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

[Talal]

NiKKoM said:
Horrible.. 3 or 4 great kickstarter games could have been funded with this money Sony is probably gonna use to pay for coffee.. Kickstarter isn't meant for this

While I agree that Kickstarter shouldn't be used like this, the bolded is not very logical. The people who funded Shenmue funded it because it's Shenmue. It's not like this money would have gone towards funding a different game if Shenmue didn't exist.