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Andy Chalk

Fresh off of dumping on Xbox's flailing, former Sony exec says PlayStation's pullback from PC releases doesn't make any sense either

Toronto , Canada - 21 May 2019; Shawn Layden, Chairman, Worldwide Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation), on Centre Stage during day one of Collision 2019 at Enercare Center in Toronto, Canada. (Photo By David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images).

Earlier this month, former SIE Worldwide Studios chairman Shawn Layden said the still-ongoing flailing at Xbox "evince a basic misunderstanding of how the interactive entertainment world moves." Harsh words indeed—but lest you think he's just a partisan hater, he's now taken aim at his former company, Sony, and its pullback from the PC market.

It's been quite a turnaround from Sony. After years of dogged exclusivity, Sony began releasing its games on PC to significant success—to the point that Shuhei Yoshida, also a former SIE Worldwide Studios boss, said it was "almost like printing money."

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