Just a few days ago Sony announced the existence of Ghost of Yotei, the long-awaited sequel to Ghost of Tsushima that will take us 300 years later to the era of Jin Sakai. Atsu will be the protagonist of this new journey, but there are those who are not at all happy with it. be a woman who monopolizes the attention.
And the reaction of a part of the community has been very negative, making constant criticism of Sucker Punch’s work for changing the genre of the main character. In addition, inquisitive eyes have also been directed towards Erika Ishii, the actress in charge of playing Atsu, due to her sexual condition and her ideology.
In the face of so much commotion, many users have also come forward to defend the interpreter and the artist himself. Ghost of Yoteibut few more authoritative voices exist like that of Shawn Layden. The former president of SIE Worldwide Studios (currently known as PlayStation Studios) wanted to express his opinion on what happened.
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1 It’s a game. An entertainment. A story created by a team of creators. They want to do it.
2 It’s a game. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it. In fact, why don’t you create the game you want yourself?
This is how Layden responded to a comment that questioned the possibility of a woman being the protagonist of the saga, clarifying the obvious. And it is that no one is obliged to pay their money to acquire the new PS5 project, so the simplest solution is to ignore what you don’t agree with.
We barely know Atsu’s past until now, but the PlayStation developer has offered some hints that it will build a new myth. We will see the result on a date to be determined on PS5.
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