Why I'm not happy about the Shenmue III Kickstarter

[DanneSandin]

Conina said:

DanneSandin said:

Puppyroach said:

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.

The Kickstarter ain't from SEGA, it's from Ys net (a smaller developer) and SEGA doesn't seem to be involved in the project.

Yu Suzuki left SEGA in 2011 and founded Ys net: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/134782/yu_suzuki_at_a_time_of_transition.php

He wanted to licence Shenmue from SEGA since 2012: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/06/yu-suzuki-expresses-interest-in-obtaining-shenmue-license-from-s/

Just like Telltale games licenced "Monkey Island" from LucasArts for "Tales of Monkey Island" or Replay Games licenced "Leisure Suit Larry" from Activision for "Larry Reloaded".

And obviously Yu Suzuki / Ys net succeeded in getting the licence rights and the permission to make a Shenmue-successor.

Without Dave Grossman (Telltale games), Al Lowe + Paul Trowe (Replay Games) and Yu Suzuki (Ys net) these games wouldn't have happened because LucasArts, Activision and SEGA weren't interested enough to make new games with their old IPs.

That actually makes this whole thing feel a lot better! I support Yooka Laylee, Bloodstained and mighty nr9 and if Sega isnt involved at all in this, or any other big publisher, Im ok with it and welcome it!