Shawn Layden isn’t any rookie, and he just about is aware of what he is speaking about in the case of the gaming business. In spite of everything, he was the top of PlayStation from 2014 to 2019 and is presently a strategic advisor to Tencent Video games.
Lately, Shawn participated in IGN Stay (thanks Radar video games), the subject was the well being of the business, and the previous PlayStation boss took the chance to share some fascinating insights. He believes that the gaming business must be normalized and that the console wars should finish.
“Xbox, PlayStation, high-end PC, it is just about on a plateau the place, all issues being equal, they’re just about the identical. If we are able to discover customary dwelling console expertise, we are able to let’s come collectively and finish this stage warfare and we’ll be in a greater world.
Layden stated that the business is unquestionably increasing when it comes to income, however console gross sales have stalled at round 250 million items and aren’t rising.
“When you have a look at the historical past of consoles, the worldwide set up base for each console generations by no means exceeded 250 million. When the Wii got here out, one other 20 million items had been bought because of Wii Match as a result of everybody thinks they may shed some pounds however that is unsustainable and fall down and we’re nonetheless at a complete base of 250 million lively consoles.
Do you agree with Layden that the business ought to standardize on only one console?
