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SHENMUE 3 kickstarter (PC/PS4) - FINAL DAY - NEW KS RECORD GO GO GO!
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i hope the next update is cheaper reward tiers
1000 bucks for a custom corey marshall recording is cool and all, but thats not gonna make much money
i see 3 backers on there so far
physical ps4 or some kind of 60-150 dollar digital tier is what they need
ANYTHING to get 29 dollar backers to up their pledges
and then more stuff to bring in NEW customers(honestly, don't know how they do this. but hey, it's their job not mine. here's hoping they figure it out!)
again, bringing back corey marshall is great. and hopefully brings in some more shenmue fans. but no one else gives a fuck who corey marshall is
1000 bucks for a custom corey marshall recording is cool and all, but thats not gonna make much money
i see 3 backers on there so far
physical ps4 or some kind of 60-150 dollar digital tier is what they need
ANYTHING to get 29 dollar backers to up their pledges
and then more stuff to bring in NEW customers(honestly, don't know how they do this. but hey, it's their job not mine. here's hoping they figure it out!)
again, bringing back corey marshall is great. and hopefully brings in some more shenmue fans. but no one else gives a fuck who corey marshall is
check the rest of the update. they're looking to do something about the other points you made.
new video, new tiers, new rewards.
i hope to fuck we get ryo's journal as a reward. with one of those little speakers you get in musical birthday cards inside so it plays the music too when it opens.
Physical PS4 version is almost certainly coming at this point.
They are working on some kind of Shenmue retrospective video for people new to the series.
Hopefully the physical PS4 version can raise a few hundred thousand in a couple of days.
that is genius haha
i want one, now
real question is, would it be the shenmue 1 or 2 version of the theme?
Tricky I Shadow
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sechsterangriff
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Man I would just love if a rich Shenmue fan throws a million or two into into the Kickstarter right before the end of the deadline. LOL
Shadow2222
Member
I'm really hoping they will have relatively cheap (as in $80-100) Lucky Hit boards. I have never been able to find an affordable, good quality pachinko board, so I will jump on that soooo fast.
ideally, there's a switch that changes the version.
will there be the sound of a dreamcast disc drive going ERRR ERRRRR ERRRR ERRRRRR layered over the music when you open the notebook?
if not, no sale
ShogunDarius
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if a physical ps4 version is coming I hope you can get the option to choose that over the pc version in some of the higher tiers like the CE, so instead of physical pc digital ps4, you can get physical ps4 and digital pc
Tricky I Shadow
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LOL. Awesome! I just got a flood of fond memories rushing to my head of me playing my Dreamcast. Aaaaaaah, the memories....
yeah that'll probably happen. they just give you a survey at some point in development.
Shadow2222
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I'm hoping that all the rewards from the survey that was sent out a while back in Update #12 become reality:
Lucky Hit physical board game
Dragon/Phoenix mirror replicas
Ryo's Journal
Stickers and patches
Become an NPC
Have your voice in the game
Ryo's watch replica (they may not do this one since they now have the "actual" watch and some replicas in the grab bags)
Lucky Hit physical board game
Dragon/Phoenix mirror replicas
Ryo's Journal
Stickers and patches
Become an NPC
Have your voice in the game
Ryo's watch replica (they may not do this one since they now have the "actual" watch and some replicas in the grab bags)
i think ideally, what they need is a reward tier that is more than 30 bucks, but under 200. is digital. and can be implemented relatively easily for the dev team. so they can make some extra money from 29 dollar tier people upgrading, but it won't cost them much
Shadow2222
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Hmm, I wonder what they could implement without annoying the fanbase. They already have a technique that will be only for backers, as well as capsule toy tickets, but they really can't push those too much further.
I can't think of anything digital that would convince people to spend more than maybe 60-70 bucks.
yeah i know, its tough haha
but im coming at it from "what can they sell to get the most profit from" haha
maybe mass produced trinkets/patches could work too
but you always hear how physical rewards can be a nightmare, with these kickstarters
Shadow2222
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^ Very cool to hear! I'm hoping there will be a big push to 3.8 million.
Shadow2222
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At least the huge gaps after those 5-6 goals should line up with the last few days of the Kickstarter
Good to see they're getting their act together. This is Shenmue we're talking about after all.
yeah, really hoping we get into the 6 million area not only for the FREE battle enhancements, but also just to take the crown of the highest funded gaming kickstarter.At least the huge gaps after those 5-6 goals should line up with the last few days of the Kickstarter
Sectorseven
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I kinda wish he mixed up the stretch goals a little more, like one for Baisha, then one for Choubu and so on, just to even out the game. Of course I'm not the designer so maybe that isn't possible.
Shadow2222
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Yes, definitely! That would be a great last milestone to achieve.
yeah, but it seems a lot of the baisha stretch goals like infiltration mission and character perspective system are really important ones to hit.
I wouldn't worry too much about the quality of voice acting. In 2000, very few games had more than a few lines of recorded voice - Games like MGS and HL stood out an absolute mile because of their quality acting.
We now have scores of companies whose whole business is recording, directing, casting etc. for video games.
We now have scores of companies whose whole business is recording, directing, casting etc. for video games.
Shadow2222
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Yeah, I'm having a hard time even trying to think of the last bad voice acting that I have heard. They are certainly the exception rather than the norm today.
that's a very good point. i really can't think of a video game big or small that i last went "that is some fucked up voice acting"
edit: something more on the analytics side, the corey marshall tier hasn't created the boost we've seen so far today, but instead regular donations in the $29-$200/$500 range. people are either upping their pledges, coming back to the project, or are new to backing this entirely.
cannot wait until that ps4 physical version bomb is dropped. not only will it get people upping pledges but it seems it'll also get new people on-board too.
edit: something more on the analytics side, the corey marshall tier hasn't created the boost we've seen so far today, but instead regular donations in the $29-$200/$500 range. people are either upping their pledges, coming back to the project, or are new to backing this entirely.
cannot wait until that ps4 physical version bomb is dropped. not only will it get people upping pledges but it seems it'll also get new people on-board too.
Wait can I get a link to both? Im not sure Ive taken notice of the differences too drastically. I love how good Shenmue 2 is, but its completely its own thing. Its like my Before Sunset to Shenmue's Before Sunrise.
Thaedolus
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Eeesh dat compression on the second game...I'll be glad that the new games won't have space limitations.
Hah, PS4 only? Fuck that.
KingofGourds
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Corey Marshall is back reward....
So the reward will be Corey Marshall saying your personal message, but not in the game?
Not sure if I need to put $1000 dollars for that...and yet.....
So the reward will be Corey Marshall saying your personal message, but not in the game?
Not sure if I need to put $1000 dollars for that...and yet.....
Gamezone
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Almost 50.000 plegdes to the Kickstarter campaign. Do we really need votes as well?
Panajev2001a
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Shenmue is the only game that my close to launch DreamCast refuses to play. I bought Shenmue at its launch too and I beat it, but I cannot play it
.This is a great underlooked idea. How the hell did they not have stuff like "Create a NPC" or "Have your voice in the game" like other Kickstarters. That is definitely a great way to gain some funding.
I think all in all though, the Kickstarter needs more enticing affordable tiers in the $60-100 range that will get the masses to buy. It has been really disappointing that the recent tiers were very expensive. Of course PS4 physical would accomplish that, and hopefully, they can do that but also something that is attractive for slightly higher to capture a lot of people. I think this is why Bloodstained was able to gain a lot of funding.
Nope. Sega will do what Sega wants. I think it should be on PC and PS4 also though if they do. That petititon just looks weird.
i was trying to find that shenmue 3 petition from 2003 that gained a fair bit of steam (yu suzuki even said he'd seen it), but sadly petition online is no longer operating so i can't find out the numbers.
i do believe that we're heading over the amount of people who signed that petition. i think it topped out at 50,000, and that was probably with a few duplicate signings. crazy to think all that's changed since then, and that we're going to soundly beat that petition number with people who are willing to pay for the game up front!
i do believe that we're heading over the amount of people who signed that petition. i think it topped out at 50,000, and that was probably with a few duplicate signings. crazy to think all that's changed since then, and that we're going to soundly beat that petition number with people who are willing to pay for the game up front!
Ryo's journal feels like an easy one. Would definitely buy. Though I've pledged the amount it would cost already probably.
Shadow2222
Member
It would be cool if they offered the journal in two ways:
Blank to use as an actual journal/notebook and (more expensive) complete with every possible note from Shenmue I and II (minus perhaps the clues from Lapis and the other fortune tellers in II).
Blank to use as an actual journal/notebook and (more expensive) complete with every possible note from Shenmue I and II (minus perhaps the clues from Lapis and the other fortune tellers in II).
Die Squirrel Die
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Shenmue is the only game that my close to launch DreamCast refuses to play. I bought Shenmue at its launch too and I beat it, but I cannot play it
Funnily enough, at the time of Shenmue's release it took me 3 trips to the store to get a copy that my year old at the time DC could play.
I had got up super early so I could get the train into town and be there for when the store opened. Got home put the disc in, got through the opening cutscene and it would just freeze just before the gameplay part. Immediately sunk into despair, then decided I wasn't going to take it, got back on the train, back to the store, exchanged it, back home and the same thing happened. I decided there that I didn't care how many trips it took me, I was going to play Shenmue. Back on the train, back to the store (they were really cool about the whole thing, didn't ask any question like I was trying something dodgy), back home and finally it worked.
So I wonder if Shenmue's disc were a little dodgy to begin with.
Shadow2222
Member
I don't think that they ever posted? I think they were legitimately gathering data, and likely don't want to tick people off if they say "The majority said that the mirror replicas should be $500. Alright, here they are for $3,000!"
IronicSonic
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