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

[segaismysavior]

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 see it more as respect. Higher-ups at Sony loved them some AM2 games growing up, so when they found out about Suzuki's Kickstarter they pulled every string imaginable to get him on that stage. That's the narrative that plays in my head, especially since Bloodstained just happened for Igarashi and this bonkers type of "crowdfunding" is fresh on people's minds.

[Aki-at]

You're just never happy, are you TA?

An excellent avatar change if I don't say so myself Moody.

[Moody]

Thank you! I thought about grabbing Shenhua from II but I figured this would be much more fitting for the occasion. I love her updated design so much aaaaaaaa

[George]

Sony's higher ups have been funding the project and helping out. https://twitter.com/yosp/status/610659271647215616

Understand that there is still a lot of mystery revolving the project. I feel like negotiations with the IP just happen. There isn't even a publisher announced and YS Net's last game was a mobile that also had a publisher.

If they needed a publisher for a mobile game, they will need one for this.

[SuperSonicEX]

Still...at least it made it to trending on Facebook:


 

[Aki-at]

Thank you! I thought about grabbing Shenhua from II but I figured this would be much more fitting for the occasion. I love her updated design so much aaaaaaaa

You and me both, who would have thought this day would be so legendary.

Sony's higher ups have been funding the project and helping out. https://twitter.com/yosp/status/610659271647215616

Understand that there is still a lot of mystery revolving the project. I feel like negotiations with the IP just happen. There isn't even a publisher announced and YS Net's last game was a mobile that also had a publisher.

If they needed a publisher for a mobile game, they will need one for this.

Sony publishes the console version and SEGA publishes the PC version. Everyone's happy.

[Radrappy]

Apparently ken sugimori donated 10000$ to the kickstarter, securing dinner with Mr. Suzuki : https://twitter.com/SUPER_32X/status/610645120526848000 


Now that fucking warms my heart. 

[George]

Especially with the very early concept stuff. Didn't even have a fancy CGI trailer made like Square-Enix. The fact that its trending at E3 time with the highly overrated Final Fantasy VII remake being announced says something.

Says that people only like games that have big marketing budgets...

:")


Note: Oddly enough only PC version confirmed to have physical copies. Not PS4, which is strange because PS4 games sell more physically than digitally...

[nuckles87]

It's hard to put into words how amazing this is. One of the great, big projects we thought would never come is finally here.

$2 million seems too low for a project like this, though. I wonder what kind of outside funding they're getting? I do hope SEGA's involved, at least as a distributor.

[SuperSonicEX]

Apparently ken sugimori donated 10000$ to the kickstarter, securing dinner with Mr. Suzuki : https://twitter.com/SUPER_32X/status/610645120526848000 


Now that fucking warms my heart. 

That's awesome.

[Moody]

It's hard to put into words how amazing this is. One of the great, big projects we thought would never come is finally here.

$2 million seems too low for a project like this, though. I wonder what kind of outside funding they're getting? Do we even know the name of the dev team?

Yu Suzuki's team YS Net is making the game. As George pointed out above, they could be raising enough to get investors interested.

[George]

Yeah I think the deal with SEGA and Ys Net is that SEGA has first dibs on publishing and has the ability to pass depending on how they feel about the project (how development is going, how the kickstarter went).

They had a deal like that with Prope, they where funded outside of SEGA (SEGA did put their own money in the studio, I think like 20%) and SEGA would get first dibs on their creation, they didn't have to answer to anyone.

SEGA published Let's Tap then passed on the rest of their games.

[Moody]

Predictions for end-of-cycle total? I'm seeing between $7 million and $8 million personally. If Mighty No. 9 and Bloodstained are any evidence, people dig projects from storied game designers.


Just wanna point out, Mighty No. 9 raised 3.8 million in just a month. In TWO HOURS, Shenmue 3 has made 1.2 million.

[JRcade19]

Should be noted that the physical tier(boxed copy) is PC only for some strange reason. I imagine that alone will save someone a decent count in distribution costs.

  Pledge $60 or more    PHYSICAL COPY - PC
A physical copy of Shenmue 3 in an exlusive, backer-only case (PC only).
Includes the $5 Reward.
    Estimated delivery: Dec 2017
   Ships anywhere in the world   

[George]

Hard to tell. How in detail are they going? People don't seem to grasp at how big Shenmue 1 and 2 where in terms of content.

"Adding up all Shenmue and Shenmue II NPC, we reached   a number of 450, maybe more. For each NPC, we created a background : name, how old the NPC is, weight, how tall, its partner, its location etc." - Yu Suzuki

http://shenmuedojo.net/new/extras/interview1114.html

Are they doing this again? I think he said once that the 3rd game was to be bigger than the first and second. The game was suppose to be about a small town kid's grand epic journey.

There was also a thread at Shenmue Dojo where a guy gathered all the music from Shenmue, every little jingle and stuff. It was a enormous amount.

Hard to tell. It depends on how deep they want to go with it.