One of Sony's most senior executives has defended trailers for new Playstation games The Last of Us Part 2 and Detroit: Become Human which show scenes of graphic violence against women and children.

Jim Ryan, president of Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe and president of Global Sales and Marketing for Sony Interactive Entertainment, hosted the PlayStation Media Showcase at Paris Games Week.

At the event the game trailers showed scenes of a woman being pinned down and attacked with a hammer, domestic child abuse and implied infanticide. Both clips provoked strong reactions, with critics denouncing the use of extreme violence to sell a video game.