Yu Suzuki Says There Are Currently No Plans for Shenmue 4 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 May 2022 / 1,671 Views
Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki speaking at a special event to celebrate Shenmue in Yokosuka reported by Famitsu and translated by VideoGamesChronicle said that Shenmue 3 was created for the fans of the first original games and that is why it was crowdfunded using Kickstarter.
He felt that one issue with Shenmue 3 is that it left out newcomers, which made it hard for them to know what was going on with the game.
Due to this issue with having newcomers, Suzuki said there are no concrete plans for Shenmue 4. He would want to "make it possible for new players to play the next one."
Suzuki previously stated he believes Shenmue 4 will happen at some point and that he would want to make it available to newcomers.
"With Shenmue 3, I really responded to the fans’ voices, so I wasn’t necessarily thinking about making any money," he said at the time. "But since I’m running a company, I have to think about what can sell if I continue. I’ve been seriously talking about it over and over again."
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I wonder if maybe this might be a good time to get it launched on Xbox and straight to gamepass as maybe they can actually make some money n then help boost the chances of a 4 maybe at least with gamepass they get paid upfront.
I can definitely understand, but I'm sad that we likely won't see the end of this story. Lan Di must be dealt with!
I'm disappointed when he got a chance to do the third game that he did not find a way to finish the story. Have no interest left for the series.
3 came out the game like a train wreck tbh, especially with how they handled that last minute bait n' switch with backer Steam keys. Not surprised they have no plans, because sales were quite likely bad.
From what I understand, S3 was a bit of a disaster...
There are no plans because he failed on the 3 and sales were no good and fans are displeased
Was it that bad?. My kickstarter copy is still sealed!
Haven't played mine yet as well, but from what I hear it didn't even move the story forward and was missing on several fronts.
Ah damn, that's disappointing to hear. I thought that was the reason for why shenmue 3 was suppose to be made fir
Exactly. At least that is what I heard, can't give formal judgment before playing, and since I waited to pay like 50-60% off I won't complain
Fans were very pleased with Shenmue 3. Look at user reviews on literally any service. Does this narrative only come from people who weren't fans in the first place?
As a Shenmue fan since it was shown off as Project Berkley. Shenmue 3 sucks.
And fans didn't buy and promote the game because? Will you also say that the story pace moved well, all the gaming elements were of good quality and major improvements over the decade old predecessors?
There is a good reason for a sequel that is know to be needed (as Yu said himself the story would be like 7 games long) haven't been made.
https://www.polygon.com/reviews/2019/11/20/20974632/shenmue-3-review-playstation-4-pc
https://cogconnected.com/review/shenmue-3-review/
https://www.gameskinny.com/cnkxq/shenmue-3-review-is-that-so
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