Former PlayStation CEO Shawn Layden. The former CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America is worried games studios getting bigger will prevent creativity and preservation of older games. Shawn Layden, who left his position as PlayStation America’s CEO four years ago, was one of the first to criticise Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, calling its consolidation the ‘enemy of diversity’.
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