Series director Yu Suzuki announced the Shenmue III Kickstarter campaign at the PlayStation E3 press conference in June 2015 with an initial goal of US$2 million.
The company released Shenmue II on the Dreamcast in Japan in 2000, and in North America in 2001.
Sega released the Shenmue I & II game collection in North America and Europe for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on August 21.
The campaign eventually ended with a final amount of US$6,333,295, a record-high amount at the time for Kickstarter campaigns for games.