Whatever happened about that Shenmue postmortem? has that happened already?
Looks like SEGA doesn't give a shit about Shenmue anymore. RIP.
There style would work imo, i just cant think of anyone else who would take it on without royally fucking it up.
sums up my feelings perfectly. i'll leave a note by my cold lifeless body saying "i blame sega"
The last one I seen on eBay a few years ago sold for US $800.
Better blame so called gamers for not buying Shenmue I and/or II.
Well, it's not like Sega really gave gamers a good chance, honestly. Dreamcast was dropped like a year into production, and the first XBOX wasn't the best place to drop a sequel to a game no one knew about. Sega could have released a HD remaster YEARS ago for 360/PSN/STEAM/ETC, and actually advertised the damn thing. but they didn't do jack shit with it.
So while I do blame all the gamers who are missing out on one of the best series ever, I blame Sega more.
Mine is still at home only problem is I think the battery is still in it which we all know is a bad thing...
Only a very small part of the hardcore gamers bought Shenmue I (1,1 million total sales) and even less bought Shenmue II (0,3 million total sales DC/Xbox). Those people should know what Shenmue is and yet refused to buy it. Now a lot of people are nagging about Shenmue III while only a small part will end up buying the actual game if it was ever made. Similar to all the nagging about Killer Instinct yet next to no one actually bought the characters. I love Shenmue I and II seeing how I've actually bought both games twice but I'm glad Sega refuses to throw money into such an abyss.
Shamue on you, Sega.
Only a very small part of the hardcore gamers bought Shenmue I (1,1 million total sales) and even less bought Shenmue II (0,3 million total sales DC/Xbox). Those people should know what Shenmue is and yet refused to buy it. Now a lot of people are nagging about Shenmue III while only a small part will end up buying the actual game if it was ever made. Similar to all the nagging about Killer Instinct yet next to no one actually bought the characters. I love Shenmue I and II seeing how I've actually bought both games twice but I'm glad Sega refuses to throw money into such an abyss.
Holy hell!Afaik, it's mostly due to legal/copyright reasons.
back in '12 you may remember that Sega went into a port spree. JSR, Nights...they thought it was a great idea, with very low risk and nice proft potential since, well, they don't want to fund traditional AAA anymore. Multiple ports were in development, among them was the canceled Skies of Arcadia port.
Shenmue case was special since not many people know this, but apparently the engine for both games uses licensed technology. It's not Bink Video or Sofdec codecs, apparently it's related to the very own engine.
Well, the thing is, according to what I've been told, the owner of those technologies folded years ago, and it's not clear who owns the copyright now.
Someone shown Sega a working Shenmue prototype for Xbox 360...but after disappointing sales by JSR and Nights, they didn't care enough to bother with the legal hassle. So it never went through the prototype stage, and the Skies of Arcadia port was canceled.
And I guess my dream of getting Model 3/later arcade games ports went to shit as well ;(
I know what Shenmue 1 and 2 are, and refused to buy them. Am I not a "hardcore gamer?"
Only a very small part of the hardcore gamers bought Shenmue I (1,1 million total sales) and even less bought Shenmue II (0,3 million total sales DC/Xbox). Those people should know what Shenmue is and yet refused to buy it. Now a lot of people are nagging about Shenmue III while only a small part will end up buying the actual game if it was ever made. Similar to all the nagging about Killer Instinct yet next to no one actually bought the characters. I love Shenmue I and II seeing how I've actually bought both games twice but I'm glad Sega refuses to throw money into such an abyss.