Shin Ishikawa (Shenmue II Xbox team leader) [2003] :
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[B]Q: Did you have any trouble converting Shenmue II to the Xbox? [/B]
A: Apart from the aforementioned difficulty with transparencies, no, not really. The Xbox was easy to work with.
[B]Q: How long did it take to convert the game?[/B]
A: The entire project took [U]eight [/U]months, which is quite short for a game this big.
A lot of gamers are in for a rude awakening playing these titles again. You think you want it but Sony better market it right because a lot of gamers are going to be left confused and left with a bad taste in their mouth for shenmue 3. It's a niche taste . If I were them I would just ride out the nolstagia trip and just release shenmue 3 to maximize sales. Releasing the older games may scare some away that are on the fence
A lot of gamers are in for a rude awakening playing these titles again. You think you want it but Sony better market it right because a lot of gamers are going to be left confused and left with a bad taste in their mouth for shenmue 3. It's a niche taste . If I were them I would just ride out the nolstagia trip and just release shenmue 3 to maximize sales. Releasing the older games may scare some away that are on the fence
A lot of gamers are in for a rude awakening playing these titles again. You think you want it but Sony better market it right because a lot of gamers are going to be left confused and left with a bad taste in their mouth for shenmue 3. It's a niche taste . If I were them I would just ride out the nolstagia trip and just release shenmue 3 to maximize sales. Releasing the older games may scare some away that are on the fence
I feel that a hd collection will be unveiled at e3 as they've brought up again. Either that or theres no chance and sega release a movie collection of the first 2 instead!
A lot of gamers are in for a rude awakening playing these titles again. You think you want it but Sony better market it right because a lot of gamers are going to be left confused and left with a bad taste in their mouth for shenmue 3. It's a niche taste . If I were them I would just ride out the nolstagia trip and just release shenmue 3 to maximize sales. Releasing the older games may scare some away that are on the fence
Sony's involvement with the series is strictly limited (at the moment) to publishing and marketing Shenmue III on PS4 ONLY and nothing else. They will likely have no involvement in a Shenmue HD collection unless there is an issue SEGA definitely cannot solve alone.
But regarding the rest, I think more people will appreciate what Shenmue does in 2016/2017's more diverse gaming landscape than in 1999. Shenmue had no real contemporaries back then, but now comparisons to games like Life is Strange, The Witcher 3, The Last of Us, etc, can be fairly easily made.
And let's be real. People who want to play Shenmue know what they're in for, and they're okay with it, flaws and all, because they know there's something special and unique to enjoy in there.
A HD Collection is also going to introduce people again to the largely ignored Shenmue II, which is a much improved and accessible version of the Shenmue formula set out in the original game,
and is also secretly one of the best video games ever.
A lot of gamers are in for a rude awakening playing these titles again. You think you want it but Sony better market it right because a lot of gamers are going to be left confused and left with a bad taste in their mouth for shenmue 3. It's a niche taste . If I were them I would just ride out the nolstagia trip and just release shenmue 3 to maximize sales. Releasing the older games may scare some away that are on the fence
I play them every year and only just finished again recently. Besides some control issues which should be fixed and maybe a wuick save option in shenmue 1 there is nothing wrong with them and they are still amazing to play.
I play them every year and only just finished again recently. Besides some control issues which should be fixed and maybe a wuick save option in shenmue 1 there is nothing wrong with them and they are still amazing to play.
That's because you know exactly what you're in for, many people who never played Shenmue are gonna scratch their heads what all this carrying boxes, stereotypical characters and slow pacing is about.
I like them, but there's no denying many of the mechanics even beyond the controls are very outdated.
For most, RE simply works better as a videogame and is way more marketable than Shenmue is, and I say this as a fan of the first Shenmue game.
I don't know if 'rude awakening' is something I'd agree with or expect, but there's no doubt that the love for these games is incredibly niche, and was so at the time of release.