Originally Posted by SegaGamer:
“I don't know, this is Sega we are talking about here. They did say recently that they are looking at ways to gain the trust of the fans back, so you never know, they may do something with Shenmue 1 & 2.”
Tbh, it would be in sega's interests to help with some more investment to make it the best game it can be.
Afterall, it would seem the next shenmue game may have much more budget if 3 is a commercial success.
I've never understood why shenmue gets slammed as a flop.
The dreamcast sold like 10million consoles, shenmue managed a very decent 1.2million in sales. That's a pretty good return on such poor console sales.
If we apply a rough estimate on the ps4, and assume the console has shifted at least 45million units by 2017, (currently around 25million) then shenmue III would sell anywhere between 3 to 5million.
Only need look at the sales the superb witcher 3 has had to see it could happen. The most commercially successful by a large margin in the whole series.