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Re:Sony reaches $2m Shenmue III game target on Kickstarter w... by PostOnce on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @09:45AM (#9725666)
Nobody said kickstarter is the only funding.

Sony is paying something for the exclusivity, I imagine. They might also be matching 2:1 or something. Who knows?

The kickstarter is only a day old, this amount of press will grow that $2M.

Plus they're using UE4, saving a lot vs the custom engine of Shenmue I.

We only have one piece of the financial puzzle, here.

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Re:Sony reaches $2m Shenmue III game target on Kickstarter w... by rodeoclown on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @02:27PM (#9727803)
This is from their kickstarter page:

"The real challenge now is to deliver a sequel that we will all be satisfied with after 14 years of waiting. After much research and planning, we set the funding goal at this level believing it will make possible a fulfilling Shenmue experience."

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