Hello Games’ now notorious co-founder Sean Murray has been well and truly thrown under the bus during a recent interview with Sony’s head of first-party studios, Shuhei Yoshida, who criticised his handling of No Man's Sky. “I understand some of the criticisms especially Sean Murray is getting, because he sounded like he was promising more features in the game from day one,” said Yoshida.

That is remarkably tantamount to outright calling Murray a liar, although Yoshida goes on to explain his reasoning in the interview with Eurogamer.

“It wasn’t a great PR strategy, because he didn’t have a PR person helping him, and in the end he is an indie developer.”

I think question marks to have to be raised over this. Whether Sony likes it or not, it was inextricably linked with No Man’s Sky, its marketing, and its hype. You have to think that Yoshida and PlayStation were aware of the state No Man’s Sky was in and what was going to be included at launch. If they were, after hearing all the claims coming from Sean Murray you’d expect them to step in with PR of their own and create realistic expectations for the game.

As it is we’ve ended up with an absolute car crash of a game launch that has undoubtedly tarnished both Sean Murray’s reputation and that of Hello Games. Yoshida doesn’t think that’s rubbed off on Sony though, saying “I personally don't think so. If anything, I am proud that people can play No Man's Sky on PS4 as well as PC. I am super happy with the game actually, and I’m amazed with the sales the game has gotten.”

So there you have it, the No Man’s Sky drama rumbles on. In the meantime Hello Games has been radio silent for a while now, but we understand they’ve got all sorts of additional content in the works that could well transform the game in the coming months.

What do you think, did No Man’s Sky’s launch damage Sony’s reputation? Is Murray the ‘liar’ he’s made out to be? Let us know what you think!