This thread is already turning into a shit-storm, but it's to be expected. It's just going to be people arguing about what they think will happen and I worry that facts and theories will get mixed up like they did in the PSX thread.
About a week ago in the PSX thread, I questioned Peter's statement that Shenmue 3 was pulled from E3 at the last minute because there was never any confirmation about it. Then I found out from Gio Corsi yesterday that they've never had any secret plans to show a PSX trailer and later pulled it. We were specifically talking about PSX, but based on how concrete of an answer I got about PSX I can infer that E3 was probably never planned either.
ShenSun wrote:Final Fantasy 7 wasn't even shown at PSX. Then again, if i was square, i wouldn't show that off as id want all the attention to stay on Final fantasy 15 for as long as possible. Likewise with sony, lets focus on the current spotlight of games and then move on to the next batch. The next batch presumably has Shenmue.
This was known in advance, and has been known for a few months. Sometime after the release of FF15 was pushed back, Square Enix specially said that they would not be showing FF7 at PSX because it was too close to the release of FF15 and they didn't want to cut into their marketing efforts for that.
ShenSun wrote:My prediction is still that Shenmue 3 will be revealed properly at E3 2017, along with an instant release of Shenmue HD a. It makes the most sense. From there on, continuous exposure until release.
We will see it revealed properly before E3, unless a delay is announced. You're forgetting about the backer demo. There's a good chance that we'll get to play Shenmue 3 in demo form before remakes of the first two are announced. I do agree that E3 is the next possible opportunity for those to get announced.