Shenmue Dojo

Hyo Razuki wrote: ^Don't worry about it. This is what shenmue.link says about the shipping date:

How confident are you in your ship date?
A rigorous budget and schedule has been worked out with our production team and we believe our target of 2017 holiday season is within reach. That said, our goal is to make the best game possible (and one that the fans want!) so please understand the schedule may change as the project evolves. Frequent updates will be posted on the Update page.

This kind of thing cannot happen with Shenmue because YS Net have never stated a specific release date. Christmas Season of 2017 is merely a possibile time frame they are trying to maintain as of right now but YS Net have made it very clear their top priority is making a great game and the time schedule therefore might be adapted to their needs in the future.

So if someone backed the game today and demanded a refund let's say, in January of 2018, YS Net could simply point to the fact that they had never given anyone a release date at the moment when they backed Shenmue 3.

Zoltor wrote:

Hyo Razuki wrote: ^Don't worry about it. This is what shenmue.link says about the shipping date:

How confident are you in your ship date?
A rigorous budget and schedule has been worked out with our production team and we believe our target of 2017 holiday season is within reach. That said, our goal is to make the best game possible (and one that the fans want!) so please understand the schedule may change as the project evolves. Frequent updates will be posted on the Update page.

This kind of thing cannot happen with Shenmue because YS Net have never stated a specific release date. Christmas Season of 2017 is merely a possibile time frame they are trying to maintain as of right now but YS Net have made it very clear their top priority is making a great game and the time schedule therefore might be adapted to their needs in the future.

So if someone backed the game today and demanded a refund let's say, in January of 2018, YS Net could simply point to the fact that they had never given anyone a release date at the moment when they backed Shenmue 3.

While that is true, on a slightly different note, I find it to be troubling how dead set on a 2017 release, yu is. Without any leeway for error, financially or development time wise, combined with all the stuff that goes into developing a Shenmue game, being dead set on a date that barely hits 2 years, is a bit reckless.

I know It's Yu we're talking about here, and with all the other great people he has on the team(one of which, is capable of recreating the Hazuki residence in under a month all by him self in unreal 4, so yea a super impressive team, that even AAA companies can only dream of putting together), It's not completely unrealistic, but I just wish Yu wasn't so strict about the 2017 release date(things happen, so setting such a short development window, is a very dangerous thing..

mrandyk wrote: Say that going into the KS that Yu knew the game likely wouldn't be out until 2018. December 2017 makes more sense to be the date on the KS because fewer people are going to back something that doesn't come out until a full three years after you make your pledge.

Hyo Razuki wrote:
So if someone backed the game today and demanded a refund let's say, in January of 2018, YS Net could simply point to the fact that they had never given anyone a release date at the moment when they backed Shenmue 3.

Monkei wrote:

Hyo Razuki wrote:
So if someone backed the game today and demanded a refund let's say, in January of 2018, YS Net could simply point to the fact that they had never given anyone a release date at the moment when they backed Shenmue 3.

They could also point to the fact that you wouldn't even be entitled to a refund if the game never came out :p

SMDzero wrote:

Monkei wrote:

Hyo Razuki wrote:
So if someone backed the game today and demanded a refund let's say, in January of 2018, YS Net could simply point to the fact that they had never given anyone a release date at the moment when they backed Shenmue 3.

They could also point to the fact that you wouldn't even be entitled to a refund if the game never came out :p

You just know that when/if the game is delayed some self-righteous backer will claim that he won't ever play Shenmue 3 on principle.

SMDzero wrote:

Monkei wrote:

Hyo Razuki wrote:
So if someone backed the game today and demanded a refund let's say, in January of 2018, YS Net could simply point to the fact that they had never given anyone a release date at the moment when they backed Shenmue 3.

They could also point to the fact that you wouldn't even be entitled to a refund if the game never came out :p

You just know that when/if the game is delayed some self-righteous backer will claim that he won't ever play Shenmue 3 on principle.

SMDzero wrote:

Monkei wrote:

Hyo Razuki wrote:
So if someone backed the game today and demanded a refund let's say, in January of 2018, YS Net could simply point to the fact that they had never given anyone a release date at the moment when they backed Shenmue 3.

They could also point to the fact that you wouldn't even be entitled to a refund if the game never came out :p

You just know that when/if the game is delayed some self-righteous backer will claim that he won't ever play Shenmue 3 on principle.

Kiske wrote: Back since the Kickstarter announcement I'm wondering if there will be one or more arcade games in Shenmue 3?

What do you think?

The Hang On model (spotted by @ShenmueLegacy) in the YsNet office kind of raised my hopes (even if this can just be there for decoration purpose or for the capsule toys modelling).

SMDzero wrote:

Kiske wrote: Back since the Kickstarter announcement I'm wondering if there will be one or more arcade games in Shenmue 3?

What do you think?

The Hang On model (spotted by @ShenmueLegacy) in the YsNet office kind of raised my hopes (even if this can just be there for decoration purpose or for the capsule toys modelling).

I hope that Shenmue 3 has a ton of Sega classic 16 bit games!