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Originally Posted by Solace
Sony definitely is funding it. But Shenmue has a very troubled history, and the Kickstarter is probably being used to ensure enough interest (ie, consumer money) is there to make it worth it. You can't make a game with the scope of Shenmue with modern day tech with a 2 million dollar budget.
It's a questionable method, since Sony absolutely has the money to fund it, but they aren't the only company doing it recently (Bloodstained is a good example).
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Amplitude as well and that's a Sony property. They basically told Harmonix that they would allow them to use the property if they could fund the game themselves via Kickstarter.
I'm guessing that the major contribution by Sony in this was getting SEGA to let go of the rights to the game (along with some possible technical support by one of their studios). I did notice that the only Sega mentions were during the older games scenes and not in any material relating to the new one.