A Ghost cannot die
With the explosive reveal that Ghost of Yotei would be set several centuries after Ghost of Tsushima, some fans seem disappointed to see protagonist Jin Sakai relegated to the dustbin of history. Well, don’t give up the ghost (sorry) just yet. Shockingly, Sony wants the series to be a much larger franchise, with other spin-offs already planned.
Word comes to us by way of The New York Times (thanks, PSLS), where reporter Zachary Small mentions that Sucker Punch Productions has plans to extend the franchise still further: “On Tuesday, Sucker Punch Productions announced Ghost of Yotei, the beginning of an official franchise that will include at least one movie and other spin-offs, putting the series alongside emblematic Sony PlayStation titles like God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn.”
Now, just what these other spin-offs might entail remains to be seen, but as PSLS points out, Sucker Punch itself released the standalone inFAMOUS: First Light. Other studios would follow this trend (Uncharted: Lost Legacy, Spider-Man: Miles Morales), and it’s not out of the realm of possibility that we could see a similarly standalone title built off of Ghost of Tsushima.
Of course, there are also no guarantees these spinoffs will take the form of games. They could end up being a graphic novel, board game, or anything, really. The film mentioned has been percolating for a while now, with Shogun star Hiroyuki Sanada reportedly in talks for a leading role.
Do you think we’ve really seen the last of the Ghost himself, Jin Sakai? Would you be up for a smaller, standalone venture? Disappear into the darkness in the comments section below.
[source nytimes.com]
Khayl Adam is Push Square’s roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.
