Scalebound was set for that, sadly, another from the E3 2014 line-up

[Trunkin]

BraLoD said:

Trunkin said:

I'll be surprised if Shenmue 3 releases before 2019. That's got to be one of the dumbest E3 reveals I've seen. Right behind FfVII Remake, actually.

Shenmue 3 was a very clever marketing play, and it worked wonderfully, the funding was that big exactly because it was announced at E3.
Not dumb at all.

I mean dumb in the sense that they announced a game that may or may not have ever seen the light of day at all. They were getting people excited for something that, given the history of Kickstarter, no one should have been hyper about. As far as early announcements are concerned, it doesn't get any worse than that. 

But sure, it worked. The Kickstarter was a massive success. Though even their initially stated goal was misleading.