06-27-2015, 02:13 PM
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Yes, it's a very bad move that's occurred here.
>Kickstarter goes up with a goal of 2 million
>We're told if it reaches 2 million, it will be made
>It reaches 2 million, and then Sony are like "Oh, we'll fund it and so will certain third party devs"
>Basically used Kickstarter as a way to see if people wanted the game
>People dislike that this happened since they shouldn't pay to help Sony out when Sony are going to pay for it as well
>People stop giving money, some withdraw their donations.
Last I heard Suzuki needs 10 million from the kickstarter to truly make the game he needs, but with the lackluster amount he's been getting the past few days I doubt he'd reach it. All we've got in terms of information about Sony and their funding is
It'd be nice if Sony were just like "We'll help round up the remaining funds to reach to 10 million" to Suzuki privately or at least put the goal higher.
Yes, it's a very bad move that's occurred here.
>Kickstarter goes up with a goal of 2 million
>We're told if it reaches 2 million, it will be made
>It reaches 2 million, and then Sony are like "Oh, we'll fund it and so will certain third party devs"
>Basically used Kickstarter as a way to see if people wanted the game
>People dislike that this happened since they shouldn't pay to help Sony out when Sony are going to pay for it as well
>People stop giving money, some withdraw their donations.
Last I heard Suzuki needs 10 million from the kickstarter to truly make the game he needs, but with the lackluster amount he's been getting the past few days I doubt he'd reach it. All we've got in terms of information about Sony and their funding is
Quote:"I can say that with their assistance on the production and marketing end, and in Sony’s case with some publishing support as well, Ys Net is able to use more of the money we collect through Kickstarter purely for Shenmue 3’s development. It is also important to note that your funds are going strictly to Ys Net for development of Shenmue 3 – Sony and Shibuya Productions are not seeing a cent of your Kickstarter dollars."
Quote:"We cannot make an open world game for $2 million. Shenmue will be produced using both the funds raised from the Kickstarter and through other funding sources already secured by Ys Net Inc."
It'd be nice if Sony were just like "We'll help round up the remaining funds to reach to 10 million" to Suzuki privately or at least put the goal higher.