by MiTT3NZ » Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:08 am
I have a feeling that if it was in production, it would've been around the time Sony and MS were revealing plans to publishers of their next gen consoles. Maybe they felt HD remakes would be better served at the beginning of a consoles life span. That's the optimistic way of looking at it.
The pessimistic outlook is that the guy was just bein a nob end n tryna get people excited about SEGA again. He realistic viewpoint is that he was just genuinely enthusiastic that day - explaining the look on his face - and he innocently stated that Shenmue & SoA are the most requested DC re-releases.
Hell, he coulda heard a whisper or two about em both, actual plans/pitches to put them into development only to be turned down by whoever made the final decision.
At the end of the day though, a Shenmue HD would lead to more Shenmue III requests, something I don't believe SEGA has the means to support atm (I'm not just talking about money here), so they would probably hold out until they're confident that they can reboot/reinstate the franchise.
Either way, the guy's pretty much just Adam Doree's successor by the looks of things.