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Shenmue 3 sales disappoint in Japan and the UK
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Not really surprising. Most the diehards probably supported it on Kickstarter and the rest of the people in the UK probably thinking wtf is a shenmue.
I don't think they expected big sales.
70.000 backers had already bought the game through Kickstarter.
Then there's the PS4 console exclusivity and the EGS exclusivity deal, which probably covers the vast majority of the rest of the development costs.
70.000 backers had already bought the game through Kickstarter.
Then there's the PS4 console exclusivity and the EGS exclusivity deal, which probably covers the vast majority of the rest of the development costs.
do PS4 games that aren't Monster Hunter even sell well in Japan anymore? i thought more or less everyone had moved to switch now
This should've been expected from the beginning. For all the noise Shenmue fans make, they're basically the only people who care about the series.
Vocal and loud minority, nothing else.
I don't know, they keep releasing PS4 games in Japan so maybe?
Of course they do, or do you only consider multi million sellers good?
The game freaking dropped to $50 during BF in Canada. A measly 10 days after launch.
Shenmue means death.
Shenmue means death.
Shocking. Truly. Shenmue will only sell to people who REALLY love it. The remasters did well off nostalgia alone
I was on board when I thought they were going to wrap it up, but then they started saying they wanted to do more games.
I'm not going to get reinvested in the series again so that I can be frustrated again like I was after 2 at there never being an ending.
I'm not going to get reinvested in the series again so that I can be frustrated again like I was after 2 at there never being an ending.
It was never going to do well. It's not a popular game by any stretch but it's (hopefully) not very expensive either.
The game just kinda came and went without warning honestly.
Like, for such a game that was hyped up as one of the "never ever" games among Half-Life 3 and The Last Guardian, it feels like they just threw the game onto the store shelves and called it a day. I didn't even know it was coming out until a day before release. Doesn't help that they're still overextending hard on their ambitions by saying 3 is only the 50% point of the series or whatever.
I don't really know if Shenmue could pull off another Kickstarter wave. Even with that obscenely lofty funding goal they still had to have investors and I'm not sure investors are gonna be as interested after the performance of this.
Like, for such a game that was hyped up as one of the "never ever" games among Half-Life 3 and The Last Guardian, it feels like they just threw the game onto the store shelves and called it a day. I didn't even know it was coming out until a day before release. Doesn't help that they're still overextending hard on their ambitions by saying 3 is only the 50% point of the series or whatever.
I don't really know if Shenmue could pull off another Kickstarter wave. Even with that obscenely lofty funding goal they still had to have investors and I'm not sure investors are gonna be as interested after the performance of this.
I don't think they'll be able to crowdfund another one, not after how this one turned out.
not surprised at all
i'm still shocked that Suzuki didn't take this opportunity to wrap up the story. who knows when he'll get another shot at making a new shenmue game.
i'm still shocked that Suzuki didn't take this opportunity to wrap up the story. who knows when he'll get another shot at making a new shenmue game.
"Probably"? They have no idea how much the publisher expected though. It is a low budget game with majority of the funds already covered by kickstarter. Yeah it didn't sell loads but I would rather wait for a confirmation from publishers themselves.
Yes, there's frequently games that do better on PS4 than Switch.
Suzuki should have finished the story in Part 3 after the miracle of it being happening... for the series fans sake instead of leaving them on ANOTHER cliffhanger........
Having trouble with this. Do you mean the game itself was a marketing stunt? For what? Itself or the PS4? Both don't follow to me.
I'm really curious to see how many copies the game will manage to sell in France. I wouldn't be surprised if that were third biggest market after Japan and the US.
Whoever expected this to have great sales.... doesnt know that Shenmue was never a big hit.
And aside from some kickstarter feedback... there was nothing like marketing for it.
And aside from some kickstarter feedback... there was nothing like marketing for it.
I don't know how you got that idea considering the best selling 2019 game in Japan was a PS4 game (that is not Monster Hunter) until Pokemon came out, and a PS4 game had biggest IP launch of this generation.
The game is selling considerably less than the remasters. Perhaps many were put off because the games didn't age as well as they hoped?
As a fan I felt offended by the way they used the franchise ... Sony presented Suzuki as a little monkey beggar at an E3 filled with pre rendered videos just to contribute to a circus they mounted that year. That was not the way I wanted Shenmue to come back.
Also, Yakuza being so incredible on PS4 didn't help. The Shenmue HD collection ports were so bad that were unplayable for me after having a fantastic time with Yakuza 0 and Kiwami 1.
Also, Yakuza being so incredible on PS4 didn't help. The Shenmue HD collection ports were so bad that were unplayable for me after having a fantastic time with Yakuza 0 and Kiwami 1.
The Sony announcement about it. It was a great viral marketing moment for them. But after that there was practically nothing of notice about this game. Just your regular kickstarter game that will never have another sequel.
Was shenmue even a part of any Playstation event after the reveal at E3 2015? It feels weird to announce the Kickstarter there but not show any new trailer at any of their conferences.
what was the best selling game of 2019 in japan before pokemon?
It was a good bet that it wasn't going to sell very well, but "disappoint" in the title makes it sound like the publisher is disappointed in sales whereas this article is just speculating. Between the Kickstarter & EGS, it's hard to say how much the game actually needed to sell in order to break even or justify another one.
There is no date that would save this game. It's just not appealing to the wider market, period
