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

[naruball]

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. 

Yeah, ok. I think you went too far here. At the end of the day, people simply pre-ordered a game, or got to have their names in their credits, which to me is not a big deal but to others possibly is. It's most certainly not fraud. But if you don't want the game, no one's forcing you to buy it.