"Game Informer: Games are always changing. You guys have done an amazing job of innovating, and there was even a time when people were saying single-player games are dead, and you said, “That’s cute…”
They're prefering quality over quantity in their first party. And that is greatly respectable. And the single player outings they made have been nothing short of a best seller or GOTY as of late.
I'll admit.I was sad when jack left.And when shawn took his place I didn't feel the same enthusiasm that jack had.After 2 years he grew on me.Just might have benn the nervous fear that struck him.
Pls bring back Socom MAG Twisted Metal Legend of Dragoon
Don't twist his words, he wasn't trash talking he just wants E3 to be more about the gamers and the public and sees it becoming more of a trade show with the lack of general admission, and also hopes E3 will change in the future.
Why should it have to change? It's not Sony's event. E3 is the biggest celebration in gaming for the whole year. Why would it need to change when it's already the biggest and the best? This is some shady tactics that's bad for gamers and bad for the industry.
Um, E3 is a trade show, the whole point of it is for press to cover what’s coming out and for retailers to see what games they’ll want to stock up on. This was never meant to be an event for the public.
@crimson that's my point, and he wants to see it change to a more public event like others he mentions in the article in future, he wasn't trash talking it.
He isn’t saying we are changing it. He says the scene has changed because of internet, anyone can make their own event without needing to do it at a 3rd party’s event.
E3 has changed through the years. It is a trade show for the press and to let different entertainment tech companies to collaborate and see what they might want to do in the future.
The public side of it has been taken over almost completely by the gaming industry, and the console makers, and major publishers have pretty much made it more into a marketing spectacle.
I don't think it's trash talking so much. I think his point about less big games is the key component in there 2019 decision. It's disapointing, but it makes sense.
I'd rather they not be there just to give us a small update on the same games tbh. It'd just open them up to more bad press a la E3 2014.
This also quite literally has nothing to do with his idea for E3 itself so... not sure what you're trying to do other than be negative for the sake of it.
Sure they can. Devs can afford to work with their account manager instead of trying to win in the court of public opinion. Sony has proven that at least this gen, that trying to pressure them publicly isn't going to change anything. Chances are, those within the company responsible for communicating compliance standards to devs would have more effect.
I love his response to "me too". We don't need a hundred battle Royale type games. Laydens a smart businessman, you can tell by that alone. A diversity of games versus Microsofts Phil Spencer that is more about staying trendy than venturing out to be innovative or tackling something new. Microsofts relationship, uh, tight relationship with EA is actually damaging to Microsoft or maybe vice versa as the business greed of necessity of DLC and microtransactions just show your consumers as money trying to pick their pockets instead of as a gamer or rather a person. GT Sport wanted to have nothing to do with any of that but to give the consumer what they paid that hard earned $59.99, EVEYTHING. Forza? Still can't let go of that pocket picking mentality. Shawn Layden, like his predecessor Jack Trettons, a smart and I'd dare say considerate businessman, no wonder PS4 is nearly onehundred million strong on just six years.
I'm sure they'll bring out a BR game at some point. It's too popular to ignore forever. But, it may just be a mode in another game. I think MAG would be great for it, and I've seen some people say SOCOM.
Personally, I think maybe they should take the soldier/survivor aspect out of the equation, and do it in something like Twisted Metal. Last man standing on an ever decreasing map with cars battling it out could be pretty cool.
"Game Informer: Games are always changing. You guys have done an amazing job of innovating, and there was even a time when people were saying single-player games are dead, and you said, “That’s cute…”
Shawn Layden: Hold my beer."
They guy's a natural.
more grease to the elbows of the PS team. looking forward to the great exclusives ahead.
Playstation Destination!!
I'll admit.I was sad when jack left.And when shawn took his place I didn't feel the same enthusiasm that jack had.After 2 years he grew on me.Just might have benn the nervous fear that struck him.
Pls bring back
Socom
MAG
Twisted Metal
Legend of Dragoon
More downplaying and trash talking of E3 and then later in the interview they say they might be back at E3 in 2020.