Jaughty, read the following article about the Kickstarter campaign and tell me what you think:
http://www.destructoid.com/mistakes-were-made-with-the-shenmue-3-kickstarter-296122.phtml
I agree with the article to an extent.
Yes, this KS campaign has been ran below average at best, but that is mostly due to Awesome Japan, the team managing the actual campaign. I think there was a lot of confusion when the game first launched as to who was funding what in regards to Shenmue 3, however much of this was caused by click-bait "journalism" that used sensational, unfounded assumptions and stated them as fact. Sadly enough people believed them and because Yu Suzuki didn't clear up the confusion until about a week after the KS launched, the damage had already been done. in the end, however I don't see it causing more than maybe $100,000 in missed funds, and that it the absolute most i can see it doing.
Another huge over site was the lack of a physical PS4 version until almost halfway through the campaign. Had they had this option up from the get go, I could see the campaign standing at 6-million going into the last day.
But overall, the game itself has carried the success of the campaign despite negative press, some deserved, however most of it is not.
