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ethomaz on 22 June 2015

Everybody did a thread about that... so it is my turn.

Speaking to Eurogamer's Oli Welsh last week, Sony's president of worldwide studios Shuhei Yoshida provided a little more clarity on the relationship. "I cannot talk about the specifics of the deal, but I can talk about the set-up," he said. "It's the third-party relations team's work. They've been supporting many indie developers - you've seen Adam Boyes or Shahid Ahmad showcasing indie developers over the last few years. When the third party relations team identifies some great indie game being developed they strike a deal so it comes on PlayStation first on console, or something like that.

"There's a variety of ways of support, including financial support. When the game's not being funded at that point, the developer has to come up with some funding themselves, for third party relations team to help - because third party relations is third party relations - if we fund the project then it's first party! It's my job! There's a great difference. If Suzuki's Kickstarter is successful [and very quickly after our conversation it was], SCEA will add funding and other support."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-06-22-yu-suzuki-needs-usd10-million-to-make-a-truly-open-world-shenmue-3



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Guitarguy on 22 June 2015

Hmmmm so timed exclusive? Or full console exclusive? Very vague...



StuOhQ on 22 June 2015

If Sony is adding "funding and other support," then why are they digging at us for 10 million dollars? I own a PS4, I own Shenmue for the Dreamcast (and have replayed it in the last year), and I'm not very happy about the lack of transparency with this Kickstarter campaign. Come clean!



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ethomaz on 22 June 2015
Guitarguy said:
Hmmmm so timed exclusive? Or full console exclusive? Very vague...

Sony mostly is funding the PS4 version and the marketing of the game.

And yes... they will receive the console exclusivity for that.



ethomaz on 22 June 2015
StuOhQ said:
If Sony is adding "funding and other support," then why are they digging at us for 10 million dollars? I own a PS4, I own Shenmue for the Dreamcast (and have replayed it in the last year), and I'm not very happy about the lack of transparency with this Kickstarter campaign. Come clean!

Everything I read from now is transparency... more than any other game in the industry.

If the game happens (due the Kickstart) then Sony will support the game doing it marketing and paying the PS4 version... it is pretty clear.

It is a 3rd-party game and the Yu's team didn't have the money to fund it... so they ended up to Kickstarter to get the fund needed.

If Sony fund the development of game than it is a first-party case like Bloodborne.



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tiffac on 22 June 2015

It doesn't matter what Sony or Shu say, its shady! That's what we believe and nothing will change that. Game over Shenmue 3!



Nem on 22 June 2015

I wish they would stop saying these things. In no way is it garanteed that Sony is adding any funding to the project. Especially if they end up bringing it to other systems. You can be sure of that.

Save shenmue. Sony did their part to help, but theres no garantee they will do any more than that. Its annoying that the more Gio and Shuhei speak, the more they hurt the kickstarter. They really should be taking more care about what they say. At this point they may have to help fund it just so they don't lose face after this debacle.



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Ultrashroomz on 22 June 2015

Still pretty baffled on why they showed off the game, but didn't support it in the first place.

Was Sony really THAT reluctant about the success or failure of Shenmue?



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Xenostar on 22 June 2015
Ultrashroomz said:
Still pretty baffled on why they showed off the game, but didn't support it in the first place.

Was Sony really THAT reluctant about the success or failure of Shenmue?


Because its owned by Sega, so to make it 1st party would probably of cost them far too much, going through their 3rd party team there just helping them get it kickstarted in exchange for some form of exclusivity.