Yu Suzuki does say he is a businessman first and foremostSuzuki got crunchyroll, adultswim, the director of one punch man and Sega on board for this. The absolute mad man. Genius
GUYS REMINDER: AN ANIME'S SUCCESS THRESHOLD IS MUCH LOWER THAN THAT OF A VIDEO GAME, SO IF WE SUPPORT IT LIKE WE WOULD ANY COLLECTOR'S MERCH, THE PROFIT KICKBACK CAN HELP BOOST SIV'S VIABILITY. THE FANDOM HELPED FUNDED AND BROKE EVEN S3 PRE AND POST LAUNCH, THIS WILL ONLY HELP THE IP. PLEASE RALLY TO SUPPORT THIS ENDEAVOR EVEN IF IT'S NOT IDEALLY THE BEST.
sorry for the caps, hope I stress the point enough.
Tho it largely depends on prod value, the average break-even line where profits starts to kick in is around 10,000 retail copies.
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RELEASE A PHYSICAL COLLECTORS EDITION SET YOU COWARDS!!!
Agreed. Everyone else is expendable but Corey is Ryo.They better bring back Corey for the dub.
yup, the backers count is already more than 6x the avg break-even threshold, we just buy it like we would merch(even if you don't like anime media) then we can boost the shenmue IP and help YS pitch SIV for a proper budget.I think Shenmue fans alone will break 10,000 if it ever gets a Blu Ray release. I mean most things Shenmue related tend to sell out pretty quickly. The vinyl went quickly when it was released and still gets sporadic re-releases that sell through. Most merchandise seems to do pretty well for Shenmue among fans at least so I imagine we can make this profitable for them.
Hell, we raised 7 million on KS for III as is...so I think we can make this profitable for them at the very least.
So with a Shennhe anime in the works I'm 100% confident that we will get a Shenmue 4&5.
They most likely will. It's where they make money on Anime. They know Shenmue fans will eat up anything Shenmue related. Merchandising is usually what makes back the money put in. Although, I don't know how much the model has changed since the rise of streaming to be honest.
I don't know what the split is between physical and streaming anymore and how anyone really makes profit these days. Should look into that.
Corey is a huge fan of the series, he would do it dirt cheap also.Agreed. Everyone else is expendable but Corey is Ryo.
Great news?Great news! The teaser image looks
The story is only one aspect of Shenmue. If you take away the interactive parts of I & II -- the exploration, the atmosphere -- what's left is merely serviceable. There's nothing that remarkable about the story alone.
..without the gameplay you lose too much of what makes it special and unique in the first place.