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Oct 27, 2017
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Hello Everyone,


Today, Yu Suzuki & Deep Silver would like to give a message concerning the release date.


Shenmue III will now release on 19th November 2019.


[before] August 27, 2019

[new] November 19, 2019


Whilst almost ready, the game simply needs a little more refinement before being truly finished.


We feel that the extra time we have will help us deliver the true Shenmue experience players around the world deserve!


We thank you for your patience and understanding,


Yu Suzuki & Deep Silver
 

Komo

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Jan 3, 2019
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That's not a good date I feel even 2 weeks after Death Stranding is a bad place to release your game. Better then doing it in October which would again overshadow by CoD:MW releasing then.
 

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Here's the email.

Hello Everyone,


Today, Yu Suzuki & Deep Silver would like to give a message concerning the release date.


Shenmue III will now release on 19th November 2019.


[before] August 27, 2019

[new] November 19, 2019


Whilst almost ready, the game simply needs a little more refinement before being truly finished.


We feel that the extra time we have will help us deliver the true Shenmue experience players around the world deserve!


We thank you for your patience and understanding,


Yu Suzuki & Deep Silver
 

Rotobit

Editor at Nintendo Wire
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Oct 27, 2017
10,196
I expected any delay to be way longer, this basically suggests it's in the final stages, which is great. If they were gonna delay it again they wouldn't be so precise with the date.

Hopefully those extra few months of polish make it fantastic.
 

jacks81x

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Oct 25, 2017
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Not a good date for this game. It's going to get buried among all the big holiday releases. August was the perfect date for this game.
 

shadowman16

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Oct 25, 2017
31,782
Oh well, at this rate I guess I'll still have a Shenmue game to play in December. Good news for Control I guess, now I have no Shenmue to play, I'll be looking to pick that up again.
 
Oct 29, 2017
4,515
UK
Didn't even realise it was out in August. I feel like this game will disappoint no matter when it releases, so they may as well polish it as much as they can.
 

zombiejames

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Oct 25, 2017
11,912
After all these years, what's another two and a half months? Take all the time they need. Plus, gaming in the fall is way better than gaming in the ass-end of summer.
 

Son of Sparda

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Oct 25, 2017
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November doesn't seem like a good month for this game at all.

They should delay it to January 2020 imo.
 

Absolute

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Nov 6, 2017
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November for a game like this seems like sending it to die. Maybe should've pushed it to Feb.
 
Oct 25, 2017
16,738
No one who's interested in shenmue is going to be put off because it's releasing in November. A game like this you release when it's finished, not because you're afraid it'll be overshadowed by other games
 

Iwao

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Oct 25, 2017
11,775
Deep Silver giving it more time is a good sign it's in the right hands. They shouldn't rush it to meet the proposed deadline, like Sega did with the remaster.

Holy shit though. Death Stranding on November 8th and Shenmue III one and a half weeks later. What a month.
 

Dreamwriter

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Oct 27, 2017
7,461
Bloodstained got delayed two years, 4 months is nothing for a Kickstarter game. And now people can play Shenmue 1&2 Remastered over the summer to prepare.
 

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Oct 25, 2017
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Eh, we've waited this long - I'm okay with waiting a bit longer. Best of luck to the dev teams involved.
 

shinobi602

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Oct 24, 2017
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It's going to be in a tight spot in November vying for people's time between Death Stranding, Jedi Fallen Order and other things. August seemed like a good space for it.

That said, I've waited this long already. They can take all the time they need.
 

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Oct 25, 2017
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This game is dead in November. Of course I'll play it over everything else, but I can't say others will.
 

Kida

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Oct 27, 2017
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I want the game to be as good as possible but this is the worst possible time for me... I'm moving to Japan in November and my $500 tier is being shipped to the UK...