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Sony Wants To Bring Shenmue To PlayStation

NowGamer: Sony's Adam Boyes has explained that the company is working on getting fans the games they want on PlayStation platforms and that includes the likes of Shenmue and Yakuza.

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xReDeMpTiOnx3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

Omfg do it and you will make millions of grown men cry including myself.

Do it SONY and you have my blessing

Now excuse me while I change my drawers

TimmyShire3829d ago

Can you imagine?! Shenmue as exclusive to PS4. Console war WON! :)

xReDeMpTiOnx3829d ago

That game is one of my all time favs. Was way ahead of its time.

And yes if sony could secure shenmue as an exclusive that would be a huge huge deal.

Hatsune-Miku3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

While others work on gimmicks and tv features as focal points of their gaming consoles, sony is focused on bringing video games to the playstation with gimmicks and features being secondary to games.

some silly people think ps move, ps eye, eyetoy, ps home are failures without seeing the genius in what sony does. They have just enough support for the niche market thats into them l

Ezz20133829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

" they want on PlayStation platforms and that includes the likes of Shenmue""

@_@
*faints*

abzdine3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

any of you guys remembers this?
http://gematsu.com/wp-conte...

there is chance that could happen. The question is "when"

Game-ur3829d ago

Everyone slow down, Adam is talking about localisation, Shenmo would need to be developed, this is not part of the 3rd party productions job.

karl3829d ago

Hey guys.. im 26 but i havent heard of shenmue. Was that a ps2 game?

FriedGoat3829d ago

@Karl

Originally a Dreamcast exclusive, then it came to ps2 when Sega left the console business.

kparks3829d ago

Sony we want a legend of dragoons game please!

mabreu3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

@Karl

Shenmue is one of those games that appear on many "Greatest Video Games of All Time" list. There is a good reason why. This game was way ahead of its time. Many of today's games are greatly influenced by it's design and development. The game developer, Yu Suzuki is a legend, a true "forward-thinker" that is greatly needed in the industry.

Retroman3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

I do believe the console war HAS!!!! been won (ps4) without Shenmue help but that would be icing on top.

Magicite3829d ago

I dont care how many features and apps PS4 has or lacks, but if they bring tons of great exclusives, then only thing my PS4 will, is play games, games and more games and ONLY that!

DonMingos3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

I hope this is true! And i'm still hoping for the Yakuza Kenzan localization.. That is the best Samurai game ever

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Docknoss3829d ago

Gonna need something after the horrible reviews of knack and killzone. Kz only has a metacritic of 70 percent after 13 reviews.

solid_snake36563829d ago

Shenmue had revolutionary graphics for that time period. Just imagine how it would look as a PS4 exclusive.

darthv723829d ago

A shenmue 3 has long been in the rumor mill but since sega started producing yakuza, shenmue was put on the back burner.

I still have the original for DC and Shenmue 2 for xbox. to have a Shenmue 3 on PS4 (or XB1) would be much appreciated.

At least sony is listening so why not Sega?

NarooN3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

@karl

Shenmue was originally a Dreamcast-exclusive (which itself began as a game for the Sega Saturn) which then got a sequel that was released on the Dreamcast and Xbox later on. Since then, fans have been waiting AGES for a resolution to the cliffhanger which slapped everyone in the face at the end of Shenmue 2.

Sadly, the series -- despite having massive developmental budgets at the time -- failed to recoup costs with sales, and Sega corporate decided to ice the series indefinitely after Shenmue 2. The games got critical acclaim, and despite having a cult following, didn't perform well in sales regardless of region.

Sega tried one last time to gain more sales by bringing Shenmue 2 to the Xbox in 2002, but the game once again sold poorly. The fact that the Dreamcast itself died a year earlier didn't help anything. The games were both truly just ahead of their time. Dreamcast adopters couldn't wrap their heads around the games' ambitious gameplay designs and massive scope, and the lack of success of the first game meant the second game had no hype via marketing or word-of-mouth when it launched, dooming the sequel to failure.

There have been several spin-off games for mobile devices and even an ill-fated MMO for the game released over the years, but not true sequel to Shenmue 2 yet.

Belking3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

Yep, just like agent and last guardian. people are still just imagining those.

Haki11123829d ago

I would admit I have Shenmue 1 and 2 for DC and 2 for xbox Would be under Sony wing forever if this was to happen

JasonKCK3829d ago

@karl Shenmue comes from the Sega Xbox days.

JasonKCK3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

For the person who hit disagree and the others to come. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... (SEGA/XBOX) Those are the only consoles the series has been on. Anyway I hope to see this game on ALL systems because it's a great series.

MadMax3829d ago

Oh man, that might be the best thing to happen to gaming in a long time!!!!

DigitalRaptor3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

@ Belking.

Awww, you sound pretty insecure about that happening. The amount of butthurt from Xbox fans if this became a PS4 exclusive would be unprecedented. God knows, if Shenmue III was an Xbone exclusive, I would be sooo damn butthurt myself, it's not even funny. So let's not pretend.

The Last Guardian is still in production, they wouldn't keep sinking money into a project that was never going to come out. It's a PS4 game. Agent is the only one that is probably on the back burner indefinitely, and will probably end up being multiplatform, unless that Sony-Rockstar deal ends up coming to fruition.

@JasonKCK

No, Shenmue is native Dreamcast glory. I think the Xbox version of Shenmue II was slightly enhanced graphically and you could take save screenshots using the in-game camera, but since it didn't have the Japanese voice acting, and you couldn't transfer your save data from the first game, it wasn't the best version by any stretch of the imagination.

blackbeld3829d ago

Yes!!!

Finally get my hands on Shenmue. I have waited so long... My dream finally comes true.

Thank you Sony, many many thanks.

ChrisW3829d ago

@TimmyShire,

Except Shenmue II was co-published by Microsoft Game Studios...

Tito083829d ago

@FriedGoat- Shenmue never released on PS2, Dreamcast got both games, while XBox got only Shenmue 2, if Shenmue was ever on PS2, then I wouldn't have bought an O.G. Xbox.

HammerKong3829d ago

what the hack is shenmue and yakuza ,i've never herd of it but will play it if good ,but saying that sony will win the war ,thats an tounge of a fanboy and i'am no fan boy and is getting both new games .

shadowsatey3829d ago

I literally have to Google what Shenmue is...brb.

And...it looks like a Japanese fighting game...on Dreamcast?

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nosferatuzodd3829d ago

shit i just jiz in my pants I'm a big shenmue fan i play that game on deamcast for ever until someone stole my game Sony if you do this you can bury me with a ps4 I'm a PS, Sega and Nintendo fan

Sci0n3829d ago

I remember learning a new move then going to the dojo to practice it on fukson. I also remember going to the bar to play super hang on on the arcade machine. I also remember going to work as a forklft driver.

feedurhabit3829d ago

Fuku-san was awesome, he was like a Japanese Milhouse

JoGam3829d ago

Awesome comment. Bubbles.

McScroggz3829d ago

HEY...grown women will cry too :D

DaGR8JIBRALTAR3829d ago

lol.....I don't know about crying but plenty people wil be happy campers!

SegaGamer3829d ago

@FriedGoat

Shenmue never came to the PS2, when the Dreamcast died Shenmue 2 came to the Xbox.

HugoDrax3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

Thank You! I was going to say that. I still own and finished Shenmue 1 for my Dreamcast, and I finished Shenmue 2 for my original xbox. When I read it came to PS2 my initial thought was...

"maybe in Japan"

Anyhow, someone better release a 3rd entry or I won't be satisfied. All that training, and still no Lan Di :-(

GirlOnFire3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

Omfg is lightly putting it! I WANT SHENMUE!! PLEASE PLEASE! Sony bring it on please I'll love you forever! ^~^
"Wanna try lucky hit?" \(^~^)

Sci0n3829d ago

Shenmue!!!!! Sony please do it!!! make it happen!

ChrisW3829d ago

They'll have to pay a ton of money to MS since Microsoft Game Studios co-owns the publication rights to the franchise.

MisfitsInc3829d ago

not this grown man......get back in there rogue tear

ForgivenZombie3829d ago

I feel the tears starting to form, I would buy 10 copies for friends and family. I have waited for this for a long, long time, please be true.

Android3829d ago

I wouldn't cry I would simply die!! I think the nostalgic experience would possibly cause many fans of the series to suffer a synchronised heart attack. This world is simply too cruel to make such dreams happen....:( I wish they release this game one day so I can die an honourable death...

gigoran3829d ago

You all do know how to read, right? Did he at any point say the number "3"? Just Shenmue.

BoriboyShoGUN3829d ago

as long as were ordering games like pizzas remake the "legacy of Kain" series!

newflesh3829d ago

Am I dreaming?? Please somebody bite me... This can't be true... OMFG... Because if true, this'll be the greatest day on earth! xD

oof463829d ago

Then every single fan has to buy it. Too many times people pine for these niche games and they sell horribly.

I loved the first Shenmue on Dreamcast...even though I hated that my character shut down at 11:30 pm.

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TimmyShire3829d ago

I love Shenmue, but I expect if this does happen it'd just be a HD remake of the first one. Which'd be cool, but not as cool as Shenmue 3.

Ratty3829d ago

Or an HD remake of the first two along with promises of a sequel if sales are good.

Amigaengine3829d ago

bubbles !

A HD remake would be fantastic and if it could generate a million or more in sales maybe Sega would go forward with 3

LeonhartX3829d ago

Wow that would be a megaton announcement!!

e-p-ayeaH3829d ago

Yoshida also talked TLoD a while back these guys know what truly gamers want!

LeonhartX3829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

yeah i screamed like little girl when i heard about lod rumors :D :D

Arcanine3829d ago

I never played it and I always hear people talking about this game on n4g. But here is some great news for those people and I hope it comes true.

KrisButtar3829d ago

Same here, I never heard of those 2 titles before joining n4g but most on here seem to think its the 2nd coming of christ.

Arcanine3829d ago

That was funny! As hell

Hicken3829d ago

Even though I wasn't that big into gaming at the time, even I knew what a big deal Shenmue was.

No offense, but if you hadn't heard of it until almost a year ago, I have to question how long you've been gaming.

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Diablo IV is Available on PlayStation Cloud Gaming - Beats Xbox to the Punch

Diablo IV is now available to play via PlayStation Cloud Gaming! Still not available to Play on Xbox Cloud Gaming.

We ran our script again and found 15 other PS5 games (a lot of popular ones!) that got PS5 Cloud Gaming support within the last month as well.

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Hugodastrevas2d ago

Not for me, I'm 100% physical media all of the time.

jwillj2k42d ago

I hate that I have to keep calling this out, but your physical disks mean nothing if the game code attempts to connect to a server prior to playing.

Hugodastrevas2d ago

And that happens when? I'm playing completely offline here, stellar Blade to be more precise.
I'm sorry but I've never run into that imaginary problem you're talking about, I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it has never happened to me.

jwillj2k42d ago

You not running into the problem yet has no bearing on my argument. You’re acting like the medium is the shield for you being able to always play your games when it effectively is not. The game code itself can try to connect to a server or the console you’re playing on may receive an update that requires that game to connect to a server. Just because you haven’t ran into it doesn’t mean anything lol you don’t own your games no matter how you try.

Hugodastrevas2d ago

So I have never run into the problem you're talking about and your answer is an hypothetical? Look I can play any game of my library offline right now without issue.
That issue is in your mouth and alone.

Crows902d ago

Actually...there's an easy way...don't connect. If it doesn't require a connection and you don't connect...the code can't update...obviously....confused why you don't get what he's saying.

outsider16242d ago

Hold on..lets say i dnt have an online connection, can i atleast play the game offline though. Was thinking of getting this

jwillj2k41d 19h ago

None of you use your brains.

OK, let’s explore this playing offline. not talking about Diablo specifically just gaming in general.

Are you going to buy two PlayStations? One offline one online? If not, moment you want to play something that requires a connection you’re cooked.

Does game experience you love so much stay the same offline?

Is the game even playable offline?

The whole point of my argument is that we don’t hold the keys anymore. The gatekeepers are the developers and console makers regardless of whether it’s digital or physical. You altering your play style for a lesser experience is not a workaround, it doesn’t solve the overall problem.

None of this matters since the move to the cloud is inevitable.

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spicelicka2d ago

So you have to buy the game and can only stream to the PS5 devices using PS plus premium? What is the point of that. Much more useful when you can stream to other devices.

MrNinosan2d ago

Works great on my Portal while at work 👍

spicelicka2d ago

That's streaming off your PS5, not from the cloud. This is specifically referring to cloud gaming.

CrimsonWing692d ago

Can’t you, uh, do this on your phone?

Tacoboto2d ago

Sony doesn't yet have a web or app-based solution to stream games off their cloud service, the closest you may be able to get would be Remote Play if they allow cloud streaming during a Remote session.

And yes this applies to the Portal too.

Einhander19721d 13h ago (Edited 1d 13h ago )

Tacoboto

Please stop talking about PlayStation Streaming, you don't know what you're talking about.

I just explained this to you the other day where you were telling people that remote play was their only cloud solution, because apparently you didn't understand how PlayStation Premium works even though PS Now was a thing since shortly after the launch PS4..

You can stream to PC and Mac, and they had mobile clients for it in the past but probably for the same reason Microsoft is fighting Apple and Google PS Now wasn't allowed on App stores. Which is why it's not on iPhone and Android still.

And to be honest, I am glad they are trying to keep it on the console, all their moves away from the console seem like a step in the wrong direction, which isn't working so great for Microsoft...

anast2d ago

Blizzard is shoving this game everywhere. Diablo 4 is going to take an even bigger hit soon. Path of exile 2 is coming out and it looks insane.

Crows902d ago

Well they're about to release the next season...I think that might be way they're pushing the game again.

anast1d 11h ago

I mean I get what you are saying, but D4 isn't doing that well either.

UnbreakableAlex2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I completed it on gamepass. Thanks God I dint pay it full price. It plays like a lazy mobile game. I am not a pro diablo gamer (Diablo 1 was the only one I completed) but D4 has no atmosphere, no creepy feeling and soundtrack like the first one and its so easy, I managed to not buy any weapon and had 4 Million Credits on level 55. I always used the same 4 attacks from the beginning and died maybe 10-15 times. It's so easy, wtf. I remember D1 to be pretty hard.
WTF happened? Is Diablo 3 also that bad?

jwillj2k42d ago

Diablo 3 was my first Diablo game. I had to use the mailbox cheats to keep it interesting.

Crows902d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Diablo 3 was really hard at launch....then they made it easy.

They love scaling difficulty though.

anast1d 11h ago

D2 is the pinnacle. I still fire it up from time to time.

GrmpyolGamer 1d 22h ago

Considering that the PS cloud steaming is garbage compared to XCloud and is limited to certain devices this isn't something to brag about. Wake me up when Diablo is on PS plus

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PlayStation Doesn't Need a Dedicated PC Store Launcher

With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?

thorstein18d ago

No, and they already solved any need with the overlay that's coming.

Vits18d ago

Unless they are trying to kill their recently created PC business, I would advise against opening a dedicated PC store. It's an extremely hard endeavor, and people, in general, are very comfortable with Steam. Even Epic, with their billions of dollars invested, is still struggling to find a foothold, and they have Fortnite.

just_looken16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

Money is one thing security is another but again millions have 0 knowledge past 2020.

Epic store for years struggled with a shopping cart/account theft/credit card theft

Rockstar launcher/store to this day over 5 years later still has horrific user interface security flaws lost account's and stolen CC

Then you got that activision need phone number oh we lost it launcher

The crown jewel is the ea launcher/store ea app 3 yrs old still has hundreds of threads were people lost games/accounts/game access or just straight up crashes.

Edit" Oh ubi launcher were you buy a game that may or may not be there again or work and the launcher 5yrs old still has no 4K support if you launch it on a 4k screen there is a high chance it will just crash.

ocelot0717d ago

Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming.

It's just a known fact. The PC gaming community prefer Steam and Steam alone. They don't like different launchers. I personally don't mind them. But majority just stick with steam. Hence why EA and Ubisoft went back to on releasing on steam and why Microsoft release games on steam as people hated buying from the windows store.

The only other launchers that I imagine are doing ok is GOG due to being drm free and epic games due to the free games every week. Sony shouldn't release any sort of pc launcher n

Nitrowolf217d ago (Edited 17d ago )

It literally says in the OP that PC gamers don't like multiple launchers lol. It even mentions Steam being the go to for gamers

Tacoboto17d ago

Title: "PlayStation Doesn't Need a Dedicated PC Store Launcher"

N4G: "Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming"

When you don't even read the headline...

ocelot0717d ago

I read it and had a brain fart. As read the title then this "With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?"

So I hold my hands up on that mistake. Rest of my comment still stands.

Giblet_Head16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

Steam and GOG are highly preferred because of the rich feature set. Ubisoft, Rockstar, EA, Epic etc have all set a precedent over the years for customers to instinctively expect individual publisher launchers to be so extremely half-assed that the majority simply don't want to bother dealing with what is almost an inevitable disappointment by comparison to Steam or GOG. Those publishers and their inaction or general disinterest to improve have effectively ruined any future adoption to be taken seriously.

Einhander197217d ago (Edited 17d ago )

This is just another ridiculous double standard article.

It's like how Microsoft can spend 20 years of making nothing but gaas and live service style games to sell microtransactions, dlc and subscriptions and get praise for doing it, but if Sony wants to make a single game like that every website under the sun is writing articles saying how Sony is anti-consumer or whatever.

derek17d ago

Yep, huge double standard look at the tortured reaction to the ps5pro, websites hyperventilating like Sony is forcing people to buy it.

just_looken16d ago

Wait my xbox from 2004 has avengers gaas on it? wow your so smart

m$ Gaas started with the other companies like sony

Gamepass yes they are deep into that but its still a huge money saver sense you do not own your games then get a service like that.

Now there pc xbox launcher that is trash for years now

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Is Driver (PS1) Still Worth Playing in 2024?

"Driver was a technical achievement for PS1, a pioneer in cinematic gaming, and an often brutal challenge - TechStomper asks if its brand of 70s car chase antics still holds up."

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PrimeVinister25d ago

The driving holds up, most of everything else does not.

PrimeVinister25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

@Shane Kim

Well, I mean the driving physics hold up. The draw distance, police AI, visuals in general etc do not

Cacabunga25d ago

One of my all time favorites on PS1. I spent a summer vacation playing this was so good

isarai25d ago

Sadly youd be hard pressed to find any driving game with better physics these days. But the draw distance really kills it for me

PrimeVinister25d ago

The physics hold up ridiculously well. And the draw distance is a real hurdle at first.

__y2jb25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

Nonsense. The physics in any modern game or any 360 game is light years beyond Driver.

Dandizzle25d ago

This game is hard, you will fail and quit

PrimeVinister25d ago

But you will get there eventually... maybe

MatrixxGT25d ago

All in the first two minutes.

jznrpg25d ago

Stop with is it worth it articles. If you want to play a game play the damn game!

anast25d ago

I loved this game awhile back.

Barlos24d ago

Yeah but is it worth reading pointless articles?

__y2jb25d ago

It wasn’t worth playing in the 90’s.

Espangerish25d ago

My thoughts exactly. I bought it at release for full price and got frustrated and bored with it very quickly.

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