Definitely no excuse to miss the Live from Playstation Experience now

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/12/ ... s-weekend/

http://www.twitch.tv/playstation

I had no intention to be offensive towards anybody Yokusuka :)

As I wrote in this topic or another one, i don't remember to be honest... from a backer point of view I expect to be informed on a regular basis. The first example to come to my mind is the material presented in China. I hope as a backer, to get good quality pictures or videos from the event. Not because I deserve them, but because I think low res videos and screen captures from the venue could damage the actual quality of their work (like the PC used for the presentation beeing too slow to animate correctly the in-house sequences.)

Now, I don't expect one update every 30 days... even if Suzuki San promised to do his best to keep backers informed.
They have priorities and backers update certainly are time consuming. Since I'm aware we might see no update at the end of the year, start of the new year, I would be more than happy to have a combined update for november/december. Especially if this update comes along the PSX event next saturday.
Every single Shenmue fan is aware of the smallest Shenmue related news within hours... but it's absolutely not the same situation for casual gamers or people who know nothing about this game.

Those casual gamers and newcomers are more important than backers for now... well, at least until PayPal campaign ends. That's why I really hope for some annoucement during Playstation Experience and before Slacker Backer deadline.

When all the cards will be played and all the funds gathered, then I will expect to be as a backer, the first to get news about the project. Now, just to clarify Yu Suzuki position and possible lack of communication... Kickstarter and PayPal campaign are Awesome Japan responsability. When Yu was in China, he kept us informed with great tweets. He wanted to share with fans his journey through future Shenmue 3 sceneries.

Same logic (imo) goes for Cédric Biscay. I think it could be detrimental in the long run to harass him with issues out of his control. For now he tries to share and communicate with fans... but it's up to him to decide whether it is worthwhile or not.

Call me names (well, possibly after The PSX 2015 ) but when I look at their faces, I can't help but think they know.



Do they know we know they know, I don't know

On a side note, does anyone know who will be featured as the keynote speaker? I mean is it just one person such as Shawn Layden giving it? Or is it a mixture of the different departments? Just really wondering if Boyes or Corsi are being given a slot to speak. That's when excitement would rise.


Last year, both Corsi and Boyes were on stage.

http://i.imgur.com/2WpYewR.jpg

If nothing worthwhile happens during this PSX... you won't see me around on monday :-$

This is from Dan "Shoe" Hsu, Senior Partner Alliance Manager at PlayStation.



https://twitter.com/DanShoeHsu/status/6 ... 2492556288

The Bailu Village Hut video has been removed from Shenmue 3 official channel?

Fortunately... ShenmueDojo took care of it!

Wow Yokosuka! That's really great! =D>

My intention was to make a new pledge if the upgrade option wouldn't show up before the end of the PayPal campaign, but since it has been extended I'm going to wait some more hoping that eventually they will propose the upgrade for Kickstarter backers. If that doesn't happen, then I will back Shenmue 3 one last time.

Well, I admire your dedication to Shenmue and your 2016 good resolution of getting rid of caffeine :mrgreen: but my point is that I really hope Shenmue IV will be released someday because of the commercial success of episode 3 and hopefully remasters of 1 & 2, instead of the hardcore fanbase making miracles again and again.

With the rebirth of the Serie during 2015 E3 and the media exposition since then, I think it's the good time for Shenmue (and Yu Suzuki) to get the recognition he deserves from the "gaming world". If things don't work out this time... then I'm afraid there is a significant possibility we won't see the end of the saga.

That said, I would support every Kickstarter aimed to help development of the forthcoming episodes.

By the way... #SaveShenmueHD Tweetathon is round the corner .That's something we fans, can do to help Shenmue's fate.

Well, that's a disappointing turn of events (and unexpected as far as i'm concerned).
Are they going to propose the PC rewards or upgrades for KS backers at this point? I doubt it.

I'm starting to think that the sooner they close the Slacker Backer Campaign and concentrate their time ONLY on the development, the better it is.

The money is not enough? Well, they are free to keep searching for external funds or/and they can try to do their best with the money they have.

AJ have just been poor in general overall, I mean, look at the images they're using to promote the game, they look like copy and paste jobs using paint, all of the images apart from the original artwork are extremely over the top and poor. I bet the font for Shenmue 3 is something they chose aswell, it seems to be littered against everything they touch and if you notice anything that Yu Suzuki does to promote the game uses the original Shenmue font. I hate the new font, and I don't think it's licensing issues, I just think it's a straight up lazy job AJ are doing that they can't spare a few minutes to change all the images that they've already "produced". That happy new year cartoon animation is a joke...what have monkey heads got to do with anything? Just looks like they've grabbed random clip art images and added 2 or 3 frames of movement to them. The new website, imo looks worse than the old one, they are covering up "Shenmue 3" in the only cool looking part of the site - the oversized video - with the new column on the right handside (atleast on my browser) and also for today atleast, it's incredible slow. They always make spelling and grammatical errors, and i'm not saying that I never make errors, but i'm not being paid to write this post.

Do we want to talk about the gallery? (Hey, the Village Hut is back :D )

They should have used the non mirrored picture... or at least cut it.

http://i.imgur.com/nk9wP2v.jpg

I already said it, but in my opinion, they need to close the PayPal campaign as soon as possible.
The potential image damage caused by the lack of PC rewards, upgrades and now the way those polls (yes...two polls!) have been handled is not worth the funds they can gather by extending the campaign.

Unless they announce within a few days PC rewards and upgrades (which should have been available since the begining of the Slacker Backer Campaign... do I need to point this out?) the extension has no purpose anymore.

If AJ knew how to handle Marketing and communication, the funds collected could have been significantly higher, but what is done is done and maybe it's time to move on to next stage and close the budget.

One of my worries about Shenmue 3 is that Yu Suzuki has to much to deal with, when he should concentrate mainly on the development, talents scouting, research and storytelling. The lack of a publisher like SEGA or Sony to take care of funding, Marketing and PR is just obvious after witnessing how weak AJ have been at doing their job. Fans communities have done a lot in order to help, spread the word,organize events like raffles or 30 on the 3rd (to name a few) and last but not least damage control some bad press. Truth is, fans can't keep the PayPal campaign alive on their own.

The irony is that I'm still waiting for the upgrades to come so I can raise my KS pledge but I can easily imagine that one morning the campaign will be over with my extra money still in my pocket. Of course I could simply choose other rewards or simply donate this money... but won't I look like an idiot if the upgrades show up the day after I give my contribution to PayPal? How many fans are in my exact same situation and how much money does that mean (69'000 KS backers guys...) ?
Again, it is how it is because of the way the PayPal campaign has been handled and in my opinion... It's a shame... or missed opportunity if you prefer. :sad:

The Shenmue bashing (at least from what I can see on Twitter) has reached an appalling level... and still no official clarification from AJ.

This is worst than I expected and the damage caused to the franchise is really deep this time. Such a shame.

The worst part is AJ isn't savvy enough to contact the press and correct their mistakes. They just let the misinformation they caused spread. I really don't blame the journalists.

It's all the opposite for me. What could have done AJ or any other PR team, this campaign would be bashed. And everyone is surprised when developers have to invest million of dollars into promotion instead production to get rid of these fools. It's not as like the information was unclear. Really, way too much unprofessionalism right there.

@Kiske : I read all the previous updates since the Paypal launch and I found no promises. I doubt they were from the twitter account.

It could be a good move from AJ to come with new exclusive rewards for Paypal backers at this point.

Post an update to shut up the clickbaits about the PayPal rewards status and cheer up the potential new backers.

Dear Shenmue fans, dear backers, as you know we couldn't offer the Kickstarter Exclusive rewards in the Slacker Backer campaign but the bad news stops here! We are offering new exclusive Slacker Backer Campaign rewards such as "PS4 Physical copy Dreamcast Case style" , "Exclusive Slacker backer Scroll Move combo pack"...

Crap! This is getting worse by the minute. Just when you think things have reached some kind of consensus, there goes the Anti-Shenmue Gaming Media and Troll Brigade , pouring fuel onto the fire and making it worse.

The only things we fans, can do for now are:
1. Damage Control.
2. Reinstate the truth about the Rewards situation.
3. Hope AJ are coming soon with a strong and understandable statement.
4. Wait for the next storm above Shenmueland...

If it's any consolation, I bet my physical PS4 copy of Shenmue 3 that we would have endured the same bashing from the same clickbaits medias who are spreading false news now, if AJ/YsNet decided to make the exclusive rewards available for slacker backer campaign.

I almost see the article title: "Greedy Yu Suzuki breaks rewards exclusivity for a few more bucks despite 25% of the voters were clearly against this!"

I'm wondering... where are the professional journalists? Where are the honest articles ready to restore the truth about a bad communication ok, but definitely an attempt of "Awesome Japan" to do the right thing?

The bashing has been so harsh since E3 announcement that sometimes I have the feeling it's fuelled by interests bigger than our small but beloved Shenmue franchise. Maybe it wouldn't be so biased if Shenmue 3 was multiplatform... If you know what I mean?

As today January 7th:

$6,535,037 --> $6,537,602 (+ $2565)
71,508 backers --> 71,542 (+34) ($75 per new backer)

Yokosuka wrote: Cédric is evil.

I like when he does that!
He says what and when... a lot better than waiting for the monthly KS update

According to Cédric Biscay's recent Tweet, new exclusive (I'm starting to loathe this word ) Shenmue 3 pics will be shown during Magic Monaco Press Conference next 20th of January.

https://twitter.com/CedricBiscay/status ... 3191451648

Can't wait!

As much as I want to believe..... It's Sega.

If they promoted the Kickstarter, or even Shennue 3 in general, then yes, I'd believe in a heartbeat. Promotion of Shennue would mean more sales of a HD release, which in turn would mean more sales of Shennue 3.

Sega doesn't like money folks.

Peter... why did you type 3 times in a row: ShenNue? Is it some english pun? :shock: :-o

Hey guys,

In order to give you a thorough understanding of yesterday discussion I had with Thomas Hobbs, here's the end of our "chat" on Twitter:

@thobbsjourno @segafans Thanks for the answer. Hopefully you read correctly between the lines in the Shenmue related part of your interview!

@KosiCosa I'm confused. Nothing changed. It is a marketing publication so Shenmue info was paraphrased/not 100% quoted. Hope that clarifies?

He sent me another tweet but apparently deleted it in the meantime.
I still have it on my Twitter iPhone app though.
@KosiCosa I'm just as excited they are 'exploring ways' for a HD remake. About bloody time!

@thobbsjourno You're a Shenmue fan too I guess? If so, YES, I understand your excitement! Thanks again for your kind replies! #SaveShenmueHD

He did retweet the message above, so I take it as a YES to my question :D

I would get rid of the black background and integrate the information while playing, with a 2-3 seconds fade-in fade-out. More or less like in the picture below:

Probably a new Shenmue 3 video at Magic Monaco:
https://twitter.com/japanfm/status/689846666875269120

Ok, thanks to David from Shenmue Master, there was no video. It was more of a slideshow. Just in case people are looking for a video of some sorts, as previously reported from JapanFM.

Missed this post.

Turns out I'm as good as Ryo when he looks for sailors... or chinese people... :lol:

Thank you Peter & David!

By the way Peter.

Here's what you can expect from your trip to Magic Monaco

In all honesty, I don't really understand why Magic Monaco staff asked Cédric to take care of the Shenmue Forever original tweet. It didn't seem to be related to this "amazing new thing" they will announce during Magic Monaco and about which Cédric tweeted a few days ago.

That said I totally agree with you about Magic Monaco beeing a lot more than just an event revolving around Shenmue 3. I sincerely hope this event will gain some reputation worldwide and become a major event for pop-culture (anime, cosplay and videogames), at least in Europe...

As for hyped and crazy reactions of Shenmue fans for every piece of tease, I'm sure Cédric is well aware of how crazy (but at the same time passionate) the Shenmue fans are. :lol:
He really is a great guy!

French version confirmed! Lets hope there will be an english version too!

Were you aware of this s**t?

http://i.imgur.com/zNRrG2U.jpg

"Get it on PS4 on its release day Guaranteed!"
There is officially no confirmation of a physical retail version at the moment!!!

The price on this site is higher compared to the price for an exclusive PS4 Physical copy if you are a backer. In other words... a s****y deal!

And most of all, this s**t actually STEALS money from the game developpement. :evil:

Yokosuka wrote:19th February
$6,562,627--> $6,563,416 (+ $789) (+ $263 per day)
71,813 backers --> 71,825 (+12) (+4 per day) ($66 per new backer)

23th February
$6,563,416 --> $6,564,272 (+ $856) (+ $214 per day)
71,825 --> 71,836 (+11) (+3 per day) ($78 per new backer)

19th February
$6,562,627--> $6,563,416 (+ $789) (+ $263 per day)
71,813 backers --> 71,825 (+12) (+4 per day) ($66 per new backer)
23th February
$6,563,416 --> $6,564,272 (+ $856) (+ $214 per day)
71,825 backers --> 71,836 (+11) (+3 per day) ($78 per new backer)
26th February
$6,564,272 --> $6,564,903 (+ $631) (+ $210 per day)
71,836 backers --> 71,848 (+12) (+4 per day) ($53 per new backer)

1st March
$6,564,903 --> $6,568,872 (+ 3969$) (+ $992 per day)
71,848 --> 71,901 (+53) (+13 per day) ($75 per new backer)

Strong growth since February 26th!
Magic2016 & Playstation tweet effects?

Thank you very much Yokosuka, great translation =D>

A lot of informations in this interview.

I feel kind of confident about the Marketing of the PS4 version, I'm sure Sony can manage a great campaign for Shenmue 3 launch... if they feel confident in the game qualities.

According to Cédric, an appearance of Shenmue 3 at E3 2016 is not totally out of the question!
Let's hope they manage to show something new... (Shenmue HD [-o< :mrgreen: )

I can't even tell you whether something will happen at E3 but perhaps we'll decide to show something new.
Original : [...] je ne peux même pas te dire qu'il se passera quelque chose à l'E3, mais peut-être qu'on décidera à un moment donné de montrer à nouveau quelque chose de neuf.

Cédric has currently nothing in mind to show off at E3. I think it will depend of the development circumstances.

At least, that's the way I understood it. I don't think Cédric talked with a disclosure tone.

Well, your translation is absolutely correct. The way I understand it is that Cédric cannot confirm if there will be or not something Shenmue 3 related during the E3 2016.

In my opinion it's slightly different compared to the affermative headline "No Plans To Show The Game During E3 2016."

As you said, it will probably depend on development circumstances. Cédric said later in the interview that big events such as the E3 are very important to them. I think they will try to show something if it's "Wow reaction" material but for sure, they will keep it a surprise as long as possible.

*I don't have a lot to do this morning :mrgreen:

Didn't pledge for this reward neither, but if I had to write a message in it, I would write the same kind of things I would write in real life.

"Hello! Thank you for your warm welcome, loved Choubu! Hope to come back soon for a fourth journey! Kiske, Switzerland"

Not very original... but consistent with the game world :oops:

Thanks Yoko :)

The latest misleading news I'm reading on a few websites is about the alleged NON presence of Shenmue 3 material at E3 2016.

I may be wrong, but I didn't read anything from Yu and Cédric confirming there will be NO Shenmue 3 at E3 2016.
I only read in the Cédric interview that he can't confirmed Shenmue 3 presence at E3. Did I miss something?

I've the impression that some medias misunderstood Yu Suzuki's statement about the trial version not being ready for 2016.

Anyway, this isn't very important but it shows how easily misreported Shenmue 3 news can spread:

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/27806-shenmue-iii-will-not-be-at-e3-2016-but-story-development-is-95-done/
http://www.gamnesia.com/news/shenmue-iii-wont-be-at-e3-2016-but-the-story-is-95-done
https://t.co/m7u7hqcTJn

19th February
$6,562,627--> $6,563,416 (+ $789) (+ $263 per day)
71,813 backers --> 71,825 (+12) (+4 per day) ($66 per new backer)
23th February
$6,563,416 --> $6,564,272 (+ $856) (+ $214 per day)
71,825 backers --> 71,836 (+11) (+3 per day) ($78 per new backer)
26th February
$6,564,272 --> $6,564,903 (+ $631) (+ $210 per day)
71,836 backers --> 71,848 (+12) (+4 per day) ($53 per new backer)

1st March
$6,564,903 --> $6,568,872 (+ 3969$) (+ $992 per day)
71,848 --> 71,901 (+53) (+13 per day) ($75 per new backer)

Strong growth since February 26th!
Magic2016 & Playstation tweet effects?

March 7th
$6,568,872 --> $6,571,967 (+ $3095) (+ $516 per day)
71,901 --> 71,946 (+45) (+7.5 per day) ($69 per new backer)

For what it's worth, here is a graph of the Slacker Backer progression since the campaign debuts:

I like the "Stiff" Ryo.

The apparent lack of Ryo's emotions helps me feel my own emotions about the various game situations...
I don't know whether I am making myself clear or not. If Ryo wasn't so emotionally disconnected, I would follow his feelings more than listening to my own feelings.

The NPC AI talk reminds me of Suzuki San interview at GDC 2014:

Suzuki recalls an amusing bug where everyone disappeared

Shenmue was notable for offering the concept of in-game characters having schedules - waking up, going to work and eating at specific times - all powered by AI and scripting.

"I remember this because it took a long time to find cause," he explained.

"The cause was a convenience store. In the morning. All of the NPCs (non-playing characters) in the warehouse district went to buy breakfast at the store, which became congested. They became stuck because they couldn't get out."

The solution was two fold; to increase the size of the automatic door, and limit occupancy of the convenience store.


:rotflmao:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XruY72JamWc

Sonoshee wrote: Yeah it must've been the "My father" part that threw me off. *Foot firmly in mouth lol

*This expression is killing me... seriously

Sorry Sonoshee

Source: BlueMue "Shadow Step" fail video

19th February
$6,562,627--> $6,563,416 (+ $789) (+ $263 per day)
71,813 backers --> 71,825 (+12) (+4 per day) ($66 per new backer)
23th February
$6,563,416 --> $6,564,272 (+ $856) (+ $214 per day)
71,825 backers --> 71,836 (+11) (+3 per day) ($78 per new backer)
26th February
$6,564,272 --> $6,564,903 (+ $631) (+ $210 per day)
71,836 backers --> 71,848 (+12) (+4 per day) ($53 per new backer)

1st March
$6,564,903 --> $6,568,872 (+ 3969$) (+ $992 per day)
71,848 --> 71,901 (+53) (+13 per day) ($75 per new backer)

Strong growth since February 26th!
Magic2016 & Playstation tweet effects?

March 7th
$6,568,872 --> $6,571,967 (+ $3095) (+ $516 per day)
71,901 --> 71,946 (+45) (+7.5 per day) ($69 per new backer)

March 14th
$$6,571,967 --> $6,573,879 (+1912 $) (+ $273 per day)
71,946 --> 71,959 (+13) (+2 per day) ($147 per new backer)

Magic Monaco spike is over... but those backers pledges are above the 91$ average.

March 14th
$$6,571,967 --> $6,573,879 (+1912 $) (+ $273 per day)
71,946 --> 71,959 (+13) (+2 per day) ($147 per new backer)

Magic Monaco spike is over... but those backers pledges are above the 91$ average.

March 17th
$6,573,879 --> $6,578,263 (+$4384 ) (+1461 $ per day)
71,959 --> 72,032 (+73) (+24 per day) ($60 per new backer)

Welcome China :)

Sorry for the double post, but:

$6,580,155

72,070 backers

Jumped 2K in a day. I think $6.6 million is smooth sailing. There might be hope for $7 million after all.

22nd March

$6,580,155 -> $6,583,408 (+$3253) ($813.50 per day)

72,070 backers -> 72,132 backers (+62 backers)

$52.47 per backer.

24nd March

$6,583,408 -> $6,585,637 (+$2229) ($1114.5 per day)

72,132 backers -> 72,166 (+34 backers) ($65.5 per backer)

Steady increase since March 14th! (~ $1176 per day)

http://i.imgur.com/ivqP6Cw.jpg

The question was about the Dreamcast assets.

Yu Suzuki answer's is clear enough. They use what's left from Shenmue 1&2 era and turn the Dreamcast on for the missing assets. Must be painful sometimes...

Let's hope Sega didn't lose the original games core code. :???:

The interview is really great! It makes me think that I would love to see Suzuki San as a movie director some day :heart: