fittersau wrote:shenmue852 wrote: so i really wonder if Nocon being hired to work on Shenmue III was partly to cancel his fan made HD remake, so they wouldn't have to compete with it if they re released.
One man cannot compete with a studio of staff who have the code source and all materials. While Noconkid making all the beautiful environments is possible, making all the interactivity and logic behind Shenmue 1 would take one person a very long time indeed.
Noconkid got hired because he's already skilled with UE3+UE4. He can make high resolution environments and present them beautifully. He already mentally dedicated himself to make "Shenmue-something", so why not make history and make Shenmue 3. He's the second fan Ys Net have hired.
In addition to those two points...
3) Shenmue 1 & 2 are the responsibility of Sega, and Sega didn't hire him.
4) If you want someone to stop making a game with your IP, you issue a C&D. You don't have to bribe him with a place on your payroll.