The Kickstarter Just Hit $4 Million!

[Sonoshee]

Woo!

- $4 million reached - stretch goal: Baisha Village Expanded & 5x Mini Games
(isn't that between $75-100,000 today?)



Recap:

- 5 new reward tiers
- PS4 physical copy added
- 30onthe3rd boost

What an awesome, solid day for Shenmue!
(I also noticed AwesomeJapan added an apology for last weeks Twitch mess).

...But no time to breathe:

- Next step is $5 million, we need that character system that Yu really wants implemented
- Paypal option (still 14 days to go, hopefully they'll add this after the KS is over)
- Like always, keep pushing #SaveShenmue and #10milliontoShenmue3 every day

[Henry Spencer]

And the reward tiers from here on in are so fricking good too. I think we really need the Advanced FREE Battle system at $6 million, sounds so good.

[johnvivant]

i've said it several times now, but i'll say it again,

Thank You to everyone participating!

[Mitsuzuki]

Expanded Baisha Village and mini games here we go!

Something really strange just happened- almost all the $2k backers dropped out.

Edit- sorry, may have read that wrong. Two have dropped out. They're available.

[killthesagabeforeitkillsu]

The paypal option will most likely be given post KS.

[mrandyk]

It's optimistic, but we might even hit the $4.2 stretch goal today still.

[BlueMue]

I expected this to happen today but I'm still in awe how fast it's climbing now. And I still haven't raised my pledge yet.
Like everyone already said a physical PS4 release will animate a ton of people to back it.

[Tomato Convenience Store]

The paypal option will most likely be given post KS.

I was thinking this, too. Paypal wouldn't show up in the total KS funding, right? I think it's good press if you can say "Shenmue III: The most funded videogame in kickstarter history" and a paypal option might take some funds away from that.

[Marzy]

Great stuff!

I think 6 million would be the ultimate goal, due to the battle system, but hopefully it'll at least get to 5 million.

[joka]

Yes wouldn't PayPal take momentum away from Kickstarter and even result in it losing money as people drop out?

I'm not too familiar with KS but it would be completely separate right?

[code l name]

Great stuff!

I think 6 million would be the ultimate goal, due to the battle system, but hopefully it'll at least get to 5 million.

That's what I think most fans should be aiming for.

Great news and I hope momentum will pick up as news trickle to other websites.

[Sonoshee]

It's optimistic, but we might even hit the $4.2 stretch goal today still.

In the 9 minutes between posting the topic and this reply, another $9,000 has been pledged... Fingers crossed!

[Sonoshee]

Great stuff!

I think 6 million would be the ultimate goal, due to the battle system, but hopefully it'll at least get to 5 million.

That's what I think most fans should be aiming for.

Great news and I hope momentum will pick up as news trickle to other websites.

$5 million wasn't the goal I meant we were finally aiming for, just the next step.

[Tomato Convenience Store]

They're gonna need more "I am Shenmue" spots O_O

[ianpm31]

Yes wouldn't PayPal take momentum away from Kickstarter and even result in it losing money as people drop out?

I'm not too familiar with KS but it would be completely separate right?

I imagine pay-pal will be implemented after the 31 day kickstarter campaign. Yu-san probably wants to maximize the KS then follow up with pay pal for post ks. Makes sense to me