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The original number that was floating around on the net for years was 70 million, which was said to cover the development and marketing.
Sometime around 2011, Yu Suzuki clarified that statement by saying it was somewhere closer to 47 million.
But varying number differences aside, lets say that it was 70 million:
First of all, this number combined Shenmue 2 as they were both developed the same time, originally for the Sega Saturn.
The costs of this game had to be further drawn from due to moving the project over the the Dreamcast, and developing a new engine for it.
However, ignoring even all that aside, there were plenty of games before Shenmue that cost more to develop such as Super Mario World, Sonic the Hedgehog, Street Fighter II, and Final Fantasy VII, which had a development cost of 45 million and a marketing budget of 100 million, funded by Sony.
So why is this fib allowed to continue for 20 years?
Sometime around 2011, Yu Suzuki clarified that statement by saying it was somewhere closer to 47 million.
But varying number differences aside, lets say that it was 70 million:
First of all, this number combined Shenmue 2 as they were both developed the same time, originally for the Sega Saturn.
The costs of this game had to be further drawn from due to moving the project over the the Dreamcast, and developing a new engine for it.
However, ignoring even all that aside, there were plenty of games before Shenmue that cost more to develop such as Super Mario World, Sonic the Hedgehog, Street Fighter II, and Final Fantasy VII, which had a development cost of 45 million and a marketing budget of 100 million, funded by Sony.
So why is this fib allowed to continue for 20 years?