As the PS5 nears its fifth birthday, Sony executives have begun to talk about the next-generation of consoles, and answered in vague terms the question of whether one is already in development. In an ...

Shawn Layden, the former head of PlayStation, has sparked a heated discussion about Nintendo’s pricing strategy for its upcoming Switch 2 games.Speaking on the PlayerDriven podcast, Layden ...

Shawn Layden knows Sony is probably doing market research. He thinks there might be a point where Sony could decide it’s okay to lose some customers. But because Sony sells so many PlayStations ...

Shawn Layden discusses Xbox's multiplatform approach, comparing it to SEGA's transition from hardware to software. Pop Culture & Art February 04, 2025. facebook twitter whatsup linkded email.

Former Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios CEO Shawn Layden has said Sony can't get away with launching the PlayStation 6 console as an all digital, disc-less console.

Former PlayStation president Shawn Layden has said consoles have 'started to plateau', as he offers a compelling answer to how big budget games should change.

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden in an interview with Eurogamer stated the cost of AAA games in recent years is not sustainable. "We need to address two or three things specifically," said Layden.

Shawn Layden, who served for decades in executive roles at PlayStation, culminating in his tenure as chairman for SIE Worldwide Studios from 2014 through 2019, says that game development costs are ...

Layden: Not specifically but it was definitely a benefit to them. And for people like me, who could barely get into the original WipEout without throwing my controls at the screen.

This isn’t the first time the former Sony veteran has sounded the alarm about the long-term health of the gaming industry. Layden, who suddenly departed the PlayStation console maker in 2019 ...

Ex-PlayStation executive Shawn Layden has shared his perspective on the current state of the games industry. During a conversation at Gamescom Asia (via GamesIndustry.biz) with Raw Fury co-founder ...

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