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Shenmue III Kickstarter Ends At $6,333,295; 69,320 Backers

Postby Supa » Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:51 pm

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The Shenmue III Kickstarter campaign has officially ended, earning a total amount of $6,333,295 with 69,320 backers.

Fourteen years after Shenmue II was released, and following two failed attempts at reviving the franchise (Shenmue Online and Shenmue Gai), Yu Suzuki was welcomed to Sony's E3 2015 stage to officially announce the beginning of the Kickstarter campaign for Shenmue III.

Breaking the Guinness World Record for the fastest video game to reach $1 million through crowdfunding in one hour and 42 minutes (as well as initially crashing Kickstarter's site), Shenmue III continued to break records by being the second fastest Kickstarter campaign in all categories to raise over $1 million. Less than nine hours later, Shenmue III continued to drop jaws around the world when it reached $2 million, its 100% funding goal.

Since the announcement, the money has continued to flow in, raising almost $1 million more on its last campaign day.

The game has also become the most funded video game in Kickstarter History, a record previously held by Bloodstained, the third most funded Kickstarter campaign in the "Games" category, and, most impressively, the sixth most funded Kickstarter project of all time.

The Kickstarter campaign should be considered a massive success, and now we can all rest (if only for a little bit), and await a steady flow of Shenmue III news until December of 2017!

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Kickstarter Comes to a Close, Reaches $6.3m in Crowdfunding

Postby Sonoshee » Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:52 pm

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On June 16th 2015, Sony's E3 conference was overwhelmed by the announcement of a colossal fan favorite.

A Kickstarter was launched on stage (by none other than ex-Sega developer Yu Suzuki) to determine just how far fan interest would stretch.
Shenmue 3 amassed it's entire funding goal of $2,000,000 in an incredible 9 hours, setting a new world record.

Over the course of the following month, community events (such as #30onthe3rd, #TheFinalPush & QTE Event) saw the Kickstarter roar upwards of $4,000,000. In the final days, hours and minutes, fans pulled out all the stops and smashed through a further six stretch goals.

As a community, we went above and beyond to see a series we hold so dear become the Number One record holder for most funded video game in Kickstarter history, gaining an astounding $6,333,295 in crowd funding and over 69,000 in backers.

Various journalists and gaming websites tried to have many believe that Shenmue was lost forever, a franchise the world was never going to see resurrected, something which was better left forgotten.
But we - the fans - the ones who truly mattered, never gave up hope.

Over the past month, culminating in the last 48 hours - with a combined passion for one dedicated goal - we have shown the world how much this series is valued. Despite how gloomy the future had looked many times over the past 14 years, hope was never lost and that is what ultimately counts today.

As Shenmue fans, we never backed down; our passion, persistence and commitment gave us the continuation we have being craving.

Today we saved our franchise.

To everyone who pledged and made history - thank you.

Links & Hashtags: #SaveShenmue #Shenmue3
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Re: Kickstarter Comes to a Close, Reaches $6.3m in Crowdfund

Postby Sonikku » Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:53 pm

And that's a wrap. Just watched it close. Well done everyone! :D

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Re: Kickstarter Comes to a Close, Reaches $6.3m in Crowdfund

Postby Supa » Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:58 pm

Nice try, Sonoshee ;) Haha, celebration time!

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Re: Kickstarter Comes to a Close, Reaches $6.3m in Crowdfund

Postby The_Intruder » Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:03 pm

I check my bank statement online and my balance is the same when will they withdraw the money from your back? I did contacted my bank to let them know about this transaction from YS Net studio from Tokyo Japan.

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Re: Kickstarter Comes to a Close, Reaches $6.3m in Crowdfund

Postby Chaikilla » Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:04 pm

Great job, everyone! Apparently the person who pledged 10k for Ryo's jacket pulled out in the last second. :/

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Re: Kickstarter Comes to a Close, Reaches $6.3m in Crowdfund

Postby Reclaimer » Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:09 pm

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Re: Kickstarter Comes to a Close, Reaches $6.3m in Crowdfund

Postby Anthony817 » Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:09 pm

Thank Yu!

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Re: Kickstarter Comes to a Close, Reaches $6.3m in Crowdfund

Postby Wude-Tang Clan » Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:12 pm

3 cheers for Yu, and thumbs up for everyone! We did it!

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Re: Kickstarter Comes to a Close, Reaches $6.3m in Crowdfund

Postby Sonikku » Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:40 pm

Chaikilla wrote: Great job, everyone! Apparently the person who pledged 10k for Ryo's jacket pulled out in the last second. :/


Maybe it's best it remains unsold. That's like a Shenmue artifact and if the knock offs were selling for 10k as well then the original is most definitely more valuable.

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Re: Kickstarter Comes to a Close, Reaches $6.3m in Crowdfund

Postby Sonoshee » Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:51 pm

Supa wrote: Nice try, Sonoshee ;) Haha, celebration time!


We posted pretty close together! I've merged mine with yours :)

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Re: Shenmue III Kickstarter Ends At $6,333,295; 69,320 Backe

Postby CodingGenesis » Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:57 pm

Thank you, guys! Thank you, beloved Shenmue community! We did it! We really did it! No words describe my feelings right now. Thank you, Yu Suzuki, for giving us this amazing opportunity to step up for our most special masterpiece.

I guess I will write more later, when I start to realize what just happened over the course of the past month. As for me, I pledged right on day one, and joined in as many community Kickstarter events as possible (e.g. 30onthe3rd). In the final four minutes, I upped my pledge by another 15$ to reach a nice number. Shenmue is amazing. Yu Suzuki is amazing. We are amazing. Fuck it, we almost made another million today, for crying out loud. This is just the best day ever. (That is, until Shenmue 3 hits the shelf, of course.)

Everybody who supported the Kickstarter, thank you.
Everybody who supported the fans, the community, the effort and Yu, thank you.
Everybody working behind the scenes, thank you.
Everybody at Ys Net, thank you.

Today is our day, let's rock hard and party loud!

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Re: Shenmue III Kickstarter Ends At $6,333,295; 69,320 Backe

Postby Anonymous81 » Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:04 pm

This will go down as my proudest moment ever as a gamer. I gave literally every dollar I could without hurting myself. We did it, guys. We made the miracle come true. And now, with PayPal having been announced, I have NO DOUBT that we will get the Shenmue game we have waited for for the better part of 20 years. This is a momentous day I shall remember for the rest of my life.

I love you all and am so grateful to you all, and so honored to have been a small part of this process.

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Re: Shenmue III Kickstarter Ends At $6,333,295; 69,320 Backe

Postby CodingGenesis » Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:09 pm

We have proven: Dreams can Come True.
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Re: Kickstarter Comes to a Close, Reaches $6.3m in Crowdfund

Postby Supa » Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:11 pm

Sonoshee wrote:
Supa wrote: Nice try, Sonoshee ;) Haha, celebration time!


We posted pretty close together! I've merged mine with yours :)



I was about to ask someone to merge mine with yours, haha. Cheers! Here's to Shenmue III!!!
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