SEGAbits Shenmue III Hype Train! Update: Funded but lets go further!

[Aki-at]

is this thing going to look like a game from 2004?

I doubt it'll look impressive but not that bad. At least he's got the lead programmer from the originals on board so that should help a lot. Art direction is a major worry though.

So, yes, I'm a bit worried that Ys NET, a developer that made one mobile game half a decade ago is the one developing the game.

But saying that, I funded it.

All very valid concerns and probably why no publisher wanted to fund it, but exciting to see what happens if Shenmue's kickstarter does well, does SEGA pick it up? Does Sony negotiate with SEGA to publish the game? Does the third one do well that a fourth one would be throwing money away to either Sony or SEGA? EXCITING TIMES!

[Dr. SEGA Monkey]

What makes you guys think they are not hiring more people with the money they are raising? Isn't that the point?


Even the TJ&E Kickstarter put out job listings after the funding concluded.

[Nirmugen]

That reaction and that realization for publishing thiat awesome news right now is priceless.

[MadeManG74]

We made it everyone.

Shenmue III in our lifetime.

[Aki-at]

We made it everyone.

Shenmue III in our lifetime.

You and I brother. We believed before no one else, and we were right. And yet we walk the path of the righteous, towards the shining future, with our beating hearts singing the grace of Suzuki!

[George]

Maybe, but Yu  Suzuki mismanaging projects has been a issue for more than a decade tho. They are valid concerns.



SEGA or Sony might still be behind this.

[segaismysavior]

Everyone's (appropriate) reaction:

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


(Turn your volume down when you reach 20 seconds)

[Aki-at]

Might even be a split deal like SEGA publishes in Japan/Europe and Sony gets North American market.

EXCITING TIMES.

[Moody]

Are we gonna talk about the fact that Ryo sounds like the Postal Dude in the Kickstarter video? No?


Also, shenmue.com is broke. Apparently Kickstarter's servers even couldn't handle it at first.

[JRcade19]

I don't understand that point tbh.

Paradox picked up Pillars of Eternity
Deep Silver picked up Wasteland 2
Ubisoft picked up cloudberry kingdom

None of these publishers actually did anything to the game, they basically got the equivalent of physical/platform distribution deals but otherwise had no say on how the game was developed. I don't see this being any different. If Sega/Sony is behind this, all they're doing is basically handling distributing the game as far as I'm concerned. I can't think of a single actual kickstarter software wise atm in which a publisher literally took control after coming to deal during the game's development.

All the major ones have been left untampered.

[Aki-at]

The trailer was pretty bad but I'm going to wait and see. Maybe the voice acting was intentionally bad, right? RIGHT?

[Team Andromeda]

We made it everyone.

Shenmue III in our lifetime.

No we haven't  and all what was showing off was no more than when the DC game took us and  Then game looks a joke the art on characters is just terrible and all we get is an small promise that we 'might' see the game in 2017. It's a joke on SONY part to have it on their main E3 stage and yet not have the commitment or backing to fund the project  I mean 2 million to corps like SEGA or SONY is nothing for starters

Joke imo .
 

 

[George]

No we haven't

Confirmed, TA wants to kill Mademan.

[Team Andromeda]

Confirmed, TA wants to kill Mademan.

No I want Shenmue to finished the way it should be. Not a piss poor kickstarted funded project but Shenmue III and IV (because III will never finish the story imo ) to be made by a 100 plus staff and with a nice big budget, not done on the cheap and at the mercy of kickstart goals .



 

[Moody]

You're just never happy, are you TA?