ShenSun
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- Jul 24, 2018
That's not surprising at all. Most good Shenmue threads don't get attraction over there. You will only see Shenmue get views on that site if they can attack it for some reason or make snarky remarks. I know resetera like to pretend they're this morally, righteous group who are accepting of everything, but everyone outside of that site knows, how hateful and negative they are in general. I'd even say, next time you visit a gaming convention, go and ask developers what they really think about that site and observe their response.I mean, it’s in the high 100s (or it was a few days ago) a week after release at a steep discount. It’s certainly not selling tons. I couldn’t even get enough interest on Resetera to get my thread to two pages.
haha legendWasn't me I'm afraid. I struggle to count to 12 let alone pulling together stats haha.
To be honest, I dont think Ysnet or Deep Silver really care about the steam release. To be frank, even though i'm a Shenmue fan, I more a less forgot about the steam edition and still haven't picked it up. Everyone who was going to play it on PC, most certainly have already. The small vocal group who keep shouting about how big, bad and evil Epic games are had no intention of playing it in the first place. Pay them no attention and don't waste your time on them. Everyone knows they got bigger issues going on in their life than a PC application.
While it would have been cool to see some promotion for the game, I don't really blame them for just throwing it out there. The game is a year old, everyone has played it, its holiday season, bigger titles are releasing, along with next gen systems. This is also most likely Deep Silver's last bit of involvement with the series, so they probably just wanted to release it and move on.
I don't think you guys should be dishearten or read too much into it. I'd even argue this was always going to happen with the steam edition.
Regardless of that point, Shenmue 3 has continued to steadily sell all year round and it has seen a boost in sales with steam and the limited editions and vinyls. Sure it would have been great if steam released at the same time as epic and ps4, but the Epic deal was made, and I'd even argue may have helped the game secure profits, but that was at the expense of the game's image, so it's definitely a double edged sword.
And I will continue to make this point, why on earth would you seek a bigger budget for two sequels(Shenmue 4 and 5), if your game sold badly? That doesn't make any sense from any perspective. unless your game made cash
Always remember, Shenmue was the game that drove Deep Silver's revenue in the fall of 2019 and it did financially fine.
I know there is always going to be fear about the future of the series, but I don't think you have anything to worry about.
It would be awesome if at some point you could do another breakdown of everything @tomboz
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