Recent content by Valascaziel

There's been too long of a wait period in between games. Even if Shenmue IV were announced tomorrow, it'd take a while to develop it. You're looking at another 10 year gap between III and IV. IV absolutely must close the series; the only counter to that would be if IV and V could be developed...

Shenmue is just a series that is and always will be niche. It doesn't appeal to a lot of people and there isn't really an audience in this newer gaming world that it would take hold of. Shenmue IV won't be some big-budget comeback. I do believe that Sega sees the series as important now, but...

You often ask this question across the forums to a myriad of individuals. A decade is 10 years, which is quite a long time to wait for an entry in this franchise. Shenmue III(or more accurately, it's possibility to exist based on funding) was revealed in June 2015, approximately 10 years ago...

The downside to those theories is Grand Theft Auto is an anomaly in the gaming industry. It is a seismic event, unequaled by anything else arguably in the entire entertainment industry, beyond even Marvel or Star Wars or anything else. Games themselves *right now* are just now starting to...

I'm not "knowledgeable" in the sense that I have insider knowledge. It's really hard to say what the PS6 will do. Both the PS Portal and the PS5 Pro were litmus tests to see how certain things will work in their future designs. The PS Portal was designed to see how receptive people would be...

It didn't leave it for a myriad of factors. One of the primary reasons is COVID upended a lot of development time. In addition, the resultant economic downturn and shortages of hardware caused many games to continue being cross platform. There was no way to generate enough revenue to sustain...

Only rumors right now, but some have said 2027 or 2028. It feels like the PS5 has barely been out, but it's worth noting that cross-gen will remain a thing just as it has for PS4/PS5. It is fairly known that the PS6 will have a handheld version(everyone wants in on Switch or Steam Deck it...

Well, one would think that anyone who dabbles close to the Shenmue franchise and community would've learned a lesson from whar 110i got themselves into, but perhaps not so much.. Having the series return to Xbox and Nintendo Switch will be a small positive, but we shall see. We're still going...

https://www.eurogamer.net/doom-the-dark-ages-ps5-physical-release-reportedly-has-just-85mb-on-disc-and-xbox-version-isnt-much-bigger On another somber note, we're now past the not-E3 with State of Play, Microsoft and SGF all complete and nothing for Shenmue fans. We now look to Gamescom and...

Agreed. In a nutshell, the recent transition of Xbox has to do with they spent $80 billion but quickly realized there was no return on investment unless they became software primarily. Game Pass is great value, but even that doesn't come without costs. Games are expensive to make and Game Pass...

Xbox has declined significantly and it's reasonably clear they have an entirely different approach going forward, but there will always be a segment of folks for their hardware or ecosystem. As it stands at the moment, they made far too many mistakes over the years. Right now, PS5s can be had...

Ehh, that's a fine assessment. However, in the past, Sega usually just has..ignored Shenmue.

The video game industry is in a really bad spot right now due to extraordinarily bad economic conditions and poor decision making. Take a look at Clair Obscur--over 1 million copies sold for a fledgling studios first outing as an old-school turn-based RPG. It is clear the audience is desperate...

Disney tried to do too much with Star Wars and oversaturated what once was a more rare experience. The only thing that's been done, to my knowledge, which has been good and faithful to the series was EA's Fallen Order game series. Something about showing just how powerful Vader was is...