I don't think anyone is going to start literally rubbing it in peoples faces without reason. We just get the satisfaction of being able to immediately shut down any future unwarrented hate of Shenmue when it's out there. As it's now obviously a very proven popular series.
If someone wants to claim Shenmue isnt popular or whatever we can immidiately say;
"Shut up, Shenmue 3 was the fastest project to hit a million ever, the site broke down, everyone at E3 loved it and it's the highest funded video game in kickstarter history."
Boom. Case closed.