Former PlayStation Boss, Shawn Layden, Reveals He Left the Company to Avoid Burnout

Bloomberg that he left PlayStation to avoid burnout and to put a good pin in his legacy at the company.

“It’s a young person’s activity,” Layden said. “I felt: This is a good time to put the pin in my legacy.”

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who now serves on the advisory board at Streamline Media Group, and Streamline CEO Alexander Fernandez. In that conversation, Layden explained his concern with the rising costs of AAA game development.

Layden said game development costs seem to double with each generation, citing that the PlayStation 4 titles he helped get out the door each cost at least $100 million.

“If we can’t stop the cost curve from going up, all we can do is try to de-risk it,” Layden said. “That puts you in a place where you’re incentivized toward sequels.” He then went on to predict that PS5 games will end up costing $200 million to make and that prices will only go up from there.

For more about PlayStation, read what PlayStation had to say when Layden left the company and then read about how the current chip shortage affecting the production of PlayStation 5s “will remain very tight” until at least next September. Check out this story about PlayStation’s upcoming 40-minute “future of PS5” showcase after that.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

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