Usually racing games I've mastered to the point that I can think less about driving and more about whatever comes to mind while I play. Ridge Racer(s) 2, OutRun 2006, Wave Race 64...brainstormed a lot of op-ed videos and the like by doing that.

Never heard of it, so I'd say marketing (or lack thereof) is largely to blame.

*appear*

Nah, I think I'll keep doing it. The games I want to play aren't really getting shipped in remotely sufficient quantities, and I'm extremely anti-digital in most cases, so preordering is the only way to make sure I get a lot of the games I want.

Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward (PS4)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC (PC/PSP)
NHL 16 (PS4)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel (PS3/Vita)
FAST Racing Neo (Wii U)
Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 5 (PS4)
Yakuza 5 (PS3)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II (PS3/Vita)
Street Fighter V (PS4)
Fire Emblem Fates (3DS)
Genei Ibunroku #FE (Wii U)
Shenmue III (PS4)

@ojmstr: Yeah, I wasn't really trying to say that Yu Suzuki is the sole owner of the Shenmue brand (although Sega has been on a wave of handing their IPs over to their creators lately, as seen with Condemned and Toejam & Earl), just that Sega is so on board that they'll pretty much let him do whatever it is he wants to do.

Hell, at this point they might re-release the first two games of their own accord.

@ojmstr: Here you go.

http://kotaku.com/getting-the-rights-to-shenmue-was-easier-than-you-d-thi-1712037863

So they're definitely with the program.

@ojmstr: It was in the mess of articles surrounding Shenmue III immediately following its announcement. I'll see if I can track it down again a bit later.

@ojmstr: No, I mean the process was this simple.

YS: I want to make Shenmue III now that I have a way to make it happen.
Sega: Okay, cool.

You do know that Sega forked over the license to Yu Suzuki without any questions or conditions, right? This should not be an issue.

You have a better chance of funding Shenmue III over $5M and getting them added as a stretch goal.