I 'do' opening (and closing) videos and presentations for medium-large-ish events for a living. That's probably why i keep ranting and cringing about that video. There's just so much wrong about it
I was just inspired to volounteer with that, but a) would require tons of filming abroad b) i am sure Suzuki has a staff of much better professionals on the job and offering help would sound like an insult
What were the rough sales figures for Shenmue 1 and 2?
Are we talking in the thousands or low millions?
Shenmue sold over 1 million copies IIRC. Not sure about Shenmue II though.
243,838 according to steam spyDo you know how well SA2 HD sold across PSN/XBL/Steam?
All the language stretch goals have been reached, the next goal is the rapport system at $3.2m.
Yeah, that Kickstarter alone should push them to release 1 and 2 in HD. They'd be crazy not too. But it's Sega so who knows...
Do you know how well SA2 HD sold across PSN/XBL/Steam?
What were the rough sales figures for Shenmue 1 and 2?
Are we talking in the thousands or low millions?
Art Book or nothing else son!Wow there are so many high tier backer on kickstarter
i think i've just got an idea what the rapport system is.I wished there was an explanation to what that system is on the site so people can be more excited and pressured about its importance.
243,838 according to steam spy
jet set radio did 176,982
and nights did 237,895
i'm really surprised to see jsr as the lowest on there, but those are respectable sales for all of them on steam
starting to think "the oft repeated but never confirmed" myth about the heritage collection ports stopping because of low sales is bullshit.
Only about 10 million Dreamcasts were sold. For PS4 the install base is already 22+ millions. When Shenmue III gets released probably 40-50 million people will have a PS4.What be nice if Shenmue 3 could hit something like the Yakuza pulls in. 400-600k a title. That way SEGA might be fine with a yearly release that slowly builds upon the previous entry.
I wished there was an explanation to what that system is on the site so people can be more excited and pressured about its importance.
Only about 10 million Dreamcasts were sold. For PS4 the install base is already 22+ millions. When Shenmue III gets released probably 40-50 million people will have a PS4.
This game will sell more than 1 million copies easily (I think it'll be way more).
Seems like shenhua Waifu modeI wished there was an explanation to what that system is on the site so people can be more excited and pressured about its importance.
possibly, but it's still a long-form of revenueInitial sales, got to remember most of those numbers came from sales not from the original price point. NiGHTS and JSR in particular were often £1.49 on Steam.
It's probably why we're getting 3DS remakes still, games stick to their original price and sell decently enough.
True - that adds hundreds of thousands of copies on top of the PS4 sales!Don't forget PC too...
possibly, but it's still a long-form of revenue
digital sales are generally evergreen and still sell whether they're discounted or not, sega has to know this. one title alone won't make a giant profit month on month, but if you've got 5-10 titles out there still selling it'll justify the cost of increasing that portfolio
All I know its that when I heard that first note and saw that first pedal my heart dropped I was watching it at the Toronto live theater and yeah I was done it was all I could've asked forLets all be happy with people's reactions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcUoRij3B2I&list=PLh6HquSTij2qLciXVWfvfZv0x9aFEBV1-
Go to 10:24secs, someone took a phone recording from the conference floor. The crowd are going NUTS!!
Looking at the Kickstarter stats, crazy that nearly 900 people have chucked in $500.
And there's three generous (and rich) peeps that have coughed up $10,000.
All I know its that when I heard that first note and saw that first pedal my heart dropped I was watching it at the Toronto live theater and yeah I was done it was all I could've asked for
Half hour after leaving dundas square I had dropped 300 bucks on it
That last vid Trojan x its from one of the movie theaters things not the actual LA setting .. With that said still epic
Nothing beats the gametrailers reaction and probably mine had tears in my eyes lol and went crazy lol
Lets all be happy with people's reactions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcUoRij3B2I&list=PLh6HquSTij2qLciXVWfvfZv0x9aFEBV1-
Go to 10:24secs, someone took a phone recording from the conference floor. The crowd are going NUTS!!
Shamelessly re posting for the new page.
So I put this video together today. I guess it's my tribute to GT for making this the best E3. It's basically a highlight reel of them watching the Sony conference (with conference audio). Has the 3 big reactions, the aftermath and a couple of old clips from Bosman/Huber to set the tone. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZYUq-jzLUg
but I am definitely backing this project up just so that Shenmue fans can have the best possible experience when it comes. You guys have waited for 14 years and kept the hope alive, you deserve an amazing Shenmue 3.
We are in the same profession, my friend. I also make trailers, short movies and so on for med and large corporations.[...] Man, I need to knock on more doors but I don't want to insult anyone either. Oh well, business is business.
They need to do something fast, it's losing momentum.
a. Sony helped Yu secure rights to make a third game. I read somewhere that Yu now owns the IP, but then I saw an article clarifying that, saying that Shenmue still belongs to Sega and Yu only has the rights to make the third game. That French co-producer dropped some really scathing words against Sega about holding the rights for Shenmue and not letting anyone touch it. I wonder if Sony was able to convince Sega to change that and give Yu the rights to make a third game at the very least?
b. Sony was just going to help fund the game, but Yu wanted to do a kickstarter anyway because...
b.1. He wanted to see for himself (and maybe even Sony) just how much people wanted Shenmue 3 and if the franchise is still relevant today or...
b.2. He knew the franchise was still relevant despite Sega's insistence that it was not, and he knew the kickstarter would be a great success, so the kickstarter was just a giant middle finger personally sent by Yu to Sega (doubt it, but it's a fun theory).
Totally armchair speculations, but it would make up a good read one day.
B. Whilst Sony is helping marketing the game, the funding isn't coming solely through them, Adam Boyes said "some" funding would be given to the project. Wither this is direct cash or free tools to use is anyone's guess. With B.2 I think Yu is very much a company's man, very old school and Japanese loyalty to the company and all that. If he didn't have a good relationship with SEGA we wouldn't have gotten Shenmue 3. I think it helps that the management of SEGA is still the same people from the Dreamcast era, which is why even Mizuguchi got the license to make Rez relatively cheap, or for nothing.
Basically I still very much believe that supporting the Kickstarter is very much the best way to make sure Shenmue 3 is Shenmue 3, I'm not expecting much funding from many third party companies just yet. Support but not funding.
Hooked my dream cast up last night, now it's time to finish shenmue 2. How long of a game is it?
Reading through the other thread now (which, for some odd reason, I thought was locked), and it totally makes sense now why they went with Kickstarter at the beginning.
Never thought Sega would actually be fine with giving Yu the license to make Shenmue 3 so easily as long as he finds the funding. At least everyone comes out happy this way.
They need to do something fast, it's losing momentum.
Hooked my dream cast up last night, now it's time to finish shenmue 2. How long of a game is it?
Ohh! True, might have to change it.!!!!!!!!
just thought of something
will ryo no longer have a timex watch?
It's not very smart planning to leave a massive crevasse between the $500 and $10,000 tiers.They need to do something fast, it's losing momentum.
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just thought of something
will ryo no longer have a timex watch?
Yeah, they aren't doing a very great job of managing this KS. They should really look at how Bloodstained did it and step their game up.
They also need more reward tiers from 500-10k. There's no incentive right now to donate any higher than $500.
It's not very smart planning to leave a massive crevasse between the $500 and $10,000 tiers.
Additional $750, $2,000, and $3,500 tiers would've been a better way to go.
Now all the big money tiers are gone, and it's only small jumps from here until they introduce meaningful rewards. While it's important to have a large number of backers and not just a few backers with enviously disposable income, it's those big jumps from the monied minority that fuels the excitement that gets the pleb backers' attention to jump on board.
They should have "Better voice acting" Goal.
Graphics and animation could do with a lot of work too, it really does look like SHENMUE thou and I don't know if thats a good thing.....
Don't get me wrong as I'm really looking forward to playing it, but gotta be honest.
They need to do something fast, it's losing momentum.
Good points about adding higher tiers, where's the best place to contact them for suggestions?
First off, I haven't played the two games before (though I really want to), this announcement still blew my mind, not because I badly wanted a Shenmue 3, but because I knew just how emotional Shenmue fans would be over this announcement and what it really means to them. Jesus Christ, 14 years thinking they have waited (or are waiting) in vain, and suddenly this drops down. Seeing Hubert cry in that GT videocast made my day twice already.
I'm not sure I would purchase Shenmue 3 without having played the first two games (remaster please, Sega/Sony/Yu), but I am definitely backing this project up just so that Shenmue fans can have the best possible experience when it comes. You guys have waited for 14 years and kept the hope alive, you deserve an amazing Shenmue 3.
Second, I am really curious just to how Sony is helping (or has helped this game). They say they wanted to fund this right away, but Yu Suzuki wanted to have a kickstarter, but had problems getting the license to make a third game. I wonder if:
a. Sony helped Yu secure rights to make a third game. I read somewhere that Yu now owns the IP, but then I saw an article clarifying that, saying that Shenmue still belongs to Sega and Yu only has the rights to make the third game. That French co-producer dropped some really scathing words against Sega about holding the rights for Shenmue and not letting anyone touch it. I wonder if Sony was able to convince Sega to change that and give Yu the rights to make a third game at the very least?
b. Sony was just going to help fund the game, but Yu wanted to do a kickstarter anyway because...
b.1. He wanted to see for himself (and maybe even Sony) just how much people wanted Shenmue 3 and if the franchise is still relevant today or...
b.2. He knew the franchise was still relevant despite Sega's insistence that it was not, and he knew the kickstarter would be a great success, so the kickstarter was just a giant middle finger personally sent by Yu to Sega (doubt it, but it's a fun theory).
Totally armchair speculations, but it would make up a good read one day.