Forgive me if it's old news, but I hadn't seen this before.
https://youtu.be/8i9hBX0UMEI?si=cEKJB2WIv_LGnJoy
Check out the segment starting at 19:22. Druckman just says it out loud. There was a "pitch" (by team members who were explicitly tasked with injecting diversity) to make a character trans. I don't recall seeing this so directly stated anywhere else. Really confirms what we've long suspected.
Imagine a bunch of tranny and queer devs doing a little power point presentation for their boss explaining why a character in their video game should be trans. Then imagine the boss actually doing it. The state of modern western writing.
I'd like to see the wording on the PowerPoint presentation that tries to downplay the fact that every trans character included in their game cuts sales by 50% but is somehow worth it.
Strangely, the sequel to Returnal doesn't feature a hatchet-faced middle-aged boss grandma...
Of course, Sony is pulling back from PC releases right when I might actually be interested in one of their games.