[doc eggfan]

After Shenmue goes on sale in 2017 and if it sells well, I expect a "Director's Cut" version in 2019 before Shenmue IV

[Caniad Bach]

I'd actually be quite happy if some of the extra side stuff that he couldn't afford to put in on the current budget be added in as a DLC pack later down the line.

[Mecha Sally]

Twitch livestream to celebrate the end of the fundraiser is going on right now:

http://www.twitch.tv/shenmue3official

[synchronizer]

Paypal confirmed!
(It probably will be implemented soon.)

This post has been edited by synchronizer: 17 July 2015 - 08:58 PM

[JaxTH]

It apparently tapped out at 6.3 million.

Just a shy away from that new battle system implementation at 6.5 apparently.

[Mykonos]

When PayPal support goes live, over time it could possibly bump it up to 6.5, but I'm not too confident in that idea.

[sonicblur]

JaxTH, on 18 July 2015 - 12:10 AM, said:

It apparently tapped out at 6.3 million.

Just a shy away from that new battle system implementation at 6.5 apparently.

The advanced battle was 6 million. 6.5 was just rag doll physics for battle, which is built into the Unreal Engine that they're using anyway. Not sure if Suzuki-san was aware of this, but maybe they'll end up playing with those options anyway to see if it can be done for less money than they expected.


Post kickstarter thoughts:

• Echoing some previous comments, I don't think Paypal will help them much. The people who wanted to spend a lot of money on this had the means to pay via Kickstarter. The minority that's stuck with Paypal are probably just going to buy the game, and they'll be lucky if they manage to get a thousand more people interested.
  
• I think the people that wanted them to fire Awesome Japan and thought the game could have earned twice as much without them were completely wrong. They pretty much saturated the numbers of people willing to back the project. It had more backers than Bloodstained and Mighty Number 9, two of the biggest and well known kickstarter projects to date. The average amount spent per backer was $91.36, higher than both of the previously mentioned projects. I'm impressed by the numbers considering the limited fan base, and I don't think they could have done much better than this.
  
• It's a shame that the trolls managed to snatch up the 1 of a kind items (the watch and original jacket tiers) then cancel their pledges in the last 5 minutes of the campaign. Those items could have gone to people who actually wanted them.
  
• My pledge was collected this morning. I pledged more on this than any project I've backed in the past, so I hope everyone enjoys the game. (Including me)

[synchronizer]

I'm not sure. Paypal could help at least a little bit. There are people in the comments who are interested in donating more later, so $6.5 million is probably still attainable.

This post has been edited by synchronizer: 18 July 2015 - 10:43 AM