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Ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden says that time is a more important factor than cost in the modern day when it comes to games. A lot of major releases these days end up trying to be massive ...
Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden in an interview on the PlayerDriven podcast discussed the Nintendo Switch 2 and the higher price of software on Nintendo's next console.
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. Layden told ...
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 ...
Shawn wants us to look past nostalgia and see where the industry was in the PlayStation 3 era. Shawn Layden was one of the most important people in the video game industry once. Making his way up ...
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.
Former president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Shawn Layden, began foretelling the current, apocalyptic state of the video game industry in 2020. A piece of conventional wisdom ...
Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden doesn't think Sony "can get away with" a disc-less PS6 Layden thinks Xbox has had more success following the all-digital strategy He explains that making a ...
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 ...
Shawn Layden shares his tips on ways to make games faster (and therefore cheaper): 1. Most gamers don't see the end of your game. So design fewer levels, make your games shorter. 2. The tech ...
Phil Spencer says Microsoft won't do "slimy platform things" These comments attracted the attention of Shawn Layden, the former PlayStation executive who’s held a number of positions across Sony ...