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Plan Z posted:How many more millions until they turn a profit on Shenmue 1? This isn't a Goony threadshit, I'm genuinely sort of curious. It costed 70 million to make and sold 1.2 million. So it's probably not gonna happen with the kickstarter alone.
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Things were different when it was made originally. It cost so much because nothing like this had been done before to the level of fidelity that they managed to achieve. Also it was a multiple year project, it started out on the Saturn, footage of this version is included with Shenmue II. The vast majority of that budget would be wages for the huge team that worked creating visual and audio assets for the game. These days I would imagine it's an awful lot quicker to create the actual content for the game + use an off the shelf engine, because they had to do all of that poo poo themselves back then. I guess that Sega wanted nothing to do with it because it drat near ruined the company.
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Jun 16, 2015 06:19
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the most mundane pitch ever and they will break a two million asking fee in about 24 hours.
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Jun 16, 2015 06:35
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This was posted in the E3 thread. Pretty much my reaction as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLRWL0s0l10
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Jun 16, 2015 06:49
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I like to give Kickstarter a lot of poo poo for some of the ridiculous banal stuff that gets overfunded (Ouya), but if they make this happen I will love them forever.
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Jun 16, 2015 07:10
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Funding passed 1.5million in a matter of a few hours. It's happening. This is really happening.
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Jun 16, 2015 07:43
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http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=47611 Ahahahahaha this thread  Been waiting 14 years for this. i've watched the Dojo change and grow for the last 10 years i've read on these forums. It's thanks to the Dojo community for keeping the Shenmue topic alive. I personally like to thank each and every one of you on this forum for being vocal and always believing. No Mods No Masters fucked around with this message at 07:54 on Jun 16, 2015 |
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Jun 16, 2015 07:45
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i want it to be triple the goal by the time i wake up
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Jun 16, 2015 07:47
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This is breaking the record faster than the Successor to Banjo Tooie
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Jun 16, 2015 07:50
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I wonder if the first two games will eventually get re-released or remade. To play Shenmue one you need to either emulate it (and face it, most people who try to download and/or emulate any given old game will probably get malware in the process) or literally buy a Dreamcast.
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Jun 16, 2015 08:00
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Well to be fair you really SHOULD buy a Dreamcast anyway.
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Jun 16, 2015 08:01
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BiggerJ posted:I wonder if the first two games will eventually get re-released or remade. To play Shenmue one you need to either emulate it (and face it, most people who try to download and/or emulate any given old game will probably get malware in the process) or literally buy a Dreamcast. If sega owns them still i could see a me too release around the launch of this game. as both a consolation prize to xbox and a warm up for everyone else like the way dark souls 2 was released this year.
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Jun 16, 2015 08:02
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Now that it's been 14 years and it's finally been announced, I fear that I will be too anxious waiting for it to come out. Crazy, I know. Apparently it was someone from Shenmue Dojo that donated $10,000. That's amazing. Also there's this: http://www.cnet.com/news/shenmue-3-becomes-fastest-game-to-ever-hit-1-million-on-kickstarter/ I thought Bloodstained was the fastest one until now.
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Jun 16, 2015 08:43
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BiggerJ posted:I wonder if the first two games will eventually get re-released or remade. To play Shenmue one you need to either emulate it (and face it, most people who try to download and/or emulate any given old game will probably get malware in the process) or literally buy a Dreamcast. I hope there's a rerelease of 1 and 2. I want to replay them but can't handle that kind of loading time anymore. Does playing emulated versions fix that? They need to get his english voice actor back too.
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Jun 16, 2015 08:50
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If shenmue 3 is a 5 minute game of me just literally walking up to lan di and body checking his rear end out a loving 80--story window this will be worth every penny of my 100 dollars. I have a feeling most of the people backing this sub-consciously feel the same way. So this talk about "B-But the budget of the last game!" can get stuffed. Yu suzuki is a god drat wizard. He'll make it work.
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Jun 16, 2015 08:52
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Fuku-san and Tom better be in this game, they were the best characters.
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Jun 16, 2015 08:53
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Please don't call me Little Suede-Headed Ryo.
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Jun 16, 2015 08:54
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HEY MISTER! YOU WANNA WRESTLE?
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Jun 16, 2015 08:54
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Just give in and embrace the madness, the soul of the dreamcast shines bright this day.
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Jun 16, 2015 08:56
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The Taint Reaper posted:Just give in and embrace the madness, the soul of the dreamcast shines bright this day. 
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Jun 16, 2015 08:58
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I've never played the originals and have literally zero connection or nostalgia for them because of that, but gently caress it I threw in $30 on the basis that it will probably be a good game and besides that it sort of reminds me of Yakuza which I did play and did like.
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Jun 16, 2015 08:59
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Shima Honnou posted:I've never played the originals and have literally zero connection or nostalgia for them because of that, but gently caress it I threw in $30 on the basis that it will probably be a good game and besides that it sort of reminds me of Yakuza which I did play and did like. Yakuza is the bastard child of Shenmue
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Jun 16, 2015 09:00
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Do you want to try a game of lucky hit?
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Jun 16, 2015 09:01
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Plan Z posted:How many more millions until they turn a profit on Shenmue 1? This isn't a Goony threadshit, I'm genuinely sort of curious. Iirc it cost $80m at the time, and they needed to sell 2 copies for every DC sold just to break even, and I don't think they managed even a 1:1 for dreamcasts sold so, like, $40m? At least? Leaving aside 15 years of inflation.
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Jun 16, 2015 09:05
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That funding record Bloodstained isn't gonna last that long, eh?
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Jun 16, 2015 09:06
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The Taint Reaper posted:Yakuza is the bastard child of Shenmue Good, I'm glad of it.
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Jun 16, 2015 09:08
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Aurain posted:That funding record Bloodstained isn't gonna last that long, eh?
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Jun 16, 2015 09:09
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Accordion Man posted:It already got broken. Not doubting you, but by what? I thought the 5.5 mil they got was the highest a game had received on KS?
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Jun 16, 2015 09:10
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Aurain posted:Not doubting you, but by what? I thought the 5.5 mil they got was the highest a game had received on KS?
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Jun 16, 2015 09:13
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Ah, I see. Yeah, it hasn't happened yet, but I imagine it's only a matter of time.
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Jun 16, 2015 09:16
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Shima Honnou posted:I've never played the originals and have literally zero connection or nostalgia for them because of that, but gently caress it I threw in $30 on the basis that it will probably be a good game and besides that it sort of reminds me of Yakuza which I did play and did like. shenmue is yakuza except it's all about the pointless bullshit, with very little fighting. It's so good.
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Jun 16, 2015 09:18
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Pledged $500 to Shenmue III. worth every penny. Now please Suzuki-san, make the game you’ve wanted to make and what we've wanted to play for 14 years.
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Jun 16, 2015 09:40
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Anyone else think Sony is taking advantage of Kickstarter crowdfunding and the consumers? Sony could of funded that game themselves. But they paid attention to success of Yooka Laylee, Bloodstained, and Mighty No. 9. Why pay for it themselves if they could make us pay for it. They obviously know that the fans want it because of that campaign thing that started. There must of been some secret, behind closed doors deal with Sony. Why else would a multi billion dollar corporation promote a Kickstarter during the event where they get the most media coverage? Why else is it not being developed for Xbox One. or even as a stretch goal? I would think that if you were creating a game that was being crowdsourced, you would want to create it for as many platforms as possible for the fans.... Or at least left the idea open to be developed or ported to other consoles. But it straight up says PS4 and PC. I guess Sony did "win E3" by taking advantage over us and kickstarter. Thing is, I don't even care about the game, or even own a PS4 or Xbox. I'm just salty over Sony abusing crowd sourcing. Thing is though, there is nothing we can do. Of course people want the game and it will get funded.
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Jun 16, 2015 09:45
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uh.... i dont see a optn to import my save from my original dc EU copy of shenmue 2... this is loving BULLLSHIT fck yu suzuki and gently caress this hot mess
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Jun 16, 2015 09:59
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dizaero posted:Anyone else think Sony is taking advantage of Kickstarter crowdfunding and the consumers? We're getting shenmue 3 though so who gives a gently caress?
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Jun 16, 2015 10:07
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dizaero posted:Anyone else think Sony is taking advantage of Kickstarter crowdfunding and the consumers? The Shenmue series is a very niche market. It makes sense they want to offset some of their costs for a truly expansive game like Shenmue. These kinds of things were inevitable when Kickstarter got big. But it's not a bad thing. Kickstarter helps revive and invigorate franchises and genres.
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Jun 16, 2015 10:08
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dizaero posted:Anyone else think Sony is taking advantage of Kickstarter crowdfunding and the consumers? i paid $29 and i get a copy of the game when its released who gives a poo poo
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Jun 16, 2015 10:09
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dizaero posted:Anyone else think Sony is taking advantage of Kickstarter crowdfunding and the consumers? I have waited 14 years for this, eat my loving dick
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Jun 16, 2015 10:10
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dizaero posted:Anyone else think Sony is taking advantage of Kickstarter crowdfunding and the consumers? There's obviously some deal with Sony for console exclusivity. They're chipping in some publicity, probably a chunk of money and/or assisting with publishing/distribution and that kind of thing. Not sure how that's abusing crowdsourcing though. The Kickstarter itself doesn't look like Sony is behind it. The rewards indicate that the PC is fairly clearly the lead platform. Does crowdsourcing as a thing have an established set of rules that means that this constitutes abuse? There have been several high profile kickstarters where the crowdsourcing was only part of the funding (for publicity or as an indicator of public interest) and other funding has come from corporations and that didn't seem problematic. Gravy Jones fucked around with this message at 10:14 on Jun 16, 2015 |
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Jose posted:i paid $29 and i get a copy of the game when its released who gives a poo poo Yeah this is another aspect of it. Honestly you get the game you want to play at a discounted price. Who gives a poo poo?
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