was (within reason). And the feel-good nature of crowdfunding coupled with the inevitable "fastest ever" success story is great for publicity.
I've never even played the games but I put $5 into it just to help it succeed. The people here who are the big fans, you deserve it.
The game was already going to be made. Judging by the demand, a Kickstarter was going to succeed no matter what the goal was (within reason). And the feel-good nature of crowdfunding coupled with the inevitable "fastest ever" success story is great for publicity.
I've never even played the games but I put $5 into it just to help it succeed. The people here who are the big fans, you deserve it.
Spieler Eins
Member
I can't see Sony not already funding big parts of the project.
sixteen-bit
Member
Congrats on the milestone!
NerdEyeBlind
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Canis lupus
Member
More like the first 2-3 hours.
That $2m is maybe 10-20% of the funding needed for the entire game like Bloodstained was.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Yep, that's what having a boner for 14 years will do. And now we....RELEASE!
This is the exact emotion I am feeling right now.
Charles Alan Ratliff
Member
So fucking awesome. I put in $120 myself last night.
So yeah, I was the backer that took it to $2m!
Also, this needs to be a thread title somewhere:
Is that an Outrun avatar? Fitting
Pharaoh 117
Member
Holy shit!
This is so amazing.
This is so amazing.
I think Shenmue was originally suppose to be a 6 part odyssey
GrayDock
Member
This Kickstart will only fund the title screen and maybe the credits... The reason for the kickstart is to make the fans fell being "part of it" and nothing else. Well, maybe fund the title screen and credits
Anyway if this is the only way to fund the game now, them I'm ok with this.
Backed, by the way.
Anyway if this is the only way to fund the game now, them I'm ok with this.
Backed, by the way.
That's another very good question. IMO Sony would have told everyone if they had invested money in the game. But clearly they said they were promoting the kickstarter campaign, not funding the game.
Then why the console exclusivity ? Maybe YsNet were offered dev kits and assistance as a part of the announcement deal. "We'll help you but we have the exclusivity on consoles", something like that.
Knowing that Sony is, at least financially, involved would be reassuring, but at this point their involvement is basically not clear at all.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
I hope it hits $15 mil. That would be a proper game.
As has been stated quite a bit, I really don't think the Kickstarter is the game's primary budget. It's something to attract a big publisher (if Sony isn't already attached to fill the role, which it probably is.)
Even still, with all the record breaking donations, I fully expect this game to get the backing of a big publisher, probably Sony, as just having it on their stage immediately made them the winners of E3, so they'd be wise to get behind it.
hemo memo
Member
So much confusion I think we need a separate thread to explain the funding process.
https://twitter.com/DylanJobe/status/610652101916557314?s=09
https://twitter.com/DylanJobe/status/610652101916557314?s=09
lol it damn well better.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
So much confusion I think we need a separate thread to explain the funding process.
https://twitter.com/DylanJobe/status/610652101916557314?s=09
These make a lot of sense. Don't know why that didn't occur to me.
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