I mean there are bug report threads around that SEGA were using to help with the patches, but I don't personally know of a list of issues remaining.
I'm not moving any goalposts, because that was literally my first post in this entire thread
I don't think we ever began talking about what is considered a flop here. I argued that 1 million units sold for Shenmue III could be a realistic goal and not a bad effort for a AA game of Shenmue's nature in 2019. I never said that it was going to be a massively popular, just that it could match the original game - which sold 1/10 of its install base and could have gone on to sell more if the Dreamcast had not had the rug pulled from under it. 1m units sold, in any context means that 1m people bought it, so that means it's pretty popular. And in the context of it being a AA game with fraction of the budget of the original games, 1m units between PS4 and PC could go a long way to turning a profit. However, we are yet to know the budget and how much it needs to break even and we probably never will.
Holy crap, look at the context of my original comment and look who it was that took it to mean something else entirely. Profitability based on the reduced budget compared to the original games / AAA games of today, and sales between 2 platforms is the point I was trying to make. If it can sell 1m copies that could mean it can break even and become profitable for those involved. That is still only my personal speculation.
This is so off-topic compared to the point i tried to make that I don't think he "got him" at all. Everyone seemed to get away from the point that 1m units sold for Shenmue III in 2019 onwards, is not the same in terms of profitability as 1m sold for Shenmue was between 1999-2001 for various reasons. I expect it to break 1m and that could be enough for it not to be considered a failure, but we don't have the details to really know.
Yeah. Total spend on the Shenmue project was apparently $47 million, marketing included. It's still a lot because that's 1990s money, but it paid for years of pre-production and prototyping, the unreleased Saturn version, both Dreamcast games, and their marketing.
Why do you keep trying to steer Iwao's comments away from what he actually said? If you're looking to start a fight, go elsewhere. It's really transparent.
But what if Q1 ends up packed? And Q2 is new console reveal hype? What if the game is actually done when it's supposed to be done for the November release?
See the Q1 2020 problem.
Why isn't it an option? They already have the Kickstarter money, it's not like anyone can get a refund.
I'm not sure I follow. The Kickstarter money isn't an infinitely replenishing source of cash, what's left is probably the amount earmarked for rewards fulfillment.
It is being sent to die essentially with all the big heavy hitters not announced i have a feeling November is gonna be packed
I can only speak to the PS4 version, but I trained up several moves (Crawl Cyclone being the main one, for the Chai arcade fight) and it most definitely saved that progress, updated the move to the new animation etc. On PC you have the benefit of the sound restoration mod, as well as high-res textures mods. I plan on playing on PC when I have a machine capable of running it with ReShade AO.
So you haven't seen any of the more recent coverage, then. Your opinions are straight outta 2017.
I mean graphically the game doesn't really that worse than say, Yakuza 0 which I've said before. I don't think the battle system is looking any worse either. There are wacky/janky/laughable aspects to that game. I don't think Shenmue III will have a problem being a budget affair in 2019 considering what Yakuza 0 looked like in 2017 when it released in to west to acclaim beloved by fans. I mean it received some fairly positive hands-off previews a couple of months ago and we'll be hearing about the latest around E3.
So you read and willfully ignored the positive stuff to come out of the recent previews, just so you can pat yourself on the back for not liking an unreleased game? Sound like a good laugh.
