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Kaan Serin

Former PlayStation boss says the platform wars are effectively over since "only the dog can hear" the difference between consoles now

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Former PlayStation executive Shawn Layden thinks the console wars are effectively over, and gaming can't grow much with just three manufacturers – Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo – dominating the console sphere.

Speaking to PlayerDriven, the man who was in charge of PlayStation during most of its iconic PS4 run said he wants to see "more people playing, more people making games." But to do that and for "game machines to have the same penetration rates as television sets," Layden reckons we need to move past "only having three manufacturers."

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