![]() Now I’ve got to work towards that, because that’s what I said. (or: a loose letter to some parts of the games media) (or: how to be better than a games journalist in one easy step) To a.) reduce the confusion, and b.) show how lazy the journalists from these sites are in researching and presenting these stories, I made this follow up to the previous. ![]() “We said we’d get it out for Christmas 2017. As the campaign drew to a close, many wondered just how Suzuki would be able to create the third installment in the series. Yu Suzuki was able to raise more than 6 million through Kickstarter to develop Shenmue 3. In this third instalment of the epic Shenmue series. But the process is just beginning – at this point we only need a small team. Chris Powell Follow on Twitter Send an email September 14, 2015. Play as Ryo Hazuki, an 18-year-old Japanese martial artist hell-bent on avenging his fathers death. Shenmue 3 pulls in three times Kickstarter request, PayPal campaign coming. The team’s a lot smaller than when we working on Shenmue 2. Shenmue 3 performed fine but isnt a mass market game, says publisher. We completed the game flow at the end of August, this month we’re testing the game engine for Shenmue to see how it works. ![]() “Kickstarter’s finished, so we know what the minimum budget is. Even if we don’t get as much budget as the previous games, we’ll still make this game. Obviously, the more money we have the more we can do. If you haven’t played this game, I highly recommend it Even if you don’t have a Dreamcast, Shenmue 1&2 have been re-released in HD for PC, Xbox 1 + PS4. Before we started Kickstarter, we had goals set around the budget – so if we only got $6 million, we’d create Shenmue 3 based upon what we could do with that $6 million.” Verified purchase: No (4) (0) by boostemporium 11 Dec, 2019. There’s also funding from Sony and Shibuya Productions. “Kickstarter’s not the only source of money. In addition to the record-breakingly successful Kickstarter campaign and funding from Sony itself, Suzuki launched a further PayPal fund campaign following this year’s Toyko Game Show. The most important thing, to me, is that the game’s interesting, and that it’s something people want to play.” If we perhaps compromise on the graphics and put more into the story, we can make a good game. “The game itself doesn’t have to be gorgeous visually – a lot of the money these days goes into the graphics. “I could do with a bit more money!” Suzuki said. He even re-opened the Kickstarter via Paypal through what was described as a 'Slacker Backer period.' Shenmue 3 will be the third game in a series that began on Sega Dreamcast in 1999. Talking to Eurogamer, Suzuki said that while the game will be crafted in line with the funds available to it, the game “doesn’t have to be gorgeous visually.” $6.3 million isn’t enough for Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki.
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