shengoro86 wrote: fittersau wrote: Man how do you stalk all these Shenmue internet celebs? haha. Nice work, well spoken and explained.
I have some connections I do not speak of.
LOL Best part is I'll be with one of the most important Shenmue 3 celebs this weekend ;)
Nice one, looking forward to that one.
Shengoro I liked in particular the Old Guy brought up the fact that he felt the funding wasn't clear with Sony and it seemed like Kickstarter was unnecessary for Shenmue 3 to use fan funds. It's important for people to express these concerns and the way you answered it was well handled. As far as I understand too, this is very much an indie game project. Also it's not uncommon for publishers to take on and give Indie's a hand, but the lines seem blurred still without crystal clear clarification.
I think there's always that lingering feeling, even in my own head however is what sort of game could Ys Net have made with only $2 million dollars for a green light compared to as you mentioned, the amorphous stretch goals that we were chasing. Would it simply have been an interactive story similar to fan made Shenmue Gaiden or a very bare bones game of what Shenmue 1 or 2 was in comparison. These still linger in my mind, perhaps you could bring to Cedric. It's such a difficult subject since it encroaches on Shibuya's own funding contributions.
In the other thread, where there was a french interview, the interviewer asks Cedric about $100,000 for investment, I wasn't sure whether this was for Shenmue 3 or for another game they were talking about. If it was $100,000 that is a significant amount compared to any of us including Peter
(that's not a challenge Peter if you're reading!). However, from a development investment point of view, it's not a whole lot for a 2.5 year project. It could equate to two full time programmer's salaries for a year.
These are just some of my thoughts which I'll let you decide whether you'd want to include them for Cedric. I love the guy for his friendliness and his enthusiasm.
Some great interviews from you man. As a community I think we should highlight these more rather than get so caught up with click-bait negative sites and reacting badly to them. Only positive steps will head in the right direction.