"If Mario starts appearing on PlayStation, that's the apocalypse": Former Sony exec Shawn Layden thinks exclusives still have "huge value"

Super Mario Odyssey.

PlayStation's former boss Shawn Layden has defended full-on exclusive games in an era where they've become somewhat rarer.

Shawn Layden, who led Sony Interactive Entertainment through most of its dominant PS4 generation, recently appeared on the Pause for Thought podcast and had some interesting things to say about the changing ways platform holders treat their first-party games.