Shawn Layden Latest news

Michal Ciezadlik, 26 October 2023, 10:27

Shawn Layden, former head of PlayStation, has expressed his concern about some trends in the video game industry. In his opinion, big publishers do not care about games.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 05 October 2021, 11:07

The former head of PlayStation spoke about Sony's approach to PC games. According to him, they will never be a priority for the Japanese company.

Adrian Werner, 06 September 2021, 15:30

The former head of Sony Worldwide Studios predicts that budgets for PlayStation 5 exclusives will be in the order of $200 million for the biggest games.

Michael Kulakowski, 27 July 2021, 22:36

Shawn Layden, formerly one of the key figures in the decision-making process for Sony Interactive Entertainment, expressed his concern over the recent consolidation in the digital entertainment industry. According to Layden, the merger of development studios and major companies is a threat to game diversity and will hinder the further growth of interest in gaming platforms.

Bart Swiatek, 25 June 2020, 16:06

Shawn Layden, former president of SIE Worldwide Studios, who worked for Sony for 25 years, says the cost of creating games is becoming too high and something has to change in the industry. In his opinion, the solution could be to focus on shorter, more condensed games.

Krzysztof Kaluzinski, 01 October 2019, 14:38

Shawn Layden unexpectedly parted with Sony. The name of the new head of Worldwide Studios, which brings together development studios creating games for PlayStation 4 and 5, has not yet been announced.

Paul Wozniak, 21 August 2019, 15:35

We have just learned that some of the new titles released by Sony will also appear on other platforms, but they will be mainly multiplayer productions.

Jacob Blazewicz, 20 May 2019, 22:40

Sony Interactive Entertainment has established a new film studio. PlayStation Productions will be responsible for screenings of production based on the Japanese company's catalogue, without the help of third parties. Shawn Layden, head of SIE, personally supervises the studio and believes that it will not repeat the mistakes of the creators of earlier game adaptations.

Bart Swiatek, 13 February 2019, 00:02

In a recent interview, Shawn Layden, the chairman of Sony Interactive Worldwide Studios, has presented his vision of the future for the industry and video gaming as such.

Frozen, 12 February 2019, 12:37

For the first time in 24 years, Sony has decided to skip E3. After a long period of silence, the company has finally presented the official reason.