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RUMOR: Yu Suzuki May Consider Crowdfunding for Shenmue 3

If there is one game Sega fans have been harping for over the years, it’s a new entry in the open-world Shenmue franchise. However, Sega is hardly in the financial position to fund such an ambitious project, and as such, a project of this scale just hasn’t been in the cards. However, if a series of tweets are to be believed, Yu Suzuki, the creator of the franchise, may be considering using something along the lines of Kickstarter to fund it.

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US8F3717d ago

I would pledge double the retail price of new games to make this see the light of day. I can only imagine Shenmue coming up in this day and age, oh my mind would explode

hellzsupernova3716d ago

im sorry but you would support a BIG publisher to help them create a game that has a definite demand? i feel like this is taking it too far and should not be supported at all!!!!! big companies cannot go to kickstarter! they have the resources, they see clear demand for the product, yet they will nickle and dime you to help fund the project then sell it to you at full retail!?!?! cmon really?

thisismyaccount3716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

What about the trademark Shenmue in the USA, didn´t Sega forget to update it? How does that work, thought they had lost the rights.

C-H-E-F3716d ago

Yeah, and then Sony released a teaser trailer (commercial) in Japan and had Ryu H. all through it like within that next week. I guess we'll have to wait and see how the story of Shenmue unfolds :(

galgor3716d ago

A possibility to fund a dream would be awesome!! I'd throw triple the retail price at least. This game needs to happen!!! But I guess that magazine exclusive isn't gonna be shenmue 3...so who knows what else would be so big?

jc485733717d ago

well, just as long as it isn't an impossible goal. Didn't it cost 50 million dollars to make Shenmue?

rambi803716d ago (Edited 3716d ago )

Yu Suzuki has stated that the figure given by sega was a lie. Was about 47 million

http://www.joystiq.com/2011...

ritsuka6663717d ago

I don't really thing a game like Shenmue now days would cost as much as people may think.

Dark113716d ago

Shenmue 2 cost $70 Million and that was a dreamcast game

By today standards Shenmue 3 will cost $90M+
i hope i'm wrong tho..

RedCloud883716d ago

Could a third installment in the franchise cost $90 million? Sure, it could cost significantly more than that. But it doesn't have to. The first thing they need to do is pick a third party engine to run the game. Sega was notorious for refusing to use third party engines during the Saturn and dreamcast days. As a first party studio that's normal, you normally retain the most powerful development kits for yourself to make your games shine brighter than anyone else's, but Sega is no longer a first party. The money saved not developing their own engine would be huge. Also, at this point, they could easily make this game a last gen title, still leaps and bounds beyond the first two games in quality, and immediately have a huge potential install base. Most fans would be satisfied, the game would be cheaper than a full fledged next gen title, and they could release an xbox live/psn version running in 1080p/60fps for those of us that have moved into the next gen consoles already. Either way, if shenmue 3 ever happens, I'll buy it day one.

jhoward5853717d ago

I bet if Yu Suzuki put Shenmue on kick starter it would do very well.

Iltapalanyymi3717d ago

PLEASE! Anything goes if this game is going to happen!

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Nintendo says Switch 2 will be officially announced before the end of March 2025

This is Furukawa, President of Nintendo. We will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year. It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015. We will be holding a Nintendo Direct this June regarding the Nintendo Switch software lineup for the latter half of 2024, but please be aware that there will be no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor during that presentation.

Profchaos14h ago(Edited 14h ago)

I'm excited for a switch 2 however I don't feel it will be coming this year as per the tweet in they are commuting to a reveal in this Japanese financial year in 2025.

Realistically we will get one last holiday season to focus on the switch because it would be madness for Nintendo to go into the holidays where the switch always performs well when they have announced a switch 2.

I'm thinking we see a announcement late Jan 25 personally with a release between March and June depending on when the software is ready and how strong the holday sales were if they need to boost those figures for the next earnings call or not

gold_drake14h ago

yea agreed. they'll probably match it with the new pkmn game they announced

VenomUK13h ago

So it begins!

Where one contender pulls out of the game, another comes back bigger and stronger.

Nintendo Switch 2 - let the games begin.

Cacabunga3h ago

A new Splatoon launch title for sure.. hoping they change the recipe and make it open world.

I think it’ll come out Q1 25. Let’s wait and see

H98h ago

There's a event in June for games on the switch and they said there won't be a switch 2 announcement so no way they will announce the console after june and still release it in the same year

Eonjay8h ago

So, I think they will shoot for another FYQ4 release (like with the first Switch) but I am confused by the headline:

'[...] Switch 2 will be officially ANNOUNCED before the end of March 2025' This implies that the Switch 2 isn't coming out till maybe holiday 2025 or maybe even 2026. I think they will be better served by NOT releasing when GTA 6 launches (unless there is some shocking reveal that it will run on Switch 2). Release early 2025.

Neonridr11h ago

I'd say it'll be released before March 2025 tbh.

notachance10h ago

Holiday announcement with summer launch

thesoftware7309h ago

It should be an interesting year; Sony, Nintendo, and MS all have new Hardware to show.

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PS5 Pro specs leak video taken down by Sony

Sony is taking actions as video by Moore’s Law is Dead, has been issued with a copyright claim.

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andy8520d ago

And people say it's all fake because Sony haven't said anything 😂 conveniently forget the PS4 Pro was only announced 2 months before release.

BeHunted20d ago

It's fake. There's no factual evidence other than his own made up specs.

Hereandthere20d ago

What were the specks Sony was afraid of showing?

Shikoku20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

Digital foundry put a video out saying what he leaked was exactly what they also knew about the PS5 PRO. So no it's not just stuff he made up

Babadook720d ago (Edited 20d ago )

If it’s fake what copyright does MLID infringe upon?

😂

andy8520d ago

Aye because they'd go to the effort of copyright claiming it if it didn't exist 🙃😂 you'd have to be a special kind to be thinking its not a thing by now

Cacabunga20d ago

They need to reveal it with uncharted killzone or a heavy hitter like this

Ironmike20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

U mean the specs that we'll established digital foundry which said these are the actual specs published a video on 2 weeks ago I mean they are only one of most trusted sites for tech information but they just made up a video for the sake of it

Christopher20d ago

I would love for it all to be fake, but lots of people are saying they've seen/heard the same thing. But, man, we 100% don't need mid-gen upgrades when we're failing hard to optimize current hardware.

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Seraphim20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

if I recall Sony lowered sales expectations for PS5 earlier this year. if that is the case we won't hear anything about a Pro until next year or shortly before/when it's dropping. After all, if the Pro was dropping this year/fiscal year they wouldn't have lowered expectations.

As for squashing rumors. Yeah, shit like this prevents potential buyers from adopting now, just like slim rumors in the past. It only makes sense to keep things under wraps from a business perspective. Despite living in a technological age of unfettered access to information we don't need to know whats going on behind closed doors be that at Sony, Nintendo, MS, or amongst any development studios. When the steak is done we shall feast.

JackBNimble19d ago

By the time games are actually made to take advantage of the pro spec's the ps6 will be released or close to it.

jznrpg20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

Just announce it already! I want to preorder one asap. But in reality they don’t want to lessen PS5 sales until Pro is ready to launch so I understand the business part of it. September is probably when they announce it with an early November launch like the PS4 Pro

Ironmike20d ago

Pro won't lessen sales sames ps4 pro never and the ps4 pro was more relevant at the time cos move to 4k this not needed

RaidenBlack20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

Yea, my brother got his PS4 (coz of a good deal) after the PS4 Pro's release.

darthv7220d ago

^^same here. I got a base 4 for only $100 off a guy who bought the Pro. then a few months later I found a guy on craigslist selling a pro for $100 because it was left behind by his former roommate who moved out. That was the beginning of my obsession to buy up the different variants of the PS4 that were released.

As of now I am really only missing the 500m one and the gold slim but otherwise I have pretty much all the other retail ones. https://consolevariations.c...

crazyCoconuts20d ago

Anyone with 4K that appreciates 60fps is gonna disagree about it not being needed.
DLSS is a god send for Nvidia, and there's been nothing like it for AMD...yet ...

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DeadlyFire20d ago

They will announce it around E3 timeframe about May-June whenever they do a showcase for the year.

neutralgamer199220d ago

Just announce it this thing will sell well

Ironmike20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

I don't think it will pll still haven't seen the potential of ps5 yet

Cacabunga20d ago

agreed, but it might sell if they announce some 1st party games to lead the way. if people see the difference with the base version they can move on. for my sake I am still gaming mainly on PS4 (still not finished with RDR2 due to lack of gaming time). I have a huge backlog on PS5 I am hoping to get into.

mark3214uk20d ago

why? game makers havnt even come close to maxing out current spec yet, were getting al lthese new TFlops and game maker are making crappy remakes not worthy of the ps3

Minute Man 72120d ago

The guts of the 5 and X are 5 years old

fr0sty20d ago

People keep saying that, yet we still have games running at near HD resolutions, 30fps, and ray tracing features turned off.

PRIMORDUS20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

I would take that video and upload a torrent of it, fuck that copyright bullshit. If your going to do something that has a chance of being taken down, make a torrent first share it. Then Sony or any other company is helpless and you can laugh in their faces, taunting them to try to take it down 🤣

LoveSpuds20d ago

With kind of analysis and advice, you could be a lawyer for Trump!🤣

tronyx1220d ago

As much as the PS4 Pro didn't represent a major % in the playerbase, announcing a 'better' model will hinder sales from the 'base' model. They are right, business-wise.

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XDefiant misses launch window, Ubi says a new release date will be announced after stress test

XDefiant was originally supposed to be out in summer 2023, but following a seemingly-successful beta test in April of that year, it was bumped to October 2023, and then delayed again to an unspecified future date. In its February 2024 financial report, Ubisoft slated XDefiant for launch in the fourth quarter of its 2023-24 fiscal year, which ended March 31.

A week before that date arrived, rumors surfaced that the game would be delayed yet again, and a few days later Ubisoft made it official.

"The game has always been community-first, with player feedback as a top priority," the development team said in the update. "While we hoped to go live by the end of March, there are still some improvements that we need to test before that."

Ubisoft said it's "finishing preparations" for a server stress test that will run for 12 hours on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. "After this short test, we expected to be able to lock a launch date and start sharing more about exciting content XDefiant has to offer in the future!"

just_looken35d ago (Edited 35d ago )

The previous news was from the team/rumors this is ubisoft themselves now saying the game is delayed again no new date set but they will have a stress test on a date that has not been set.

So the game is delayed to _____ TBD
Network stress test at ____ TBD

Ubisoft we make games whenever for whoever we just do not care

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X-2335d ago

I'm just going to be honest here and say what people seem to not want to, XDefiant success is going to be short-lived and it's because it's a game that's going to be under Ubisoft's umbrella. The development team can be absolute rockstars, but with Ubisoft steering the ship it's not going to go anywhere.

Profchaos35d ago

It could be a truely amazing game (it won't be) but with Ubisoft it will be monitized within a inch of its life.

smolinsk34d ago

The game is dead move on. It's the same with the Finals. These short period hype games doesn't last.

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