So anyone wanna fill me in. Fake? Not fake? Anyone have any clue?

Well, IF we assume the original article from Marketing Week has not been hacked then It's not fake.

Since the phrase "Sega is exploring ways to re-release the original two Shenmue titles" is not quoted as Jon Rooke exact words unlike most of the interview, I still have my doubts about this beeing an interpretation from MW.

I think that's the thing to keep in mind for now, I had updated my original article with the same thought. Even if the article is accurate as the author intended, it's still not a direct quote from Jon Rooke stating there's a re-release in the works.

In the meantime, multiple people have reached out to Jon Rooke and SEGA Europe for confirmation. I've reached out to Sega , Rooke , and Thomas Hobbs , the author of the article, to verify the article's accuracy and to ask if Rooke did in fact say anything at all about it.

Meanwhile, the regular games media runs it as fact without hesitation, despite what the fan press has already ran into creating some doubts.

I guess we'll see what the truth of the matter is eventually.


Also, I was very surprised to see I didn't have an account here. I though I made one a decade and a half ago!

I received a response from Thomas Hobbs regarding the article. I've posted my story here .

The exact response he was given was

"There are lots of opportunities for legacy titles. We are exploring. We know what fans want as they have a petition."

Hopefully Sega sees the fanfare over the past day and feels prompted to do something, though!

Glad Tom was able to make a post earlier to start getting the word out. I've finally got my own up.

http://segascream.com/shenmue-a-love-le ... ue-a-scam/

I sent Sega of America and SoE, Ys Net, Itunes, Amazon, and a few other interested parties my article. Hopefully it gets taken down soon and people get auto-refunded.

This is rather unfortunate news to read.

I will be taking my article down and writing another one on the theft tomorrow.

Thanks for letting me know.