In all honesty i think no matter what Shenmue 3 ends up being you can be assured it will at least have the original scope of what Yu intended to follow on the Dreamcast after Shenmue II, so in light of that i don't see how any Shenmue fan can complain.
That's how i see it anyway,of course there are ALWAYS things to pick at and say could be better in ANY game ,all i want is for Yu to be able to deliver on his original vision and obviously modern platforms are going to be able to deliver a much more realistic and convincing experience than the platform Shenmue debut on.
I don't think the Dreamcast would of actually done the later Shenmue chapters justice.
On the topic of IV or V can someone refresh me on which chapters the now Shenmue III is suppose to cover,has this been confirmed at all?
You have to imagine the deal with Deep silver included talks of multiple sequels knowing III wasn't the conclusion,there must be internal sales targets that the publisher wants Yu to hit and if so then the rest should be green-lit.
Weather or not Yu goes the kickstarter route again is hard to predict,would deep silver or Sony want to fully fund the next projects if Shenmue III does well? Maybe Shenmue IV could be a launch title for the ps5 come 2020