The Latest Breaking News from Shawn Layden

Team Ico pitched Shadow of the Colossus to Sony with placeholder music from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man: "Later on, we found out that was actually the theme music"

"We probably violated some usage rights"

GamesRadar · Oct 16, 2025

As Microsoft gets set to launch the Xbox ROG Ally, former PlayStation boss says one of the biggest mistakes they made with the PS Vita was trying to bring the console experience to handheld

"Don't try to make that big thing fit in that space"

GamesRadar · Aug 25, 2025

Former PlayStation boss says "no one is in touch with their fan base more than Nintendo" and even Sony "was never this in touch" with what players wanted

Shawn Layden wouldn't change much atop the Switch 2 maker

GamesRadar · Aug 24, 2025

Ex PlayStation boss believes developers are tired of "doing the same thing for so long" and welcomes a new era of "AA gaming, with a wide variety of content and games" like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Shawn Layden is over it!

GamesRadar · Aug 15, 2025

Former PlayStation boss is convinced more console generations will come, but doesn't know if Microsoft will be part of them: "Watching what Xbox has been doing recently, I do get Dreamcast flashbacks"

24 years after the Dreamcast's demise, Shawn Layden says Xbox is giving him flashbacks to Sega's exit from the console business

GamesRadar · Aug 15, 2025

Subscription services like Xbox Game Pass turn developers into 'wage slaves', says former PlayStation boss

Not only is its profitability uncertain, but it's bad for creativity, says Shawn Layden.

PC Gamer · Aug 15, 2025

Former PlayStation boss says Xbox Game Pass developers are "not creating value" and subscription models are a "danger"

Shawn Layden has some heated words for Microsoft's subscription

GamesRadar · Aug 14, 2025

Death Stranding 2 technical director says that the jump from PS4 to PS5 "isn't so great," it's just "more efficient"

"It’s more a case that on PS5 there are more efficient ways of arriving at similar goals"

GamesRadar · May 20, 2025

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

PS5 and Xbox Series X are "very similar," Shawn Layden says

GamesRadar · Apr 10, 2025

Former Sony exec says Nintendo can charge $80 for Switch 2 games because of its exclusives: "If it's the only place you can play Mario, then you get your wallet out"

"And Donkey Kong and Zelda"

GamesRadar · Apr 10, 2025