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[cicerone]

Cos they hate me??

 

[borghe]

Cos they hate you..

 

[Idioteque]

because shenmue sucks.

 

[Xelinis]

Cause the original costed $78 million to make and barely sold.

 

[[Nintex]]

Because Yu Suzuki almost made them bankrupt instead of creativily bankrupt?

 

[Shins]

Because Sega wants to make money.

 

[manueldelalas]

Shenmue 3 is a much better game in your imagination than it will ever be realized.

Sega doesn't make good games anymore...

 

[RiZ III]

Because they aren't that dumb?

 

[Sadist]

Because only 7 people played it.

 

[fernoca]

As great as the first 2 games were, apparently..
-#1 bombed
-#2 bombed
Heck, #2 got released in the US because Microsoft paid for it, after many fans asked for it..and still bombed..so of course they are going to take their time.

 

[I AM JOHN!]

because shenmue sucks.

 

[Raging Spaniard]

Cause they never broke even

 

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

Cause the original costed $78 million to make and barely sold.

That cost=
Shenmue 1 saturn
Shenmue 2 saturn
Shenmue 1 dc
part of Shenmue 2 dc

 

[WickedAngel]

They don't like to waste money on games that won't sell.

 

[Operations]

:face_hel

 

[Gagaman]

Because Yu Suzuki doesn't want to, I'd imagine.

 

[JavaMava]

maybe you should make a petition.

 

[Death_Born]

Cos they hate me??

It's ALL YOUR FAULT!

 

[Night_Trekker]

They don't want to lose more money on a huge title that a majority of gamers do not have the capacity to enjoy.

 

[SturokBGD]

Many of the concepts and technology presented in Shenmue are now standard, and in many ways have now been bettered. The original game can, sales or not, stand proud as one that can be viewed as a historical curiosity. Shenmue 3, if modeled around the original Shenmue, would be just another game.

 

[nilay]

because yakuza is around

 

[UntoldDreams]

Yakuza is the spiritual successor anyways.

Yu Suzuki's vision was just a bit early that's all.

 

[riskVSreward]

Many of the concepts and technology presented in Shenmue are now standard, and in many ways have now been bettered. The original game can, sales or not, stand proud as one that can be viewed as a historical curiosity. Shenmue 3, if modeled around the original Shenmue, would be just another game.

Shenmue is so much more than it's gameplay mechanics. If you played it, you might just understand that.

 

[Jcgamer60]

Many of the concepts and technology presented in Shenmue are now standard, and in many ways have now been bettered. The original game can, sales or not, stand proud as one that can be viewed as a historical curiosity. Shenmue 3, if modeled around the original Shenmue, would be just another game.

I will have to disagree with you.

 

[Haunted]

;_;

Ban the OP for re-opening the wounds.

 

[Tucah]

Because Yakuza exists and is better.

 

[Koshiro]

That cost=
Shenmue 1 saturn
Shenmue 2 saturn
Shenmue 1 dc
part of Shenmue 2 dc

You win. It's interesting how rarely people acknowledge this.

 

[Developer in Training]

Cause the original costed $78 million to make and barely sold.

You're going to make Dyack cry.

 

[riskVSreward]

Because Yakuza exists and is better.

I'm sick of hearing this shit, I bought Yakuza under these false pretenses that it was the "spiritual successor" to Shenmue.

Yakuza is good, but it's no where near the greatness of Shenmue.

 

[MultiCore]

They're spiting all of us because we let them slide out of the hardware business.

I'm sure Shenmue 3 will be a launch title for the Dreamcast 2.

 

[minor effort]

I'm sick of hearing this shit, I bought Yakuza under these false pretenses that it was the "spiritual successor" to Shenmue.

Yakuza is good, but it's no where near the greatness of Shenmue.

Same here. I was about to post this almost verbatim.

I liked Yakuza, but I want to punch every last person who told me it was "the next Shenmue".

 

[Prime crotch]

I'm sick of hearing this shit, I bought Yakuza under these false pretenses that it was the "spiritual successor" to Shenmue.

Yakuza is good, but it's no where near the greatness of Shenmue.

Yakuza was a..."gamey" version of Shenmue I guess. It had more standart gameplay elements while Shenmue was pretty much a thing of it's own.

 

[Durante]

Shenmue 1's world is the most alive I've ever seen. People had lives, they would have daily routines and schedules. I rarely see that in any modern game and they don't do it nearly as well as Shenmue.

Ultima 7 did that 16 years ago. (Oh shit that was 16 years ago?) I wonder why games have regressed so much in that aspect with all the modern technology available now.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

game actually didn't sell too bad, it's the mega-uber costs that killed it

 

[domlolz]

lets make shenmue 3 together

lets give the bad guys chainsaws and have the protagonist with regenerating health,get rid of the hud,increase qte's,slap some bloom on that mother,stealth escort missions and the unreal 3 engine

 

[Gilgamesh]

09/09/09

Believe.

 

[splattergnome]

Because they don't have enough cellphone programming experience yet.

 

[Formless]

Niche.

 

[cicerone]

Yakuza is nothing like Shenmue.

Yakuza doesn't have Gashapon machines, forklifts, arcade games, dojo and Ine-san who gives me 500 yen everyday.

 

[Zero_Phoenix]

I think if Sega can make Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan, which has about 10 times the total production values of Shenmue 1 and 2 combined, and be able to sell the game in Japan and PS3 ONLY, and get away with that, and WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER ONE, they could easily make the Shenmue 3 we all dream of. However, I just think Sega must think Yakuza is the better series.

 

[Xenon]

No they dont hate you. They want you, but they are playing hard to get.

 

[GodfatherX]

because shenmue sucks.

3rd post wins

just think of Yakuza as the spiritual successor to shenmue except the story doesnt suck, the dialog is good, and combat is tolerable

 

[riskVSreward]

It's too bad Ine's money all went towards cheap Zippo lighter knockoffs.

3rd post wins

just think of Yakuza as the spiritual successor to shenmue except the story doesnt suck, the dialog is good, and combat is tolerable

 

[camineet]

Shenmue, including part II, was the most expensive game to be made, until recenly with GTAIV.

Spanning development on 3 platforms: Saturn, Dreamcast and Xbox. Huge waste. And this is coming from a big-time SEGA fan and someone that liked (not loved) Shenmue.


I would've much rather have seen SEGA pour that kind of money into a second
Phantasy Star trilogy (V, VI, VII), or invest in better hardware technology for their successor to Saturn. Or keeping Dreamcast alive longer. Or in the previous generation, invested in 3DO M2 as a replacement for Saturn....Sega was this || close to a deal with Matsushita over M2 in late 1995 or early 1996.

 

[Blablurn]

yakuza doesnt really have any shenmue-feel to it. damn the fists are GLOWING in yakuza, when you beat someone.
glowing!

Its no fun, anyway. its replaceable.

 

[Baha]

Funny this thread should pop up just now, Kotaku just posted an interview that raised this very question: http://kotaku.com/5025906/sega-no-plans-for-shenmue-iii-seaman-2

"There are no plans for [Shenmue III] right now," Jeffery told us. Despite being one of the most requested Sega "fanboy" titles, it certainly didn't sound like the publisher has much interest in or resources dedicated to the project.

 

[SturokBGD]

Shenmue 1's world is the most alive I've ever seen. People had lives, they would have daily routines and schedules. I rarely see that in any modern game and they don't do it nearly as well as Shenmue..

You're right, there aren't many games that do this in a believable way, even those that do like Oblivion don't do it nearly as good.

A good example would be the Gothic games on PC, though. Those guys did that stuff really well (especially with Gothic 2), with a tiny fraction of the budget and resources that Yu Susuki had.

What I mean is more general, that element of "oh my God I'm in a real virtual world" that made Shenmue stand out so much in the first place, it's as common as mud now, the effect has been diluted. Even if Shenmue itself came out right now instead of all those years ago, it'd likely be met with indifference.

 

[domlolz]

Shenmue didn't suck

Never played Shenmue 2 properly but Shenmue was pretty awesome,spending hours in the arcade

 

[Oneself]

Funny this thread should pop up just now...

:lol It happens every week or two.

 

[Steve Youngblood]

The series was incredibly expensive to make, overpromised and subsequently underdelivered on features, and also underperformed in sales. There's no real mystery as to why the series was abandoned even though it did achieve a cult following.