Coxy wrote: Who couldnt do with a bit more money?
The paypal funding has been a little disappointing but then funding was disappointing through most of the kickstarter after the shitty articles games journalists wrote (pretty sure polygon was one of them too) :/
It only managed to be such a success thanks to sony giving it a stage and the sincere efforts of fans. It'd be nice if they could have a new trailer for PSX and maybe boost the end of the paypal funding with that
The call for Paypal and the promise of donating fortnightly based on one's pay check or because they can't donate without a credit card was always going to be in the minority.
While it may be disappointing to see the relatively slow trickle of funds, for whatever amount it is, it's still an increase and it all contributes. For this we should be glad some people are still donating while many like ourselves, like me, have funded only through Kickstarter.
At the end of the day, the two larger players Sony & Shibuya will be playing a significant role towards the end of the development to either meet a shortfall to ensure the game is suitably polished for release. If the amounts are ever released, we'll get a good insight on how the funding worked, but I doubt it will.
Shibuya Productions is an interesting funding case, since Cedric is a co-producer, he's promised to fund the game and bought his seat in the development of Shenmue 3 in a big way that our contributions cannot compare to (except maybe Peter.
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So we'll see. It's a waiting game.
As for click bait sites.. for the love of Shenhua, please don't go to their sites and argue with them.. it's exactly what their after. Let Sony deal with that when the game is closer to release, for that's what publishers do.