Sony’s choice of opening trailer has the whole internet talking
E3 is a massive annual videogames conference where companies show off trailers for their upcoming games.
This year Sony – Playstation parents – decided to open their conference with a trailer for the hotly anticipated game The Last Of Us 2.
The trailer opens with protagonist Ellie, who is openly gay, sharing a kiss with another woman.
The showing of a gay kiss naturally stirred a lot of interest online, not just because it’s a video game – but its a big budget video game, with mainstream major backing.
The gaming world as poor history of including LGBTQ+ characters, let alone protagonists, so this another step in the right direction for inclsion.
Fans are, of course, hyped about it taking to twitter with there thoughts.
me, watching the last of us 2 trailer despite knowing almost nothing about the last of us: pic.twitter.com/F6clnemRhd
— elliott אליהו / pinned (@angelhusbandry) June 12, 2018
I edited The Last of Us 2 transitions so now it's just a nice kiss pic.twitter.com/SlG9vGRRGg
— Tristan Cooper (@TristanACooper) June 12, 2018
Dear parents,
just because your child is smiling at their phone doesn't mean they have a boyfriend/girlfriend. They probably just saw the trailer of the last of us 2.
— bea (@zwanheda) June 12, 2018
to all the people that are mad about Ellie's kiss in the last of us 2 trailer pic.twitter.com/GtDamhEClY
— Doodle (@MonsterMarbles) June 12, 2018