Suddenly, the Internet exploded on itself. Once again. It happens every Tuesday and Thursday, more or less. In this case, the target of the outrage was Neil Druckmann, producer and co-director of ‘The last of us’, and also president of Naughty Dog, who recently said that the next thing they were preparing was going to redefine the world of video games as we know it. However, it seems that it was all a mistake by Sony.
Don’t druck, man
The creative has come forward to clarify that he has never been as arrogant (at least in public) as shown in the interview published by Sony, in which he claimed that the studio’s next game could “redefine perceptions of mainstream games”. Druckmann has tweeted from his own account, directly, “That’s not even close to what I said”.
“When editing my answers in my recent interview with Sony, some of my words, context, and intentions sadly got lost“, adding the complete response without cuts. The surprising thing is… that, indeed, Druckmann never said such a thing, something that the news writer (when not ChatGPT) completely made up.
This is a very unique summary of a response in which it explains that, after the success of the series ‘The Last of Us’ and the two video games of the saga, “people outside the world of video games are watching us, waiting to see what we will release next. I’m really looking forward to seeing the reaction to this thing we are creating“.
Obviously, Druckmann doesn’t want to throw Sony under the bus by pointing fingers and saying “But why are you making things up”, but his intention is quite clear: indeed, in the big company they thought it was a good idea to skip the literal statements and add their own phrases. And no. It’s not right to turn a creative’s nervousness about the reception of his new game into the egotism of someone who believes he alone can redesign the world of video games. No matter how you look at it, whether it’s Sony or anyone else.
