There's just not a big enough audience for it. It was groundbreaking in the day, every magazine hailed it as the best thing since sliced bread, and it still bombed. Shenmue 2, across two platforms, bombed.

Individually - selfishly - I desperately want SEGA to invest millions into making Shenmue 3 not only a fitting end to the trilogy, but as groundbreaking as it ever was (because if they made a game with the same old mechanics, it'd just feel tired and dated). It'd be a really bad move though.

I'm sorry but I disagree with every single point of this article. You shouldn't even give people reasons not to make this game, whether they're relevant or not. On the contrary, you should write about all the reasons why it should be made. Maybe my emotions are clouding my judgement, but damn ! I love this series soo much I could die for a sequel.

It raises some interesting points this.
I think part of the allure of this series IS the fact that it was never finished. That kind of tragedy has a certain emotional impact - and it does contribute to the mystery of the game, I don't care what anyone says.

I think he makes a valid point about how it would be made too. I almost feel it would need to developed in such a way that it would be consistent - in terms of game design and aesthetics as the first two.

Can you imagine the fallout of having to remake them from scratch for a new generation. Not only the cost, but how much fans would be up in arms because of changes to characters, voices, locations?! It would be a minefield!

Nothing would please me more than to see this finished. Maybe they should do an HD remake of the first two, to gauge how much interest there would really be in a third?

Exactly how you'd tackle that third game would be very difficult - not least because fans would be so hard to please. Myself being one of them!

YOU SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH! We must see this series end. I've been waiting for so long..

Only so much time in life so hopefully it gets finished before it’s too late

I think that’s the problem. Just give us a conclusion like we were hoping for with 3 instead of basically pulling a Shenmue 2 on us and leaving it all in limbo again,

No trilogy collection? All the years Sega knocked out Shenmue clone Yakuza, yet took years to release Shenmue 3 on PS4 only. Was made waiting all those years after Shenmue 2 on Dreamcast.

And they think it's a positive thing?
Potential new fans won't be interested in future sequels because they would need to know the story of all the previous games.
Old fans who were burnt by 3 (like me) won't be interested in the next ones. Especially if they are fillers like 3 is.

The truth is, Yu Suzuki threw away his golden oportunity of finishing the saga in a dignified way. Old fans were thirsty for its conclusion and they got good money on Kickstarter.
Now that they made 3 with some of the worst game design decisions in any modern game, and made the plot be a useless filler, a Kickstarter for 4 would probably fail badly, and the shameful sales of 3 won't convince any publisher to put good money on a sequel.

Only if Suzuki is behind it

Never say never, I really didn't expect to ever see Space Marine 2 and 12 years later its almost here.
So there is still hope for all these games.

I've completed 5 of the games on the list, but the author forgot to include Advent Rising. It was supposed to be a trilogy, but it bombed hard, and the two sequels never got made. It was Mass Effect, a console generation before Mass Effect.

The game is buggy and unpolished, it needed a few more months of development, but the potential was there. At the end of the game, you have all these super abilities, I remember the stomp attack that created a shockwave being especially powerful.

I personally think days gone will recieve some sort of sequel at some point. I'm personally also hoping it's not the rumored multiplayer online stuff. I'd think most that enjoyed it would rather thisnto.

Sony needs to dust off Sly Cooper and Days Gone so needs a sequel two of my favorite Sony titles. Bulletstorm I love great game wish it also got a sequel. And I wish Namco would finally give Enslaved a sequel another great game.