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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Azerth said:
Great now we are going to get a ton of "help us get so much money and ms/sony will fund us" announcements

There are not to many Shemues out there. There is a reason its been 15 years and no sequel. This was clearly a case of "You say you want it, now show us."

 

Whatever the kickstarter ends up raising it will only be a fraction of the total cost of the game (Marketing, Dev cost, etc). Sony will be investing there part and taking most of the risk here.