I WAS RIGHT! Jin Sakai is officially returning in Ghost of Yōtei: Most Wanted. After leaving the beloved Ghost of Tsushima protagonist behind for Atsu, Sucker Punch is reaching back for the character fans have been asking for all along. I'm breaking down Jin's return, the major leadership changes at Sucker Punch following Yōtei's launch, and why I think bringing Jin back now looks like desperation mode. When you need to get Ghost fans excited again, apparently there's one man you call: JIN SAKAI. Sources: - https://blog.playstation.com/2026/09/03/jin-sakai-returns-in-ghost-of-yotei-most-wanted/ - https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2095499564409045153 - https://x.com/TheDezembro/status/2095509480137978359 - https://x.com/Grummz/status/2095506285798277185 - https://www.reddit.com/r/PS5/comments/1po78tk/sucker_punch_productions_cofounder_brian_fleming/ - https://x.com/JayViperTV/status/2095506135407022590 - https://x.com/BASEDPLAYER0/status/2091701874445385932

Sony's latest State of Play was apparently so rough that even Wario64 stopped watching before it was over! That's funny, but the reaction from PlayStation fans tells a much bigger story. The chat was filled with frustrated viewers, “NO DISC NO BUY” messages and demands for Destiny 3. Between Sony's digital strategy, dissatisfaction with its current direction and growing frustration from its own customers, I think PlayStation is on a collision course w/disaster. State of Play may have been another warning sign. Sources: - https://x.com/Grummz/status/2095527632637231131 - https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2095498065733964027 - https://x.com/Wario64/status/2095523876465971487 - https://x.com/Mlickles/status/2095539255548543010 - https://x.com/EndymionYT/status/2095651356816400721 - https://x.com/8biteric/status/2095634440449867840 - https://x.com/Levonaxper/status/2095580037793657319 - https://x.com/PigeonGoGaming/status/2095510799384973691 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcTYz_mJpkU

Thomas Mahler just launched VideoGamesCritic, a new game review aggregator with a VERY interesting twist: players control at least two-thirds of every game's score, scores evolve over time, and the REVIEWERS themselves receive trust scores based on how closely their reviews align with player sentiment. What happens when somebody starts keeping score on THEM? Sources: - https://x.com/thomasmahler/status/2095125044577829134 - https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2095302000263213358 - https://videogamescritic.com/ - https://videogamescritic.com/methodology - https://x.com/thomasmahler/status/2095293137191076215 - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2095245124922171677 - https://x.com/Kotaku/status/2095202925828026826 - https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/1g0f25q/thomas_mahler_director_of_ori_1_and_2_has_taken/#lightbox - https://bsky.app/profile/alyssamerc.bsky.social/post/3mukcuyuhxs2x - https://x.com/PaulTassi/status/2095150233541816830 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9RN7EROyy0

ALONG CAME MARATHON. Sony took a massive gamble on Bungie's extraction shooter, and 19 days before Season 3, the numbers aren't getting any prettier. Marathon hit just 3,208 concurrent Steam players Wednesday, down 96.37% from its March peak, while Destiny 2 has now beaten it for 89 consecutive days. In June, Sony put Marathon on State of Play and pushed a free week. Now its biggest potential comeback update is approaching and the marketing has gone strangely quiet. Maybe Sony finally ran the numbers... Sources: - https://steamdb.info/app/3065800/charts/#1w - https://flopathon.cc/game/marathon - https://flopathon.cc/game/destiny-2 - https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2023756378255286480 - https://x.com/PolishTamales/status/2095518046937022643 - https://x.com/PolishTamales/status/2095573904878338151 - https://x.com/MarathonTheGame/status/2095573858354885046 - https://x.com/PaulTassi/status/2095524344910766558 - https://x.com/PolishTamales/status/2095481949527949724 Thumbnail by @NobodyHasSpoken

PlayStation has introduced a new customer harassment policy allowing Sony to stop responding to customers it determines are engaging in abusive behavior. Some of it is completely reasonable, but language covering things like “repeated or excessive demands” and “unreasonable requests” raises some interesting questions. And the timing? Sony is simultaneously facing backlash over the push toward an increasingly digital future... Sources: - https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2094749468763513337 - https://x.com/TheVaibhavShrma/status/2094751123286773810 - https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2094756036829745387 - https://x.com/RinoTheBouncer/status/2094865171353346057 - https://x.com/RinoTheBouncer/status/2094765153497612558 - https://x.com/notsurerightnah/status/2094754301667131635 - https://tech.yahoo.com/gaming/articles/sony-sue-customers-harass-staff-173813038.html - https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoBestFriendsPlay/comments/1je3450/ubisoft_reportedly_creates_antiharassment_plan/

SteamDB has officially been acquired by Nexus Mods, and PC gamers are already VERY concerned. SteamDB has become one of the most valuable independent resources for player counts, price histories, updates and other Steam data. Nexus says SteamDB will remain SteamDB, but given the controversies surrounding Nexus' moderation decisions over the years, gamers are understandably asking what happens next. Will SteamDB remain an objective database, or could moderation, monetization and publisher pressure creeping in? Sources: - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2095193199438668120 - https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2095122346872889849 - https://x.com/JayViperTV/status/2095185177790001268 - https://x.com/JayViperTV/status/2095152307201597563 - https://x.com/Wario64/status/2095151219790811436 - https://x.com/EndymionYT/status/2095187923570417840 - https://x.com/Grummz/status/2095146833077317638 - https://x.com/AI_EmeraldApple/status/2095186606273753171 - https://ayakadb.com/ - https://flopathon.cc/

Well, this is interesting. I received a YouTube privacy complaint targeting a VERY specific timestamp in my recent GTA 6 video, corresponding directly to my segment covering Rockstar QA tester Marc McNaughton. The segment discussed publicly available information and public activity, and I'm not removing it. I can't definitively prove who submitted the complaint, but the timing and exact timestamp certainly raise questions. We're going through what happened, what I actually showed, and why this attempt to remove the segment isn't going unanswered. Sources: - https://x.com/SmashJT/status/2094911553518932014 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3b3LNwLVU - https://x.com/Gazz_54/status/2094126667920765022 - https://www.instagram.com/marcjmcnaughton/ - https://www.marcjmcnaughton.com/ - https://x.com/waybackmachine/status/2089140310698086511 - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcjmcnaughton/ - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7199737904217079809/