A fan complaining that Ghost Of Yōtei has a female protagonist has been told to take a hike by former PlayStation CEO Shawn Layden.
The big surprise at Sony’s State of Play this week was the announcement of a Ghost Of Tsushima sequel, called Ghost Of Yōtei, which is set to be released sometime in 2025.
Although it looks very good, based on the first trailer, one fan is upset that Ghost Of Yōtei’s protagonist is a woman, saying, ‘So sick of the forced girl boss narrative.’
This caught the attention of Shawn Layden, former CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment America, who very politely told the disgruntled troll to buzz off.
Self-proclaimed cynic, Endymion, said on Twitter, ‘Ghost of Tsushima sequel stars a Japanese woman samurai warrior because of course it does. They can’t help themselves until every franchise that was built on masculinity is replaced by women.
‘Ghost Of Yōtei is (hopefully) a smaller spin-off game, but if this is the true sequel and this is the new main character over Jin Sakai, f*** that. So sick of the forced girl boss narrative, man.’
A tweet highlighting the message, saying, ‘Man what an absolute loser,’ subsequently blew up on Twitter, with 55,000 likes, which seems to have brought the debate to Layden’s attention, who commented:
‘One, it’s a game. An entertainment. A story a team of creators believe in. They want to make this. Two, it’s a game. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it. In fact, why not make the game you want yourself?’
We can also add that it wouldn’t make any sense that Jin Sakai, who is the main playable character in Ghost Of Tsushima, is in the sequel, because it takes place over 300 years later.
The announcement of Ghost Of Yōtei, and its trailer, has been received very well by most people, with 200,000 likes and only 10,000 dislikes on YouTube.
It’s no surprise to see Layden give his opinion on the subject, as he’s very vocal on social media, about all things gaming – far more so then when he was still the boss of PlayStation America.
In the past, he’s criticised the trend of bigger publishers buying up smaller studios and warned about game preservation.
More recently, Layden also advised developers to make shorter games and not to focus too much on realistic graphics, to help with with sustainability in developing games in the future – which seems very sage advice.
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