They were friends during the xbox era as well and shenmue 2 still was xbox and dc exclusive. This means nothing. If it happens itll be on xbone. Business is business, friendship has nothing to do with it. Unless Cernys gonna personally drop millions in front of Suzuki, it dont mean a thing.
Why? Shenmue did really well in the west. Didnt it do better in the west than in Japan?
yeah thought so.It really doesn't mean much. It's probably a lot more telling that Sega of America lost the trademark earlier this year because they weren't doing anything with it.
Another example would be Skies of Arcadia. Sega filed a trademark for it back in 2012 and we haven't seen anything come from that. No remasters, no sequels. Nothing.
I kept faith that Shenmue is coming. E3 reveal will blow my pants off, oh god yes!!!
That's really not a big deal as many people actually think it is.
Should people get their hopes up?
Should people get their hopes up?
They let the trademark lapse. Let that sink in for a second or two, and you'll realize if they gave a damn about their franchise, the last thing they'd do is ignore it.That's really not a big deal as many people actually think it is.
They let the trademark lapse. Let that sink in for a second or two, and you'll realize if they gave a damn about their franchise, the last thing they'd do is ignore it.
I hate to be "that guy" but the Shenmue trademark is just a renewal (by Japanese trademark law after 10 years you need to get a new serial number and the latest registration was in 2004). Basically, it means nothing.
They let the trademark lapse. Let that sink in for a second or two, and you'll realize if they gave a damn about their franchise, the last thing they'd do is ignore it.
Damn you ............... daaaaaaammmmmmmmnnnnn you
They didn't let it lapse. They were denied renewal because US trademark law dictates that if you don't use a trademark you lose it.
It's SEGA. I dont doubt that they dont give a shit about Shenmue, but they were never gonna do anything with it. Its all about someone else coming in to snap it up.
Since they weren't planning on using it, they could have filed for declaration of excusable nonuse in time. You don't let something like that get by you if you're series about it.
But Sega Japan is the one that holds the cards. If they're renewing the trademark, then they aren't giving it up to anyone.
I'd enjoy playing Shenmue on my Android tablet. How about you GAF?
When I say snap it up I'm not talking about developing it, I'm talking about funding it for SEGA so someone gets an exclusive.
But that doesn't explain why Sega of America would let the trademark slip. That happened in February. Wouldn't they renew it if someone were looking to fund it? They even renewed the Skies of Arcadia trademark in 2012 and they haven't done anything with it since the Gamecube re-release.
by the way, from a few days the shenmue.com website is down. It had never happened before, no? I'm pretty sure a couple weeks ago it was still working (yes, I check it from time to time)
FWIW Japanese commenters on the linked site are thinking 'Otoiine' may be an audio streaming service similar to Nasne.