Shenmue HD/3 Kickstarter

[myshtuff]

Let's send Sega 10000 Toms Hot Dogs. Sure to work.

[Let's Get Sweaty]

Let's send Sega 10000 Toms Hot Dogs. Sure to work.

The last thing Sega HQ needs is more weiners.

[myshtuff]

[Rakim]

Here's hope for those of you that want this to go down:
They posted a kickstarter to make a Veronica Mars movie yesterday and its already at just under 1 million dollars. I'm not too familiar with the show, but it couldn't have been very big cuz the wiki says its network was The CW and it only lasted 3 seasons, yet a campaign to make a movie version is pulling in money at a ridiculous rate. Every refresh seems to increase to total amount by the thousand.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559 ... ie-project


If this seemingly long forgotten teen drama is doing this good I can only imagine Yu and his team would see results at least on par with this.

EDIT: So I'm reading the wikipedia page to that show and I see this line:
"Upon the cancellation of the series, fans sent more than 10,000 Mars Bars to the CW, hoping that the network would reverse its decision and renew the series."
Sounds like another group I know. Although if you read the rest of the article I think they're a little more devoted than us with the wacky stunts they've done.

Wow so they already surpassed their goal in less than 12 hours. 2.5 million bucks. Could Shenmue do this well?

[elfshadowreaper]

Is Suzuki talking about a kickstarter to fund the game or buy the IP? I think it would be more realistic to use kickstarter to buy the IP from Sega. But it would only be worth it if there is someone out there to fund the actual development. Man, why can't there be any celebrity Shenmue fans...

[Let's Get Sweaty]

Suzuki's not talking about a Kickstarter for anything, he was basically pushed into acknowledging it as a possibility, nothing more. But the question that was put to him was about funding development, I believe.

[Outlawstar98]

Sweet my login still works! Haha, it's been awhile since I posted, I just come on here and skim though the posts, but I have 1,000$ USD for a kick starter if it is started at all, I will fully support sega if they do that.

[fischkopf]

Mr. Suzuki should totally do a Kickstarter campaign, the Shenmue Fan Community may seem dead these days, but appearances are deceitful. They are just asleep, being ready to be woken up and pledge generously. The people who are regualarly active in these forums are just the active ones, HOWEVER there even more fans all over the world, waiting for part 3. Because once you are a fan you will always be a Fan (also because you want to know what happens after this damn cliffhanger), thats why we Shenmue Fans are AWESOME.

Let the Kickstarter come!

[darksniper]

I wish Yu had a Kickstarter going.


If he were to make Shenmue III anyway without Sega's permission and push it to be released. I'd gladly help him out of any lawyer fees and lawsuits he's going to come across if he had a Kickstarter.