Initially revealed during Sony’s E3 press conference, the newly arrived Kickstarter for the long hoped for Shenmue III has managed to secure its $2 million goal in the span of a single day – an impressive feat that well demonstrates the incessant desire for a sequel from loyal Shenmue fans.
Despite having a goal of a mere $2 million, it has been stated the original game required a staggering $47 million for completion – though it has also been revealed that Sony themselves are lending a hand with the project, perhaps solving any potential monetary issues (and leaving open the question of why it needed a Kickstarter in the first place).
The E3 announcement of Shenmue III:
Those who would like to contribute to the Kickstarter can still do so now – Shenmue III is tentatively slated for a release in December of 2017 for PS4 and PC.
The kickstarter could also have been simply a test of sorts to gauge if there was enough actual demand to put resources into the project
With Kickstarter,Sony checked if there still was any interest on the series.
They are totally gonna cancel it and walk away with the money.
Won’t happen as Sony have openly backed the project, it would make Sony look catastrophically bad.
Yeah, cuz that’s an easy thing to do that totally happens a lot.
with 2 million, only finance the opening game
>> “and leaving open the question of why it needed a Kickstarter in the first place”
^^^ This. They tell us they don’t want to risk. What fucking risk? Are they insane? Shenmue 3 is practically 100% bound for success. $3 millions in 24 hours!!! That was so fucking obvious the game was DESIRED.
It just tells how little publishers know about actual gamers and their wishes. Making all the s♥♥t insted of really relevant games and then wondering why it sells so poorly. What a retards, they should all fucking die and give wasy to kickstarter to fund all future projects.
3 millions yet they need 47 million, it’s still very very far dude