Why I'm not happy about the Shenmue III Kickstarter

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DanneSandin said:

Puppyroach said:

DanneSandin said:
I agree with the OP; this could open up the flood gates for other major publishers to try something similar. Sony could EASILY have helped Sega out with this game - like Nintendo did with Bayonetta 2.

We all knew there was a market for this game before this kickstarter announcement; fans have been clamoring for this sequel for YEARS.

This is pretty shady actually.

Agreed, it just seems of or weird. And how could they fund Shenmue 3, which is part of a VERY ambitious seriers, on a budget of 2m? It is almost as if they aim to get paid for free marketing, but I hope it is legit.

I really understand kickstarter being used to already established developers that DOESN'T have any publisher or anything like that. I'm of course referring to Yooka-Laylee, Bloodstained and Mighty nr9 - but THIS? Sega OWNS that IP. Sega should be paying for this! Not the gamers. Soon enough, all the publishers have to do is pay for marketing and spend the necessery hours of developing the game, and the GAMERS will be doing the rest. We'll be paying for development and then BUY the game when it's complete. Wake up. This is just wrong

Sega has no interests in wasting money for this project. They allow Yu Suzuki to make with the IP what he wants if he manages to get the money for a worthy sequel. Suzuki tried asking any source of money from all big 3  for the last decade or so, and this is what sony would wanted to do as we can see just a kickstarter promotion.