by punkmanced » Mon Jun 29, 2015 6:09 pm
The Twitch “event” only confirmed what a lot of us had been suspecting: Awesome Japan are amateurs. Not only is the planning virtually nonexistent (i.e. coming up with plan B after plan A’s already run its course), Tess & Co (Tessco?) seem to be depending way too much on Shenmue fans to chew their work for them. That’s all this KS amounts to so far: long-term Shenmue fans sending in their contributions and suggestions whilst coming up with awesome marketing ploys on their own.
“Why care about Shenmue 3? Got it. You are very right. Top priority now getting the message across. We will have the page updated soon”
“More rewards? Yes working on them now. Thank you for the ideas!”
-Awesome Japan.
OK …but then why didn’t you come up with this sh*t yourselves months ago when you were first contracted, as opposed to scrambling after the fact? Are we running this campaign ourselves? I’m all for it, just hand over Suzuki & Biscay’s e-mail addresses. Pretty sure we'd have a shot at turning things around, actually.
Now, for the million dollar questions (how I wish this were only a pun):
-Why would any non Shenmue fan even want to give this KS a shot as is, when there’s nothing that glorifies [much less showcases] the first 2 installments anywhere on the page?
-When exactly will Cedric Biscay and YS decide to step up their game?