While not an exact comparison, Layden is suggesting that the ubiquity of music via streaming catalogues has devalued ...

A former PlayStation boss criticizes Microsoft's popular Xbox Game Pass subscription service and similar business models in a ...

Layden has being laying into Game Pass for years, repeatedly criticizing the subscription model. Noting ballooning development costs and questioning whether console exclusives are a good thing in the ...

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden shares more disapproving opinions on Xbox Game Pass, saying that the subscription ...

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Former Sony Worldwide Studios President Shawn Layden is concerned the gaming industry is making the same mistakes of the music industry.

"They're not creating value, putting it in the marketplace, hoping it explodes, and profit sharing, and overages, and all ...

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden in an interview with GamesIndustry says the price of video games should have [...] ...

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Shawn Layden, a former Sony Chairman, attempts to explain the problems with the contrast between an era of games long past ...

However, Shawn Layden, former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment America, is not entirely sure if Game Pass-like services hold all of the keys, at least not yet.

The price of video games remains one of the most contentious issues in the industry. Companies want to push big releases up ...