Shenmue 3 kickstarter - finished!! $6,333,295!!

Nice Sony scamming the cows again.

4 million got us mighty no. 9. Think about it, how is he going to make a game like shenmue with only 5 million?

I'll buy it when/if it releases but don't feel like giving to the kickstarter

@FoxbatAlpha: ... Well good job indeed sir :p

In hindsight I feel a little stupid sometimes when I tell people that a game is up for digital pre-order, I feel like a shill advertising for a company....but my excitement for certain games sometimes gets the best of me.

But this, asking others on this board to invest money in a game under development? I mean, we have no clue what the final product will look like....good luck with that, perhaps you would get more exposure for your cause TC in a more popular forum....here only a few hundred people may read this thread. Anyways I mean no offense, good luck with your endeavors, I mean that.....I know very little about Shenmue, except I keep seeing people raving about it......when the game nears completion I will start my research there to see if it is a game that is up my alley.

They number included development hell, transferring consoles, spending money on things that would later be cheaper or where outdated, tons of partnerships for effects and graphics, voice actors, some of that being cancelled and replaced, changes throughout development, marketing, distribution, paying of employees, lunch, commercials, retail shipments.

The game we ended up with was not a 47 million dollar game.

A shenmue II now with HD res in modern times would have probably costed 10 million these days (if it was made now and not years ago) so a Shenmue 3 in modern times can be done for less than 47 million dollars, when there are expansive open world games costing less than that.

I just donated for the ps4 physical version. Excited to get this game in two years haha

Already did. Lan Di, your time is coming...

Yu Suzuki has already clarified that $5 million will get you a game that's roughly the size of the first Shenmue. At $10 million, you'd get a game that's at least as large as Shenmue II. You're still getting an open-world game either way, but the only difference is the scale of the open world. The more funds they raise, the larger the world will be.

Looks like it's not going to make the $10 mil he wanted to make it open world.

he should have just asked for 10 million right off the bat

They really abused their budget on big name voice talent, which can add up fast.

Yu will most likely get this past 10 mil just through paypal donations alone, there's still so much time before this game even see's the light of day.

Ryo will reap my soul if I don't pledge. I'm in, **** it.

I would probably pledge but I haven't even played the first 2 games. Hopefully they make an HD collection.

How did they pretend they were involved? lol.

That's still free advertising, that kickstarter got as much attention as it did because of being on Sony's Stage.

Sony is just so based. YuYu Hakusho basically got the best free advertising available.

Why couldn't Beyond Good and Evil 2 be made instead? :(

I doubled my pledge couple of days ago. I gave around 200$.. I wish i had more money to donate.

Gogogogogo

He IS making the game for PC. Sony will handle PS4 port.

They'll just sit on the interest of that 5 million for a while and think about what they'll do after their vacation. Maybe...

I think Final makes a great point. Their initial goal was set far too low. It's stupid to only ask people for 2 million, and then later come out and say, "gee guys, we need 80% more money to truly realize it as a real ambitious Shenmue game". Wtf? If you need ten, at least ask for 6-7. Asking for more would've made people understand better what was required and I bet we'd not be sitting currently at 5.4 million but more at 7-8, if not higher.

You really think 5 million dollars is nothing??

Start at 5:20 to hear about Shenmue's budget.

This game is getting a lot of hate here, is it because it hasn't been announced for the Xbone?

Man, this game is going to flop so hard

mmmmhhhmmm...

At the beginning of E3 I was watching MS' conference and we discussed a bit about Shenmue 3. I remember being afraid that MS had snatched Shenmue 3 as an exclusive, never thought that Sony might do it instead. Although it's not a pure exclusive since it's also coming to PC, but I'd rather play it on consoles so good thing for me :P

@Epak_: Honestly I wouldn't care if it was exclusive to Xbox One or Playstation 4, just as long as I get to play it. That's all that matters to me. :)

They would have to make the game in Poland to make that 10million stretch. I don't care what anyone says, 10million for a massive game like Shenmue is going to get you crap.

I know I wouldn't buy an Xbone just for Shenmue 3.

Yeah, but that mostly just says something about Tim Schaefer's management skills.

Gonna finish with 6M. Not bad, but i don't know.

Suzuki and Ys Net don't have an extreme budget this time.

i want to pledge but i don't trust any online pay service. this sucks.

And......kickstater world record for most funded game broken...nice!

...And Shenmue III has now officially become the most funded Kickstarter video game of all time.

TBH, I must say, I can't hardly believe it's really happening after all these years. :D

Anyhooey, FYI....

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/shenmue-3-breaks-funding-records-on-kickstarter/1100-6428971/

We just passed the $5.6 mill mark.

At this rate, it should also surpass the most crowd-funded movie (Veronica Mars, at $5.7 million). And if it can keep up the momentum, then it could reach the $6 million stretch goal before it ends.

I want to thank everyone who funded this so I can purchase it on release day in 2017.

Just about 30 days ago this was just announced. Time sure went by quick!

Just passed $5.7 mill. At this rate the kickstarter will reach a little past the $6 mill mark. Pretty good.

@Jag85: when it gets up to Star Citizen $$$ levels come talk to me.

That's a lot of money. :O

Someone tell good guy Phil(or Shu) to start a campaign for Jade Empire 2, & Condemned 3.

I like this post.

Jade Empire 2 has big potential.

Eh, YS said that the scale would be similar to that of Shenmue's, and I'm okay with that. They also don't have to build an engine from scratch this time around.

You should. :P

One of the most enjoyable games I've ever played. It was well received by critics, & fans... yet, we never got a sequel. :(

8 more hours!!!