Like it or not, there are things called facts. None of the facts corroborates with your claim. Shenmue I and II wouldn't exist without PlayStation initial support ?
https://www.resetera.com/threads/sh...-works-before-shenmue-iii-announcement.37470/
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2018/04/...-in-the-works-before-shenmue-iii-announcement
It was in discussion before even Shenmue III was announced. SEGA Europe was pushing for it
That said, Clark believes the re-releases would have happened eventually even without the existence of Shenmue III, citing a general increase in global appetite for Japanese games, and for classic Sega IP.
"I think it was inevitable Shenmue I & II was going to come out; the Western market was expanding in its desire for more Japanese content," he said.
PC releases of Bayonetta and Vanquish were well received, the Yakuza series is more popular than ever, and Clark says the trend in terms of Sega titles began with the 2014 PC release of 2008's Valkyria Chronicles.
Sony didn't "threw them a bone". They're not the one who brought it back. It was Shibuya Production, who's the actual producer of the game:
http://www.shibuya-productions.com/fr/projets/shenmue-iii.html,010
What Sony did effectively as of today was to show it on scene, which then again unless you want to rewrite history, was a mutual benefit at best. Let's not pretend Shenmue wasn't in all the wishlists all these years. We're not agreeing to disagree. I stand on facts. I stand on numbers. The state of Shenmue before that conference was dead. But the conference is a starting point because of the announcement. It's not what revived it.
But we're going off-topic right now.
Not at all, hence the reasons I gave.
