Yu Suzuki no longer with Sega. Will Shenmue 3 ever be made?

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disolitude on 11 August 2008

Everyone that has made Sega a once great company is now gone.

http://kotaku.com/5035655/yu-suzuki-no-longer-at-sega

Do you think he has the rights to Shenmue or is this IP locked by sega along with many other great IPs that will never see the light of day?

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jonager on 11 August 2008

is locked with sega of course

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spdk1 on 11 August 2008

that sucks :( here I was hoping for a compilation release on one of the newer systems as well.

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Ronster316 on 11 August 2008

All of the great developers have left Sega, its no wonder their games are not as good as they were (with the exception of Virtua tennis 3 and Virtua fighter 5)....... Yu Suzuki is a LEGEND.... Outrun, Virtua fighter and Shenmue are just 3 of the classic franchises that he worked on.... Its a very sad day indeed..... Shenmue 3 R.I.P.

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Cougarman on 11 August 2008

sega of old is officially dead now


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pbroy on 11 August 2008

The article says:

Jeffery says of Suzuki's status that "Last I heard, he was doing some online stuff in China", saying that the Space Harrier and Virtua Fighter creator is "kind of his own man right now." Suzuki's recent projects, the arcade game Psy Phi and MMO Shenmue Online never made it to final production stages.

Does it say anywere that he has officially left Sega? Maybe he's just at the Olympics enjoying himself. o_O