In June, Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki announced that the previously announced PC version of Shenmue 3 was now going to be exclusive to the Epic Games Store. Some backers were upset about this news. Especially since when the PC version was announced, it was announced for Steam. However, it should be important to know that the Epic Games Store did not exist when Shenmue 3 was announced.Ys Net said it would "assess" the situation regarding the Epic Games Store exclusivity, and Epic Games announced that it would be handling the refund requests for anybody who requested it. But this is another example of blowback from certain groups of customers against the Epic Games Store.
Check out IGN’s Shenmue 3 preview and Shenmue 3 wiki for all the latest on Yu Suzuki’s long-awaited sequel. Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN. You can reach him on Twitter.