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

[Puppyroach]

Btw, just a thought: If the Kickstarter campaign was just to gauge interest, why announce the game before the Kickstarter has begun? It seems as though Sony had decided beforehand that they would the game and used Kickstarter as a means to do a PR stunt. What if the Kickstarter hadn't reached 2mn, do people seriously think Sony then would have approached the fans and said that the game would never be released? Seriously?