elfshadowreaper wrote: ShenSun wrote:He left the same post on shenmue500k under the same name. When you press on that name it shows his profile, stating that he has worked for SOA for the past 10 years.
Ok. I can see employees of SOA not knowing about a future Shenmue release, especially if Sega of Japan wants to keep it secret until the big reveal. And this is one game they will
really want to make a lot of noise about. I just feel like they've had more than a decade of people constantly talking about Shenmue all around the internet and that's got to be good advertisement for people who haven't played the game. So if they do announce a new game those who haven't played the games will understand it's been a long time coming and probably worth checking out.
snanime wrote:Here is a very possible scenario:
Either Shenmue HD or A Shenmue Mobile App, it features all mini games from Shenmue Series. I personally don't mind but id rather much see Shenmue 3.
I really couldn't care less about a mobile game unless it's a way to get us the full sequel/remake.
Still no shenmue.com. I'm sure I'm blowing it out of proportion but I'm very hopeful because of what's happened in the last year, let alone in the past two to three months. But sometimes I wonder if it's better to just forget about a Shenmue sequel until the gaming world explodes with an announcement. And if it never happens, it never happens.
From a business standpoint, it would be a bad idea to simply state that they will not be making any more Shenmue games in the future. You may think that it's a horrible idea to string the fanbase along, and sure enough, I agree, but imagine if they finally came out and said they'd never revisit the series.
Some fans might experience a sense of closure and realize there's absolutely no reason to hope for more, others would be furious because Sega dropped one of their favorite franchises, but likely most if not all of these fans would boycott or simply stop supporting Sega.
The unfortunate reality is that whether we are closer to getting another Shenmue or not, Sega will probably not say outright that they will never continue the series as long as there is ever a snowball's chance in hell that they could make money off of it.
The same thing was said of the Mega Man series. Yes, they canceled Mega Man Legends 3, and they said they will probably not resume active development on it any time in the near future, but they also tip-toed around the future of the Mega Man series in general. They assured fans that when the time is right, they will do
something with it, but the only thing that means is that at some point, they'll make
something related to Mega Man. This is such a broad blanket statement that they could mean anything from a sequel to the tablet Mega Man X-Over to a full-on console Mega Man game
could eventually be made in the future.
Edit: Of course in my last paragraph, when I say "they", I mean Capcom, not Sega.