Unfortunately it is a kickstarter, but I heard that this is basically a test for publishers to see if the market is responding to this idea so they can back the rest. A game like this is way more expensive than 2M
It’s kind of crazy this thing is already over $2,000,000 in less than 24 hours.
I don’t really like the Kickstarter thing because I think it’s going to further skew people’s ideas of what it actually costs to make a game like this.
That being said, I’ve never played Shenmue, and I’ve been meaning to for quite some time. I have a Dreamcast and a copy of Shenmue sitting on my desk, so I don’t really have any excuses not to play it.