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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NewGuy said:
I think Sony is probably helping fund FFVIIR too, but I have no proof, I just think that they're doing it.

Kagari (an insider of all things FF) said that it'll come to PC eventually, but it's unlikely it will ever hit Xbox. Sony is involved.

As for Shenmue, I don't blame them for doing the Kickstarter. It's a niche series that's been irrelevant for fourteen years, and has never released on PlayStation. Fans talking on twitter isn't the same as actually supporting the development with some capital investment. If not for fans and Sony's involvement, it would not be in development at all and would be a completely dead franchise.