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Title: Shawn Layden stepping down from Worldwide Studios
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 01, 2019, 01:49 AM
Shawn Layden, Head Of PlayStation's Game Studios, Departs (https://kotaku.com/shawn-layden-head-of-playstations-game-studios-depart-1838643917/amp)


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Sony has announced that Shawn Layden, chairman of SIE Worldwide Studios and a mainstay of PlayStation's E3 press conferences, will be leaving the company. No reason was given for his departure, and a successor has not been named.
Title: Re: Shawn Layden stepping down from Worldwide Studios
Post by: Legend on Oct 01, 2019, 01:57 AM
That's unexpected. Hopefully all is well.
Title: Re: Shawn Layden stepping down from Worldwide Studios
Post by: BananaKing on Oct 01, 2019, 02:41 PM
A lot of people who worked oh the ps4 are gone. I hope sony understands what made the ps4 so successful and keeps at it
Title: Re: Shawn Layden stepping down from Worldwide Studios
Post by: darkknightkryta on Oct 01, 2019, 03:19 PM
Isn't Japan's head gone too?
Title: Re: Shawn Layden stepping down from Worldwide Studios
Post by: Dr. Pezus on Oct 02, 2019, 12:32 AM
Isn't Japan's head gone too?
You mean Kaz?
Title: Re: Shawn Layden stepping down from Worldwide Studios
Post by: darkknightkryta on Oct 03, 2019, 02:40 AM
You mean Kaz?
I don't think that was his name.
Title: Re: Shawn Layden stepping down from Worldwide Studios
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 03, 2019, 03:04 AM
Isn't Japan's head gone too?
This guy? (http://"https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-10-01-sie-japan-asia-president-atsushi-morita-retires")

He retired.  

A lot of people who worked oh the ps4 are gone. I hope sony understands what made the ps4 so successful and keeps at it
Layden became the CEO the year after PS4 came out.  
And I think before that he was mostly in the PlayStation Network part.  

That's unexpected. Hopefully all is well.
The rumor that probably shouldn't be trusted as far as it can be thrown is that there were disagreements between Jim Ryan and Layden about what PlayStation should be moving toward.  
Title: Re: Shawn Layden stepping down from Worldwide Studios
Post by: darkknightkryta on Oct 04, 2019, 01:16 PM
This guy? (http://"https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-10-01-sie-japan-asia-president-atsushi-morita-retires")

Maybe, think it was Japan's studio though, not Asia's.  Unless they merged.
Title: Re: Shawn Layden stepping down from Worldwide Studios
Post by: the-pi-guy on Oct 05, 2019, 06:02 PM
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Layden, who spent 32 years at Sony, was the third head of the PlayStation unit to leave the job in the past five years. Jack Tretton, who held the job for eight years, left in 2014. And Andrew House, left in 2017, ending a 27 year run with the company.

Other recent high profile departures include Adam Boyes, who oversaw relations with third-party companies, in 2016 and John Drake, former head of Sony's portfolio and content acquisition efforts, who left earlier this year.


Sony Loses Third PlayStation Boss In Five Years as Shawn Layden Departs | Fortune (https://fortune.com/2019/10/01/sony-playstation-boss-exits/?utm_campaign=fortunemagazine&utm_medium=social&xid=soc_socialflow_facebook_FORTUNE&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR2ysVTkjr-JMCJan_oCQrFpQg4wdPA5D4_e5KdBAKEo34Lumu7fPU-yCao)
Title: Re: Shawn Layden stepping down from Worldwide Studios
Post by: Legend on Oct 05, 2019, 07:18 PM
Sony Loses Third PlayStation Boss In Five Years as Shawn Layden Departs | Fortune (https://fortune.com/2019/10/01/sony-playstation-boss-exits/?utm_campaign=fortunemagazine&utm_medium=social&xid=soc_socialflow_facebook_FORTUNE&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR2ysVTkjr-JMCJan_oCQrFpQg4wdPA5D4_e5KdBAKEo34Lumu7fPU-yCao)
They've been doing a lot of restructuring. Hopefully it all results in even better things but it can be a bit worrying.