{"id":116419,"date":"2024-10-20T19:04:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T12:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116419"},"modified":"2024-10-20T19:04:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T12:04:48","slug":"layden-the-console-wars-are-nearly-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116419","title":{"rendered":"Layden: The Console Wars Are &#8220;Nearly Over&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n            <!-- image --><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdndark.darkhorizons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-console-wars-are-nearly-over.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdndark.darkhorizons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/the-console-wars-are-nearly-over.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"the-console-wars-are-nearly-over\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>            <!-- content --><\/p>\n<p>Shawn Layden served as Sony PlayStation\u2019s chief from 2014-2019, succeeding Jack Tretton and overseeing the company throughout the PS4 era.<\/p>\n<p>He exited just before the PS5 launch, handing over the keys to Jim Ryan who himself exited earlier this year after a more tumultuous reign over the brand.<\/p>\n<p>Layden is now working at Tencent Games as a strategic advisor and recently was asked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/former-playstation-exec-says-console-arms-race-has-plateaued\/\">VGC<\/a> at Gamescom Asia if the incremental improvements showing the limits of new hardware meant the console wars were possibly over.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming PS5 Pro on paper has around three times the power of the current PS5, and yet the differences haven\u2019t been noticeable to most people.  Layden says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt has plateaued.  We\u2019re at the stage of hardware development that I call \u2018only dogs can hear the difference.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re playing your game and sunlight is coming through your window onto your TV, you\u2019re not seeing any ray tracing. It has to be super optimal\u2026you have to have an 8K monitor in a dark room to see these things.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re fighting over teraflops and that\u2019s no place to be. We need to compete on content. Jacking up the specs of the box, I think we\u2019ve reached the ceiling.  That race is nearly over, and you know who won? AMD.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>AMD of course supplies the chips for both PlayStation and Xbox.  Layden continues, saying it\u2019s time for a \u201creal hard reset on the business model\u201d as \u201cwe cannot continue to do things that we have done before\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He also says it\u2019s time for a hard reset on what it is to be a video game, taking a brief shot at those who equate gameplay hours with quality: \u201cIt\u2019s not 80 hours, it\u2019s not 90 hours, but if it is that\u2019s a whole different category.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In further comments via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/shawn-layden-aa-is-gone-and-thats-a-threat-to-the-ecosystem-going-forward\">GameIndustry.Biz<\/a>, he says a lot of the problem is the decisions are being made by the finance guys more than the creatives:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c[In the past] we spent a lot more time looking at games and not asking \u2018what\u2019s your monetisation scheme\u2019, or \u2018what\u2019s your recurrent revenue plan\u2019, or \u2018what\u2019s your subscription formula\u2019? We asked the simple question: is it fun? Are we having a good time? If you said yes to those questions, you\u2019d usually get a green light.<\/p>\n<p> Today, the entry costs for making a AAA game is in triple digit millions now. I think naturally, risk tolerance drops. And you\u2019re [looking] at sequels, you\u2019re looking at copycats, because the finance guys who draw the line.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He goes on to compare it to the same issue with the film industry where the middle ground movie is gone and \u201ceverything is blockbuster\/Marvel Cinematic Universe, or it\u2019s Sundance award contender\u201d.  Those movies, however, found a place to go with the different streaming services.  Gaming isn\u2019t so lucky:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn the gaming business you have Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, indie stuff. But then that middle piece, that middle layer that used to be where Interplay, Gremlin, Ocean, THQ, all those companies, made their money\u2026 That middle piece is gone.<\/p>\n<p>If you [can become] AAA, you survive, or if you do something interesting in the indie space, you could. But AA is gone. I think that\u2019s a threat to the ecosystem if you will\u2026 if we\u2019re just going to rely on the blockbusters to get us through, I think that\u2019s a death sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The comments come as Sony will introduce its PlayStation 5 Pro next month for a whopping $700 in the U.S. and even higher in other territories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/layden-console-wars-are-nearly-over\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shawn Layden served as Sony PlayStation\u2019s chief from 2014-2019, succeeding Jack Tretton and overseeing the company throughout the PS4 era. 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