Shenmue 3 might never be available in shops

After a month on Kickstarter, Shenmue 3 is close to earning $5.5 million from almost 70,000 backers. That's an amazing achievement for a game series which started in 1999 and had most of its impact on the long-dead Dreamcast console.

There have been many questions throughout the campaign, some of which have been answered and others left by the wayside but the latest news has to do with the physical release of the game. Right now you can pledge for a physical copy of Shenmue 3 on PC or PS4 by putting down $60 - and that might be the only way to see a physical release.

In a statement to vg247, campaign cretors Ys Net said that a physical disk might not happen: "Whether Shenmue 3 will be available for retail or not is currently unconfirmed." That could be taken as bad news for those who wanted to get a real copy to put on their shelves for all time.