Previously, he served as Chairman of SIE Worldwide Studios, President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment America (SIEA), and executive vice president and COO of Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI).

Oct 1, 2019 · Layden’s departure is just one internal executive shakeup at Sony Interactive Entertainment. SIE Japan-Asia president and SIE Japan director Atsushi Morita has departed his roles effective immediately, according to a tweet from …

Sep 4, 2021 · Former PlayStation boss, Shawn Layden, has finally revealed why he left the company, almost two years after his departure. PlayStation abruptly announced on September 30, 2019, that Layden...

Oct 24, 2024 · The closure PlayStation’s Japan Studio in April 2021 didn’t really surprise former Sony executive Shawn Layden. In a new interview, Layden has shed some light on the beloved developer’s ...

4 days ago · Former Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios CEO Shawn Layden has said Sony can't get away with launching the PlayStation 6 console as an all digital, disc-less console.

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden reflected on the 2021 reorganization and subsequent mass exodus of talent from Sony Japan Studio, giving a bit of context as to why he thinks the...

Dec 4, 2024 · Be sure to read the first half of Eurogamer's PlayStation 30th anniversary interview with Shawn Layden to hear the former Worldwide Studios chairman reveal his thoughts on the origins of...

Mar 8, 2024 · Shawn Layden used to run Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Worldwide Studios, a position that gave him unique insight into the whole industry and triple-A games. Layden is now an...

Dec 3, 2024 · Longtime PlayStation boss Shawn Layden left the company in 2019, and he recently gave an interview about the PlayStation's 30th anniversary. In that interview he touched on a great number...

Dec 3, 2024 · Few saw more of PlayStation's last 30 years than Shawn Layden, who was already at Sony when the company's console ambitions were first forming. Over more than three decades, Layden became a...