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[The Cartographer]

You shouldn't do this to yourself every year.

 

[zeroOman]

check your PMs

Nothing here....

 

[BearPawB]

I would play the shit out a remaster.
So many good memories.

 

[Guymelef]

The years late xbox port of Shenmue 2 sold like 5 times more than the best selling Yakuza NPD. And the series did respectively in Japan despite the Dreamcast always selling like shit there.

Source?

 

[Mikey Jr.]

I would need a remaster before shenmu 3. Straight up.

 

[DeepEnigma]

If Sega waited and changed the Dreamcast to have a DVD drive, we'd be there.

That may have helped give it a tad bit more legs, but it was far from the main reason they exited the console business.

The GameCube did not have a DVD drive, and the Saturn was CD based just like the PlayStation.

 

[AstroNut325]

You shouldn't do this to yourself every year.

GAF is packed to the gills with masochists!

 

[LelouchViBritannia]

All the naysayers can say what they want.

The rest of you, GET THE FUK ON THE HYPE TRAIN NOW!!!!

 

[Xeilyn]

If Shenmue 3 gets announced i WILL cry

 

[Az]

Yo, the fuck. You guys cant do this to me

 

[Kwansu Dudes]

Lol, I remember Adam Boyes letting me down last year with building the list (by revealing Dead Island 2) and Yu and Cerny too with the Post Mortem. I'm pretty sure nothing is going to happen and I'm not getting my hopes up.

 

[Sword Familiar]

Any tickets for the hype train left, or do I have to take the forklift?

 

[orthodoxy1095]

All the naysayers can say what they want.

The rest of you, GET THE FUK ON THE HYPE TRAIN NOW!!!!

Pls put me on.

Just waiting for the heads to explode on this one.

Shenmue in any form would be great. I'm thinking it'll be Nintendo on this one. Bayonetta revival wasn't solely a financial thing, could see them taking a chance on Shenmue for the hardcore crowd.

That sounds terrible, at least if it was Wii U based. Shenmue needs and deserves to be shown to a wide audience. Not a dead console.

 

[LithiumSpade]

That was then. This is now. People care about Yakuza in Japan more than Shenmue too. Pubs have to take into account the Japanese market too not just the west. Also take into account the ridiculous budget of the Shenmue games.

So what? I'd rather Sega stay in business than not or go mobile. Yakuza gets sequel after sequel because it makes money. Shenmue begs for funding from platform holders year after year because it doesnt and wouldnt.

Have you seen the state of the Japanese market any time recently? Because these two statements are utterly contradictory.

Also, if there's a exclusive to one platform Shenmue 1/2 HD Remaster, or 3, that will be the current gen system I buy. Haven't made the jump yet, but for that I would.

 

[Erevador]

The Shenmue hype train is back on track.

 

[Stacey]

Its happening gaf, Its really happening. Yu wouldnt do this to us......would he?

 

[Verder]

PLEASE!

a remaster is cool too though

 

[Ushay]

All the naysayers can say what they want.

The rest of you, GET THE FUK ON THE HYPE TRAIN NOW!!!!

Sign me the fuck up, for immense Lan Di justice.

 

[liquidtmd]

The Shenmue Hype Train

Every. Year.

 

[THEAnderson21]

For Wii U

Spoiler

Stealing our games, I really want another Bayonetta case just to browse this forum

Stealing our games. Hahaha. That's rich pal.

 

[TheSeks]

http://i.imgur.com/soOjJCk.gif

lol My exact reaction.

I seriously doubt it's anything more than a troll at this point.

 

[Omikaru]

Really, really, really excited for this.

 

[Acquiescence]

So what? I'd rather Sega stay in business than not or go mobile. Yakuza gets sequel after sequel because it makes money. Shenmue begs for funding from platform holders year after year because it doesnt and wouldnt.

It makes money only in Japan, but we had to wait years upon years for 5 to get localised before eventually begging Sony to make it happen. It's Sony taking the financial brunt with their Third Party Productions setup, not Sega, so who's to say we're not getting the same deal with a Shenmue HD Collection? Maybe someone out there is paying Sega in order to make this happen, in which case, what's the problem?

 

[FTF]

Shenmue 3 I don't believe…but Shenmue 1+2 HD remaster…I'm starting to believe a little.

 

[Fourth Storm]

And to think I never beat Shenmue 2, even though I imported the DC version from Europe. My idiotic friend just threw it in a dumpster when he was moving. I should have never left it at his place. I still get angry thinking about it years later.

Is the Xbox version still dowloadable on 360?

 

[Sephiroth_GR_]

All the naysayers can say what they want.

The rest of you, GET THE FUK ON THE HYPE TRAIN NOW!!!!

Uh oh....inb4 thread lock.

 

[Kralamoonard]

All the naysayers can say what they want.

The rest of you, GET THE FUK ON THE HYPE TRAIN NOW!!!!

Count me in!

 

[Corto]

A Shenmue Collection would Be really nice and a show stopper in and of itself. A Shenmue 3 reveal would be armageddon in the conference room where it would be announced and the Internet would never recover from such event.

 

[Karspankey]

Lol, I remember Adam Boyes letting me down last year with building the list (by revealing Dead Island 2)

? I don't remember that being apart of building the list. How could have people asked for a game that didn't exist?

 

[Mr Croft]

All the naysayers can say what they want.

The rest of you, GET THE FUK ON THE HYPE TRAIN NOW!!!!

I need to be aboard this train! If they announce this game I will jump through my ceiling

 

[Acquiescence]

All the naysayers can say what they want.

The rest of you, GET THE FUK ON THE HYPE TRAIN NOW!!!!

I am motherfucking proud as hell to be there slapbang in the middle. Represent!

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Shenmue 3 I don't believe…but Shenmue 1+2 HD remaster…I'm starting to believe a little.

I agree that's the most probably thing. It could also be an interesting way to introduce people to the games and test the market.

 

[Xpliskin]

Ohhhh train pictures

 

[Sword Familiar]

The Shenmue Hype Train

Every. Year.

This year... she will fly. BELIEVE.

 

[Speedydonut]

Virtua Fork Lifter coming in 2016

 

[ilium]

Checkmate Bosman.

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

Gaf setting itself up for disappointment. Its E3 time again.

Spoiler

Neither Shenmue nor TLG will be shown. There, I said it.

 

[HORRORSHØW]

hype trains = thread locks. pls don't

 

[Mr Croft]

I agree that's the most probably thing. It could also be an interesting way to introduce people to the games and test the market.

Yup I can see shenmue 1+2 HD coming out before I see a #3

 

[El-Pistolero]

A third chapter will never happen. That would be a bad investment. Shenmue has a nucleus of rabid fans, but the large public does not give two pennies about the game. It will get lost in the midst of Sleeping Dogs, Rockstar productions, Ubisoft open world games...
Now, a HD collection on the other hand...

 

[Juke Joint Jezebel]

Shenmue 1 & 2 collection makes more sense. Doubt we'd ever see a new Shenmue.

 

[Auctopus]

It wasn't until I realised what trains do to threads that I realised why threads get locked due to them.

Also, Sony dropping a Shenmue announcement and TLG in one conference would be ridic.

 

[Gamezone]

Do you guys know where sailors hang out?

 

[Lightning Count]

All the naysayers can say what they want.

The rest of you, GET THE FUK ON THE HYPE TRAIN NOW!!!!

I'm in let's get this baby moving, onwards to E3!

 

[Maligna]

Please no. It will flop beyond recognition.

Not if myself and all the other fans buy multiple copies!

 

[NateDrake]

Shenmue hasn't aged all that well. I'm not sure an HD Collection would do well in today's market unless it undergoes some major changes. Shenmue 3 ain't happening without an HD collection of some sort.

 

[Lightning Count]

Do you guys know where sailors hang out?

A few drink at the pub I own, but they're mostly all retired now, the young guys work on the oil rigs these days.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

FF7 Remake hypetrain killed hype trains lol.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

A third chapter will never happen. That would be a bad investment. Shenmue has a nucleus of rabid fans, but the large public does not give two pennies about the game. It will get lost in the midst of Sleeping Dogs, Rockstar productions, Ubisoft open world games...
Now, a HD collection on the other hand...

I still wonder though, could it be a possibly worthwhile investment if the HD collection were a hit?

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Not if myself and all the other fans buy multiple copies!

That'd be like 1200 copies.