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There's been a few users who have asked this question here and on podcasts that I've listened to. In the ending credits, you can find "Shenmue Project" as one of the studios listed. The question is who is part of Shenmue Project? Besides the anime, what are their goals? Who owns this studio? Will this lead to another game?
This is a speculation thread as this has me very curious to find out more.
I think there could be a possibility that Sega may have absorbed YSNET and formed this Shenmue Project team. Or if YSNET is still an independent studio, they are working closely with internal resources at Sega to assist in the areas Shenmue III could have used help in. Personally I think if we have the same cinematography and writing as the anime, then Shenmue IV would be in a good place. If I'm not mistaken, I believe some of the scriptwriters on the anime also worked on the original games. I will need to cross check.
I believe the best case scenario for Shenmue IV is to skip the independent publisher route (Deep Silver) and have it outright published and funded as a SEGA game. This would give YS the resources and budget he needs to make it into a quality next gen experience.
My gut feeling is that Shenmue Project is a part of an collaboration to develop Shenmue IV internally within SEGA. Specifically some key members within RGG studio that may have had some familiarity with the Shenmue games. They have already remade one of Yu Suzuki's games in their engine, so this would immediately resolve the combat issues that plagued III.
It would be a shame if this Shenmue Project team started and ended with the anime.
What are your thoughts?
This is a speculation thread as this has me very curious to find out more.
I think there could be a possibility that Sega may have absorbed YSNET and formed this Shenmue Project team. Or if YSNET is still an independent studio, they are working closely with internal resources at Sega to assist in the areas Shenmue III could have used help in. Personally I think if we have the same cinematography and writing as the anime, then Shenmue IV would be in a good place. If I'm not mistaken, I believe some of the scriptwriters on the anime also worked on the original games. I will need to cross check.
I believe the best case scenario for Shenmue IV is to skip the independent publisher route (Deep Silver) and have it outright published and funded as a SEGA game. This would give YS the resources and budget he needs to make it into a quality next gen experience.
My gut feeling is that Shenmue Project is a part of an collaboration to develop Shenmue IV internally within SEGA. Specifically some key members within RGG studio that may have had some familiarity with the Shenmue games. They have already remade one of Yu Suzuki's games in their engine, so this would immediately resolve the combat issues that plagued III.
It would be a shame if this Shenmue Project team started and ended with the anime.
What are your thoughts?
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