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[Negotiator101]

This is pure brilliance for gettin perspective, I can't actually think of something I care less about that this, whether he said it, whether its true or any of it.

I was outside a cafe an hour ago and I saw a dog sticking its head out of a driver's side window as the car passed by, I'm more concerned with whether the dog was driving the car or not. I think its very unlikely the dog was driving the care if I'm being honest, but I'm not invested in finding out than anything to do with what ND may or may not have said.

Here's a much much more interesting, if a little dated, controversy:



The video is very recent at the very least. Praise to the gravel-voiced big man, Ahoy

Amsterdam?

 

[semiconscious]

With the interview drawing scrutiny, Druckmann hopped on X to explain his "words, context, and intent" were "unfortunately lost" during the editing process. He then shared a screenshot of his "long rambling answer" to provide a clearer picture of what was actually said...

yep, that's our neil, alright. same technique he used in his last of us 2 script...

 

[Punished Miku]

I don't think you'd be able to cope with the level of vitrol he gets when you can't even cope on a forum lmao

I liked Hellblade 2 a lot. It's true.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Is this the overreaction to an overreaction thread?



Stupid Sony

Yeah, I just don’t get these stupid companies. I’m by no means a Neil defender, but his position was fine. Nothing crazy or controversial.

 

[FoxMcChief]

The obvious solution is to fire Neil and allocate his salary to fund the next Everybody's Golf.

Hey now! I love me some Hot Shots Golf!

 

[midnightAI]

Is this the overreaction to an overreaction thread?

You betcha it is

 

[FeralEcho]

"Cucks"

"Cucks Everywhere"

 

[Killjoy-NL]

So Sony is apologizing to themselves for inaccurately summarizing what they themselves said? Hopefully Sony will accept their apology.

Druckman isn't Sony though.

 

[Panajev2001a]

Arrogant Sony is back.

You are so hungry for this haha.

 

[poppabk]

You just know Neil asked tor this, and of course Sony bent the knee.

You also just know that he signed off on the original copy not expecting it to blow up.

 

[adamsapple]

You are so hungry for this haha.

Sony*

I'm not the one who fabricated interview quotes.

 

[Inuteu]

You just know Neil asked tor this, and of course Sony bent the knee.

kneel for Neil

 

[Kuranghi]

Amsterdam?

Glasgomsterdam

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

Good. Zionist filth

 

[GustavoLT]

Neil forces out another Sony employee.

Neil's list of victims:
1) Amy Henning
2) Justin Richmond
3) Bruce Straley
4) Evan Wells
5) Christoph Balestra
6) Random Sony blog writer

also on the list:
- Uncharted franchise
- The Last of Us Franchise

 

[ProtoByte]

Neil and Sony both need to understand that there's a contigent of people, apparently including professionals, who will flip out if he says the sky is blue.

 

[Fake]

Now fire Neil Cuckman.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

Neil must be powerful AF inside Sony it they're apologizing TO HIM for what HE SAID.

(I don't think there was anything remotely wrong with what he said)

"Notably, that screenshot indicates Sony didn't simply edit Druckmann's answers—but actually penned completely new statements that were attributed to him."

 

[Represent.]

You better apologize to him you cowards.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Looks like they ran his answers through ChatGPT and told it to summarize them lol

 

[Tomeru]

wtf? Nothing was controversial or misconstrued about what he said…?

Some snowflakes (might've) got hurt in the process. You know how it is.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Neil can take it, he's had worse.

 

[Arsic]

Was this before or after Neil sucked his own dick?

 

[Arachnid]

"Public push back has shown us that Neil is not, in fact, Kojima. We're sorry."

 

[Warablo]

Neil probably said those things, but didn't like the backlash.

 

[TGO]

Neil probably said those things, but didn't like the backlash.

This is the correct answer

 

[Danjin44]

 

[cireza]

This is beyond ridiculous.

 

[thefool]

He said a bunch of gibberish, they tried to make it sound eloquent.

 

[JaksGhost]

Neil probably said those things, but didn't like the backlash.

The transcript from the actual interview is different from what was published on their site. I, too, would ask for it to either be removed or at the very least put what I said verbatim. He already published what was actually said but I fear you guys wouldn’t take the time out to look at that because it doesn’t fit your idea of him. This site alone had 3-5 threads based on the same interview, splitting it up for clicks.

 

[Gp1]

Wtf... It was the first time that Neil Druckmann spoke some truths in a very long time lol

 

[blue velvet]

They need to bring back Emy Hennig. The last Naughty Dog game I truly enjoyed was the first Uncharted, one of the few games I platinumed. This guy yaps too much.

 

[rm082e]

I disagree. I think he meant it that people at large are now aware of how deep some games can be narratively and thanks to TV adaptations like Fallout and Last of Us, there is much more interest in what ND next game and potentially other games are going to do next. And he's excited for what those reactions will be. Not that their next game is going to redefine the perceptions. The redefining already happened with the TV adaptations.

Yeah, that was how I took it.

And I think that's a fair thing to say. I bought TLOU on Blu-ray and was watching it with my son. I had mentioned to my wife what it was, but she doesn't play games so she's out of touch. She walked through the room during the last scene with Max. After it was over my wife was like "Was that actually part of the game???" I had to explain how the game was like playing an HBO drama, so it was great source material for making the show. She was kind of shocked.

 

[iHaunter]

Even when Sony takes accountability for their mistakes, NeoGAF still wets their panties. Unreal.

 

[simpatico]

SONY CUCKS DRUCK

How is this not the headline and thread title?

 

[Hawking Radiation]

wtf? Nothing was controversial or misconstrued about what he said…?

Cuckman just breathing is controversial

Strange world we live in

 

[ZehDon]

In large corporations, when the comms team spins up an internal PR fluff piece about a high ranking executive, said executive is provided a full copy well in advance to allow them to make changes. This is part of every corporation's PR cycle, to allows for careful brand manicuring. What I see here is that Druckmann was initially happy with the article... until other game developers started laughing at it or attacking it on social media. I'd wager part of the reason Druckmann responded on social media by posting large sections of the text in full is that he was still pretty happy with it... until the push back didn't stop.

 

[gow3isben]

Cuckman annoys me as much as the next guy but this is such a non-issue come on

 

[Black_Stride]

wtf? Nothing was controversial or misconstrued about what he said…?

He misconstrued what he said so he needed to apologize to him and release an amended full response to his original response to the question he was asked.

 

[DaciaJC]

Neil forces out another Sony employee.

Neil's list of victims:
1) Amy Henning
2) Justin Richmond
3) Bruce Straley
4) Evan Wells
5) Christoph Balestra
6) Random Sony blog writer

 

[Fake]

Sony is smelling Cuckman farts again or something?

What a generation of snowflakes for Christ sake.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Removed? Someone better tell Sony about the Wayback machine.

Sony Group Portal - Neil Druckmann

This site introduces the "Creative Entertainment Vision," a long-term vision for where we want Sony to be in the future

web.archive.org

If anyone reads his interview, all he's really saying is what anyone at any big company would say.

Company tries to improve tools and resources to make great products at improved costs and efficiencies. No different than a bank or Bob's and Betty's Back Hills Bakery.

Leave it to video game people and fans to go apeshit pissed.

 

[Kumomeme]

lmao Sony is scared over Cuckman

 

[hyperbertha]

Neil probably said those things, but didn't like the backlash.

The entire statement he gave was provided. He did not make the comments about ai. Instead sony randomly inserted them as part of their ai agenda.

 

[sendit]

Did him saying AI will enhance development trigger people that much (including Sony)? He only stated the truth.

 

[ConkerTheSquirrel.]

Neil can take it, he's had worse.

LOL ew!

 

[ahtlas7]

 

[ToneyJ]

Sony is run by a bunch of pussies apparently.

 

[Business]

The whole thing would belong into on of these 90’s magazines for teenage girls.

 

[Hudo]