I have discovered this years ago and I briefly mentioned it on the old Dojo, where it didn't quite get a lot of attention.
As I was thinking about Shenmue I & II recently, this came back to me and I think that it is of even more interest now.
I made a whole blog post about this and I'd be glad if you check that out. I haven't been posting on there for something like 10 weeks and it might take this long again for something to surface there, so I'm taking this chance to only promote it here and not in some dedicated topic again.
http://bluemue.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-unknown-product-placement.html
In case you just want a quick read here, I'll briefly sum up the situation.
In Shenmue there is a texture for a bottle that unmistakeably has the brand logo of Glenfiddich whiskey on it.
This is not a brand that was featured officially and it seems that no one ever took note of this. It is a very obscure little detail but still, if the wrong person had noticed this, who knows what stupid actions they would've taken. I hope this won't ever be the case and somehow hurt Shenmue and that is where I & II comes into play. With the increased resolution it will be much easier to spot this. And with the newly edited assets to get rid of the original licenses and other small changes that apparently happened here and there, I really wonder if someone at Sega or d3t noticed this and it was also something that had to be changed.
As I was thinking about Shenmue I & II recently, this came back to me and I think that it is of even more interest now.
I made a whole blog post about this and I'd be glad if you check that out. I haven't been posting on there for something like 10 weeks and it might take this long again for something to surface there, so I'm taking this chance to only promote it here and not in some dedicated topic again.
http://bluemue.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-unknown-product-placement.html
In case you just want a quick read here, I'll briefly sum up the situation.
In Shenmue there is a texture for a bottle that unmistakeably has the brand logo of Glenfiddich whiskey on it.