Shawn Layden was once so influential that his choice of a T-shirt determined the fate of a franchise. Back in 2015 during Sony’s PlayStation Experience event, Layden took the stage wearing a ...

Shawn Layden on $80 Switch 2 Games: 'If It's the Only Place You Can Play Mario, You Get Your Wallet Out' - News. Tweet. by William D'Angelo, posted on 11 April 2025 / 5,240 Views.

And now, former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden, who ran Sony’s gaming division from 2014 to 2019, has shared some ambivalent opinions on the nature of console exclusives. Suggested Reading Kotaku ...

Former PlayStation executive Shawn Layden said that the rising cost of making games is unsustainable and is pricing out smaller, unique voices. By James Carr on July 27, 2021 at 2:27PM PDT.

Shawn Layden is the chairman of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) Worldwide Studios, which oversees the 13 global studios that produce exclusive PlayStation 4 games.

Shawn Layden and Mark Cerny deserve a lot of the credit for why Sony’s PlayStation 4 is sitting at the top of the console war. While the Nintendo Switch is giving them a run for their money now ...

Shawn Layden shares that he thinks Nintendo naming its next system the Switch 2 is a great idea. Nintendo has played around with fan expectations of its upcoming device, referring to it in ...

9; Shepherd_Tallon; Sat 4th Sep 2021; I feel like the real solution is expanding the console market. I remember reading recently in another interview with Layden, he says that more or less the ...

Shawn Layden, former head of Sony Network Entertainment International, rarely seen or heard from in public venues and even, he said recently, referred to internally as the “international man of ...

Shawn Layden left the company in 2019, much to the dismay of industry enthusiasts. What he's been up to in the meantime has been less in the public domain, but a new post on LinkedIn has revealed ...

Shawn Layden Worldwide Studios Chairman is leaving Sony. The news was announced via a tweet from the official PlayStation Twitter.Layden has been with Sony since 1987, he will be greatly missed.

Shawn Layden has called for a return to tighter games that are less expensive to make. Shawn Layden, who spent 25 years at Sony, knows a thing or two about game development in the AAA space.