Shenmue 3 will not work on current generation of consoles

The first time i saw shenmue was on a tape called “what is Shenmue” that was after i bought a Japanese dreamcast with sonic adventure, then i started to follow Shenmue news to know exactly when it will be released. At long last, Sega announced the Japanese release of the game, and i imported the game immediately to play what i considered to be the most anticipated game ever for me at that time.

After finishing the game multiple times without understanding the full story of the game (as i mentioned before i played the JP version) i started to look forward to the US version to experience the game in it is full potential. Although the voice acting in the US version was bad, i enjoyed the game more because of my understanding of the story.

I know that shenmue have a lot of annoyances and criticism like the drought of free battles, and the lack of fast forwarding time in the game , though the game was unique and epic at that time . So i started to anticipate the sequel to see what can Yu Suzuki (the creator of shenmue ) do to improve the game.

Sega announced that they will halt the production of the Dreamcast, and Shenmue 2 will be released in japan and Europe, while the US version will be released exclusively on Microsoft new console at that time Xbox. Shenmue 1 sold over one million on the Dreamcast while the sequel was not as successful as the first one.

So you may ask your self why am telling you a history lesson about Shenmue and Sega? How Shenmue 3 will not work on current generation of consoles? continue reading to find your answers.

The first reason is the development cost of Shenmue was 70 million dollars as it was mentioned by yu suzuki, and if he want to make the game on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 or the Wii it will cost more than that, and it will be a very risky decision for Sega.

The second reason is the poor sales of the sequel on Xbox, which is a big sign it will not do well regarding sales if Sega considered releasing part 3 on current generation of consoles.

The third and final reason is new generation of gamers will not play Shenmue 3, why? because they haven’t played the prequels and the only audience that will play part 3 is Sega fanatics who bought the Dreamcast.

So these are my reasons why Shenmue 3 will not work on current generation of consoles, but i have more questions for you folks to discuss, will you buy Shenmue 3 if Sega considered releasing it on Dreamcast with the same engine? or how about releasing shenmue and it is sequel on Xbox live or Psn to revive the franchise before Sega and Yu Suzuki considering making part 3?

Update : Sorry for some grammatical errors, the article has been corrected.

Thanks, VG