![]() ![]() Shenmue 3 caused some controversy earlier this year after moving away from Steam and opting to launch as an Epic Games Store exclusive. You’ll be able to download episodes that way too to listen to them offline: ģ) Simply click on the player below to tune in as you browse DDNet!Ĥ) We’re also on iTiunes podcast, so you can search for us under “Digitally Uploaded” there, too.Įnjoy, and as always, please do let us know if you’ve got any feedback or would like for us to discuss a particular topic on an upcoming show. Shenmue 3 sales were fine, but that doesn’t mean that a sequel is secureits publisher parent company said the property did not gel with the mass market (via VGC). Alternatively you can find us through our Feed RSS, here: Ģ) Simply head on over to the Digitally Uploaded mini-website and follow us there. Another controversy is brewing thanks to Epic’s Fortnite money which it keeps throwing around at developers. The podcast is completely free, and there are a couple of ways that you can listen in:ġ) Download the free Podbean application, and subscribe to the Digitally Uploaded podcast there (Just search “Digitally Uploaded”). Seymour Battle Remastered – Final Fantasy X I’ll Miku Miku You (For Reals) – Hatsune Miku Matt S: Ginny W: Harvard L: if you liked any of the music this week, here’s the track list for you: Thanks as always for listening in, you can catch us on our Twitter accounts here: From there we take a look at Shenmue 3, which has unfortunately been quite controversial for all the wrong reasons over the past week.įinally, we catch up on Final Fantasy XV, and all the stuff that’s been happening with that world. Seriously, it’s got to be one of the busiest months for exciting releases that we’ve seen all year, so we kick this podcast off talking about that. Shenmue’s Kickstarter page discloses none of the relevant information and does not inform gamers that they are participating in a marketing experience to gauge interest in the title.Welcome to hell, if you’re the sort of person that likes keeping up with all the big releases in a year. The problem with what’s happened here is that people didn’t pledge funds to “demonstrate interest,” and they didn’t give money knowing that the project was actually completely underwritten by a multinational conglomerate with billions of dollars in annual revenue. I understand Sony’s reasoning, of course - the company didn’t want to commit itself to a game with the legacy of Shenmue and a history of some fairly large development costs without knowing it might make a decent return on its investment. And now, it doesn’t even buy you an assurance that someone else isn’t bankrolling the project. ![]() Not a say in whether or not the company sells itself to an enormously profitable social media company. Whether or not the campaign is legal or technically fulfills Kickstarter rules, it’s another example of how “crowdfunding” doesn’t actually buy you anything at all. It’s now clear that the entire affair was simply a PR stunt, a way to raise money and demonstrate public interest in a game. ![]() Developing open-world, expansive gameplay has only gotten more expensive in the 16 years since Shenmue debuted, not less, and stretches credulity to think that a team of developers could deliver a sprawling adventure across multiple locations (or an incredibly detailed portrayal of a single location) in less than a tenth the original game’s budget. Either way, that’s far more than the $4 million stretch goal that the Kickstarter set (currently at $3.3 million as of this writing). Its possible to skip through some text, but only if the player has seen it before (such as when repeating a gameplay section that they failed to complete). The original Shenmue was widely reported to have cost $70 million, though the game’s creator, Yu Suzuki, has claimed that the figure was inflated and that the real cost was $47 million. Shenmue III commits one of the cardinal sins of game design by not allowing players to skip dialogue scenes in order to enjoy the story at their own pace. Now, it’s been confirmed that Sony is actually bankrolling the project, and the entire affair is likely to leave an extremely sour taste in backers’ mouths. One of the key underpinnings was the announcement of a crowdsourced campaign to fund the creation of Shenmue 3, the lost conclusion to a planned trilogy of titles that debuted on the Dreamcast. At E3 this week there were few announcements larger than Sony’s press conference. ![]()
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