I'm still very confused about Shenmue 3 having a Kickstarter at all. Sony is obviously footing a huge bill on it, because it'll take way more than $2mil to make the game. Why can't Sony cough up just a little bit more money? (I'm aware that $2mil isn't "a little bit of money" to most humans, but in game development it's not much.) The only explanation I've seen is that Sony is using the Kickstarter as a sort of interest check, but they already knew it would sell. And even then, a $2mil Kickstarter doesn't guarantee they'll get the expected return on their investment.
