Even before I reached your comment, as I was scrolling through your post towards it, the "white male protag" angle was bouncing around my head as a possible reason for Sony's lack of coverage. Not saying it IS the reason, but it wouldn't surprised me. And yes, the gin-soaked muffin-heads at Kotaku and IGN did bring up the "issue" on their sites.
- "If you have the heart of a true winner, you can always get more pissed off than some other asshole."