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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StuOhQ said:

VGPolyglot said:

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. 

This is also where I stand. Been standing here alone for a few hours. Here come stand under my umbrella XD