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Even leaving aside any controversy surrounding Shenmue 3 the bottom has fallen out of gaming crowdfunding, people just aren't giving anywhere near the amounts that they used to. Part of that is high profile failures like Mighty No. 9 and that whole Yogcast fiasco. The other I think that the 'fad' phase of crowdfunding is over, people were willing to fund anything and be seen funding it. Crowdfunding just isn't cool anymore. If Shenmue 4 is going to get made Yu Suzuki will need to find a different approach then another Kickstarter.Considering the constant headaches and dramas that plauged III? They're gonna have a much harder time finding funding down that route, I'm afraid. People were willing to do it for III. Outside of the hardcore fanbase, even if they did go that route, they wouldn't earn anywhere near as much the second time out.