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

[Cloudman]

Talal said:

Cloudman said:
u_u Way to go Sony... Nice to have fans donate money for you to decide to fund the game...

You do realise that people funding the game will get it right? So "donation" is not the right word. They're buying the rewards listed.

They are testing to see if people are interested by trying to have them raise 2 mil dollars to see if it's worth it. That is one of the worst things I have ever heard. I am plenty sure some people gave more than the bare minimum for the game. This is going down a very dangerous route. I don't want this to end up where people have to give money just to check if some games are worth making. It's seems outright awful.