Sony has just confirmed that now that the Kickstarter goal has been reached they are in fact helping with funding and development of Shenmue 3

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ReimTime said:

Aeolus451 said:

It was pretty clear that since sony announced it that they're partners somehow in it. 

I acknowledge that, yes. Was a tad unclear before, due to the co-existence of a partnership with Sony and a kickstarter being pretty much incompatible in my comprehension. Makes no sense. Sony is a partner, yes? Why do they need help supporting the game?

Yea, yea. To gauge public interest. Well they could have held a survey, then.

It is a publicity stunt to generate hype.  It worked.

The title broke records for first kickstarter to reach a million.

After E3 the kickstarter will be going.

Every Shenmue milestone will considerred news on gaming sites, keeping the game in the publics eye.

It's not rocket science.