Former PlayStation executive Shawn Layden says relying on blockbuster games is “a death sentence”

Ex-PlayStation executive Shawn Layden has shared his perspective on the current state of the games industry.During a conversation at Gamescom Asia (via GamesIndustry.biz) with Raw Fury co-founder and chief publishing officer Gordon Van Dyke, Layden talked about the disappearance of AA studios and the negative impact it’s had on the industry.According to the former executive, who spent 30 years at Sony, there used to be more time spent looking at games than asking about a studio’s ‘monetization scheme’ or

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