^Shenmue HD would have gotten a new audience to donate to the Kickstarter, but as it is, the Kickstarter is really just aimed at the established fans and we are now a limited bunch to what we used to be, if the Kickstarter numbers are anything to go by (Shenmue 1 sold something like 1 million, right?)
Also, locking out Asian audiences is a weird move (no Japanese equivalent website for donations, for the fans in Japan who can't understand English to donate, no Chinese support for the game etc. Asia is a big region to cut out entirely like that...just gearing the Kickstarter and game itself towards North America and Europe is cool and all, but there are plenty of fans in Asia too)