E3 2016 & Shenmue 3
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 8:02 pm
Along with the main topic now in General Gaming, this topic is for news and speculation regarding Shenmue 3 at E3. As of yet, Sony havent announced anything whatsoever, despite being 36 days away. Not even an official date and time of their conference, however with the rest being announced, its not hard to work out when their conference will take place.
News wise, we dont have much. I am not aware of any tweets floating around from Cedric, or anyone else for that matter. Nor has there been any Kickstarter updates on any E3 news (or non news). We do know Yu Suzuki will be in Los Angeles for the Kickstarter dinner reward, so if he is there then who knows what could happen. Id like to think, there could be an announcement, especially since it would be free advertising to gain more backers and donations to the PayPal campaign. A short video on the Sony stage would help that a lot, perhaps including footage of a new area, character, or the long awaited updated models of Ryo and Shenhua.
Also not to be ignored, is the campaign by Team Yu for #SaveShenmueHD possibly returning some fruits and Sony pulling another crazy announcement out of the bag, with a partnership with Sega and an actual Shenmue HD being announced. I know there are lots of stumbling blocks, but if we just concentrate on the simple aspects here, in that sales of Shenmue 3 will make Sony a profit, Shenmue HD remakes will result in more sales of Shenmue 3, thus Sony could have possibly helped YSNET in getting Sega to act upon developing Shenmue HD. After last years E3, we definitely have no reason to say, "nah, its impossible".
So now, let the countdown and speculation commence!
Sony - TBC - Usually in the evening of Monday June 13