Marcus Estrada writes: "Can you believe it? 2015 is over, and with it, I have managed to gather data on Kickstarter video game campaigns for almost the entirety of the year. If you’ve been reading these analyses posts since the very start, then you’ll know that for whatever reason I began this process in February rather than January. It’s an unfortunate misstep on my part that this article idea didn’t come to mind until then, as it means this first year in review won’t be quite as accurate as it could be. The trouble with returning to the timeframe now is simply that canceled campaigns (which need to be a part of the data) are often incredibly challenging to dig up if you aren’t already aware of them."
"Keep an eye out for upcoming announcements"
I think that’s the problem. Just give us a conclusion like we were hoping for with 3 instead of basically pulling a Shenmue 2 on us and leaving it all in limbo again,
No trilogy collection? All the years Sega knocked out Shenmue clone Yakuza, yet took years to release Shenmue 3 on PS4 only. Was made waiting all those years after Shenmue 2 on Dreamcast.
And they think it's a positive thing?
Potential new fans won't be interested in future sequels because they would need to know the story of all the previous games.
Old fans who were burnt by 3 (like me) won't be interested in the next ones. Especially if they are fillers like 3 is.
The truth is, Yu Suzuki threw away his golden oportunity of finishing the saga in a dignified way. Old fans were thirsty for its conclusion and they got good money on Kickstarter.
Now that they made 3 with some of the worst game design decisions in any modern game, and made the plot be a useless filler, a Kickstarter for 4 would probably fail badly, and the shameful sales of 3 won't convince any publisher to put good money on a sequel.
"Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, Koji Igarashi and his studio, ArtPlay, along with 505 Games, released Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night in 2019. Bloodstained is a 2.5D Metroidvania and a true spiritual successor to SOTN. Following years of updates, Bloodstained finally gained “Chaos Mode,” the promised co-op mode earlier this year. Thus, it’s time for us to review the game and what Chaos Mode has to offer," says Co-Optimus.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has received a bunch of new DLC, including two new gameplay modes, for free.
Ton,of great campaigns last year. And people say kickstarter is dead, pshaw.
Can we wait for the games to release before calling it a success ?? Never mind if the game was a hit or not, I want it to release first.
MUV LUV in the Top 10 >_<
Bloodstained Hell Yeah can't wait for some igavania goodness