Former Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shawn Layden thinks subscription services like Xbox Game Pass are a "danger" to the industry, and that the model risks turning developers into "wage slaves".

Former head of Sony Worldwide Studios, Shawn Layden, took aim at gaming subscriptions services. In an interview with ...

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden shares more disapproving opinions on Xbox Game Pass, saying that the subscription ...

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Shawn Layden, a former Sony Chairman, attempts to explain the problems with the contrast between an era of games long past ...

Layden has being laying into Game Pass for years, repeatedly criticizing the subscription model. Noting ballooning development costs and questioning whether console exclusives are a good thing in the ...

The Xbox Game Pass service is constantly getting debated, and now, Shawn Layden has made his thoughts known on the service.

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Former Sony Worldwide Studios head Shawn Layden and analysts Mat Piscatella and Piers Harding-Rolls look ahead to the future ...

Shawn Layden has added his voice to the ongoing controversy surrounding video game pricing. What did he have to say, though?

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden in an interview with GamesIndustry says the price of video games should have [...] ...

Ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden feels the cost of video games should have increased gradually with each generation.