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The kickstarter hasn't even been up for 24 hours yet. If you don't like it pull your money out.
Yeah, I don't see how this is a good idea for Sony. Unless if Sega is now onboard too and they're splitting the costs. Maybe they think they can market the game outside of the diehard fanbase despite it being the third game in an old series.I don't quite understand the logic. Ok, there's proven interest, but the people who are seriously interested all just bought a copy of the game and paid for it already. Now they're going to have to generate another $20-30+ million in revenue from somewhere else to recoup the costs they're going to have to add to the games budget.
This practice just rubs me the wrong way entirely - I think it's the first time a Kickstarter has been created with the developers KNOWING they have direct financial support from a multinational corporation?
Adam Boyes: "We have nothing to do with this!!!"
Shady.
Such a shame too, I love Shenmue and Yu Suzuki.
Its pretty simple guys, see how the kickstarter mentions they dont know yet if Xbox one version?
If they get an specific ammount of money, sony will fund them.
If they get a lot more money than that, they wont need sony's help in publishing the game, so they can go multiplatform.
This kickstarter is to see where the game will go and who will be funding it.
I have only one issue with this, the fact that Sony is funding a big part of the development should be clearly stated on kickstarter page. It's a factor and a risk in the development of the game.
Krejilooc brought up that Shenmue actually costs about $40m to make largely because they built a new engine and everything. This time they're using Unreal 4 so it would require a lot less money to make.
Donating and buying aren't the same thing.
I would argue that most backers are essentially pre-ordering the game (which is fine) but shelling out hundreds of dollars seems peculiar once you know that Sony is behind the project.
It's not the practice - it's the misleading presentation.
Or did everyone forget the barely-hat-in-hand "Save Shenmue" plea last night?
So you thought Shenmue 3 could be made on a 2 Mil budget? LOL.
HHour said the same thing, their kickstarter was just to show publishers that people were actually interested in the game and they got funding after that.
That's a nice way of taking advantage of the fans and getting free money, I guess. Kudos to them.
Shenmue fans seem happy to do it, they get the game from a dead franchise that they've wanted for over a decade by backing the kickstarter.
Why the concern trolling?
This confirms no Xbox then
Kickstarter is probably one of the best ways to "gauge" interest. Would you rather decide with your wallets or a circle of execs looking at some spreadsheets.
its Sony so its fine
thats how it works these days right?
It's not the practice - it's the misleading presentation.
Or did everyone forget the barely-hat-in-hand "Save Shenmue" plea last night?
Let me guess: you didn't pledge a cent in the KS?
Its pretty simple guys, see how the kickstarter mentions they dont know yet if Xbox one version?
If they get an specific ammount of money, sony will fund them.
If they get a lot more money than that, they wont need sony's help in publishing the game, so they can go multiplatform.
This kickstarter is to see where the game will go and who will be funding it.
Because if the kickstarter failed Sony wouldn't have funded it because interest would not be high enough
Then take it off of Kickstarter.
Kickstarter should not be used by Giant Mega Dollars Corporations just to generate Twitter buzz.
It's scummy as all get.
I would imagine now that they are coming out as officially backing it they will close the KS but it was the only way this game was getting made guys. The last game didn't set the world on fire sales wise and the only way for Sony to see if this has any viable true market interest and is not just the deafening cry repeated over and over by the most loyal fans was a chance to get them to put their money where their mouth was. I don't understand how people don't get this
I think the problem people have is Sony wasn't upfront about helping out with development.
It's not the practice - it's the misleading presentation.
Or did everyone forget the barely-hat-in-hand "Save Shenmue" plea last night?
Cool. I'm not sure I really understand the "gauge interest" thing. Can't you just make people sign a petition to show interest?
Or is $2 Million super crucial that Sony can't add it to their existing budget?
Sorry if off topic, but is this also the deal with Final Fantasy 7? I assume it will come to PC, but what about XBox?
I wanted to cry when I found out that this was even a possibility, however, I think this approach is very dangerous, and I hope it doesn't become the norm.
Right, the fans aren't getting fucking copies of the game and a bunch of collectors bonuses or anythingThat's a nice way of taking advantage of the fans and getting free money, I guess. Kudos to them.
I have no idea tbh, just nowhere near 70 million that's ridiculous. That was the cost for both games back then btw. They had to create everything from the ground up, there was no middleware for basically anything. Maybe video compression, that's about it. They also spent way more money than was even necessary like fully voicing every innocuous NPC that roamed around with answers to probably over 100 questions. They recorded over 150+ footsteps so everyone would have their own... There is literally no reason at all to expect development cost to match the older games.
I'm sorry, there's so many assumptions and bold claims in here that to someone like me who has been following the series since '99 is too much to handle.
That's a nice way of taking advantage of the fans and getting free money, I guess. Kudos to them.