Sony Computer Entertainment America Director of Third Party Productions Gio Corsi (that’s a mouthful) explained Sony’s role in Shenmue III‘s Kickstarter yesterday.
“Shenmue 3 was the number one ask on the old ‘Building The List’ campaign,” Corsi began. “This has been an ask for as long as I’ve been at PlayStation. We met with Suzuki-san at GDC last year and we started the long road to try and figure out how we were going to get this whole thing made and we said the only way this thing is going to happen is if the fans speak up and we thought Kickstarter was the perfect place to do this.
“So we set a goal for $2 million and said if the fans come in and – you know – back it, then absolutely we’re going to make this a reality. So Sony and PlayStation is definitely a partner in this game and it’s gonna be run through third party production. We’re gonna help YSnet get the game done, we’re gonna be partners on it the whole way and we’re gonna see this thing come out in a couple of years.”
There you have it — Sony seems to be mimicking the same type of arrangement Bandai Namco formed with Slightly Mad Studios on Project CARS.
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Shenmue III is expected in 2017, currently for Windows PC and PS4.
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