Peter wrote: I would say a release of HD remakes post September 2017 would be the dumbest move ever on the part of Sega. At least a release a few months before the release of Shenmue 3 would lead to increasedsales of both HD remakes and also Shenmue 3 itself, which in turn, greatly increases the chance of Shenmue 4.
There's plenty if time for any rereleases to come.
I agree, it will be a good opportunity for a new generation to be introduced to Shenmue. However for timing it depends if SEGA do a Shenmue 1 & 2 Kiwami.. then that's a fair bit of development work. If SEGA announced Shenmue 1 & 2 Kiwami.. before Shenmue 3, then released them after Shenmue 3, I'd be OK with that.
For a standard HD remaster, if it's an renderer upscale to 1080p and aspect 16:9, this would be the minimal work required, but they could also rework all the textures to ensure the upscale doesn't look too muddy.