Ys Net’s Shenmue 3 broke a very recent milestone when it racked up $5 million in crowd-funding since launching roughly a month ago. It’s since crossed the $5.5 million point and become the highest crowd-funded game on Kickstarter, even beating out Koji Igarashi’s Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night which received $5,545,991 in funding. This ranks Shenmue 3 as the eighth most funded Kickstarter project.
Shenmue 3 was announced at E3 2015 during Sony’s press conference, which was the same time its Kickstarter launched. Though it is pursuing funding through Kickstarter, Sony will also help in funding and processing the game through its third party processes. How this will ultimately play out remains to be seen but Shenmue 3 will be releasing for the PS4 and PC to start with. Sadly, it will not be making its way to physical retail any time soon.
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