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

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 ...

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

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

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Shawn Layden, former chairman of PlayStation Worldwide Studios, has blasted gaming subscription services such as Xbox Game ...

Shawn Layden weighs in on Xbox's Game Pass strategy, saying that he doesn't believe it is a sustainable path forward for the industry.

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.

Ex-PlayStation head Shawn Layden doesn't think Game Pass is good for developers, likening working under the model to being a ...

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

Layden acknowledged that Microsoft is taking a loss-leading position initially in order to substantially grow Game Pass’ user base. However, he isn’t too convinced that such a strategy will work.