Shenmue 3 was shown briefly during the PC Gaming Show. However, who knows how much of that they have already spent on game development and marketing. With almost $6.5 million so far pledged to the game’s Kickstarter, you would think YS Games and Deep Silver would have more than enough to send back, though. The company may not be legally required to offer anything to make up for their decision, as funds received are simply donations to help finish projects (which are unobligated to release with the exact specifications that they were initially given). It’s hard to say if this backlash will convince the studio to offer refunds to those who have supported the project. This has aggravated backers (as you can see in the comment section of the Kickstarter page), who see this as YS Games going back on their initial promise to release Shenmue 3 on Steam. However, in conversation with Deep Silver and Epic Games, YS decided to pull it from the Steam platform in favor of the Epic Games Store. Homer took a screenshot (which you can see below) of the e-mail saying that the YS Games initially planned to release the game on Steam. Kickstarter user Homer, and several others on forums like neoGAF, have received e-mails back from YS Games denying their request for a refund. This has left gamers who have chosen Steam as their preferred PC client high-and-dry, and several have reached out to YS Games (developer on Shenmue 3) hoping for a refund, but it appears that they will not be issuing any. Update: Many of Shenmue 3‘s Kickstarter backers were upset about the news that the PC version of the game would only be released via the Epic Games Store.
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