[Article]Why Shenmue 3 must never be made
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:09 am
JI: Earlier this year, you said: "I think SEGA will let me do it ... or if there are other big sponsors ..." I speak of course Shenmue III. After such a call of the foot, is that investors have come forward?
YS: I think there are many interested investors, and I still have to deal with budget issues with Sega, who owns the rights to the series. It is almost there...
JI: Precisely, what is the budget for a production of this magnitude?
YS: I have an idea but unfortunately I can not tell.
I'm afraid I have little patience for cowardice on the level of "let's not try and get what we want in case it's not as good as we hoped." Seriously, screw that.