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

[StuOhQ]

VGPolyglot said:

StuOhQ said:

If it weren't for the backers, Sony wouldn't have funded the game... There is something deeply unsettling about all of this.

If it weren't for Sony, the game wouldn't have even been available for backing.

You're joking, right? I don't mean to be inflammatory, but Kickstarter was meant to back projects that couldn't otherwise recieve funding.

People put their hard-earned money down on a game project that was ultimately market testing by Sony. That sounds an awful lot like fruad to me. 

EDIT: Just to be clear, I am a big fan of the first two Shenmue games, and was considering becoming a backer of this project.