Sony Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden is leaving SIE

[Bundy]

Best of luck to him. Let's see who will be the next for this position.
But that tweeted is weird. At first I thought somebody died.

 

[Seahawk64]

bring back Ken kutaragi...I wanna experience 4D graphics

 

[RecRoulette]

Sony's next Chairman is going to be created via Dreams, an unprecedented step for the industry.

 

[BadWolf]

Man, imagine if Shu leaves.

 

[Deleted member 56752]

Phil is the only one who's going to last the apocalypse

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Phil has talked about having a finite amount of time in that role already. It's not something one can do long term. He will be around a few more years but probably depart mid gen.

 

[Sawyer]

Did he have an emergency? This is super sudden.

 

[Chris McQueen]

This seems so sudden, out of nowhere. Next-Gen just around the corner, I wonder what is going on?

 

[jelly]

not to be that person, but I'll be that person: there's a lot of turnover there lately. wonder if there's a reason or just coincidence?

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You just never know but sometimes when they've put all the work into a new product launch, it's the best time to move on if you were planning to as the heavy lifting has already been done.

 

[Valkyr Junkie]

I hope it isn't health-related.

 

[M. Wallace]

He was the whistle blower

 

[Deleted member 176]

maybe whomstever is next will be more willing to play around with E3 and their power of social good bs

 

[Dust]

A CHAIRMAN POSITION BY HIDEO KOJIMA

 

[MadLaughter]

This tweet was liked by john Drake, a former Sony employee.

 

[SNRUB]

His robust announcements got me super engaged, especially the Crash teases.

Best of luck to him.

 

[BassForever]

Clearly execs at Sony aren't happy with how poor state of play has been, mixed with Layden's anti e3 anti live press conference stance they pushed him out to get someone in who values those things

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Probably just got a better offer at another company and jumped ship

 

[Ploid 6.0]

Sony keeps changing them on me. It makes me think they really aren't going to be doing many more shows like PSX or E3. Kaz left, then Trenton and Boyes, now Shawn. Who's next Yosp? Yosp better not leave, I enjoy his tweets and videos/streams.

 

[bloodyroarx]

Man the turnover at Sony lately has been nuts

 

[EVA UNIT 01]

Cue posts about internal strife and drama inside sony

 

[Nameless]

Shane Bettenhausen's time is now

 

[Mezoly]

 

[N.Domixis]

Phil has talked about having a finite amount of time in that role already. It's not something one can do long term. He will be around a few more years but probably depart mid gen.

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All these guys are probably loaded, why waste their life working when they re already fucking rich.

 

[Hucast]

This seems so sudden, out of nowhere. Next-Gen just around the corner, I wonder what is going on?

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Sony doomed?

 

[blastprocessor]

Tretton to come back and unleash PS5?

 

[monketron]

Wonder if he wants to slow down a bit and spend more time with family or if someone's poached him.

 

[Kain3984]

With the suddenness of this and no prior info that he would be leaving, does this potentially mean he was fired or forced out, or am I reading too much into that?

 

[BZL8]

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It has begun, I suppose.

 

[Knight613]

Didn't he and Yoshida basically have the same role?

 

[Miggy]

Well, that's sudden.

 

[MillionIII]

Sad, he was great at his position.

 

[Donthizz]

Whoa. Came out of nowhere

 

[LewieP]

Maybe he is entering the MCU.

 

[N.47H.4N]

Neil Druckmann is replacing him,just in time to finish Part 2 next year.

 

[Deleted member 4970]

I'm expecting his successor to be named Bob Drake or Dave and Clank after Nintendo's recentish promotion

 

[Nameless]

Man the turnover at Sony lately has been nuts

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Not uncommon with a CEO change. My company has been experiencing it the past year.

 

[Hailinel]

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An internal power struggle doesn't seem farfetched, honestly. I wonder if Layden decided to leave due to internal politics.

 

[Dremorak]

 

[EssCee]

Arrogant Sony is back y'all

RIP the PS5

 

[Neat]

Druckmann can't keep getting away with this

 

[EndlessNever]

he too must be outraged at the lack of MP in TLOU2

 

[lino]

Me reading the title. Best of luck to him.

 

[AndyVirus]

This was only over a year and a half ago. Things change quickly.

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Not even that. It was 10 months ago.

 

[PlanetSmasher]

Didn't he and Yoshida basically have the same role?

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Pretty sure Shu is above him.

 

[Penny Royal]

DRUUUCKMAAAAAAAAAAAANN!!!!!!!!!!!

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JIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!

 

[Soapbox Killer]

All of a sudden it seems. Him and Reggie in the same year.

 

[Hucast]

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Hope they figure things out

 

[Mathieran]

That sucks I like him. I wonder who is up now.

 

[D-Man]

What the hell this came out of nowhere

 

[DMVfan123]

Salute to Shawn

Under his leadership Playstation released my favorite game of all time
Wish him luck in his future endeavors!
Hopefully ERA doesn't freak out about PS5 lol, Sony will be fine, like they have been every gen besides early PS3

 

[etta]

First, Papa Jack, then that British dude, now this guy, who was actually more likeable than the British fella.
Sucks.

 

[FelipeMGM]

he never got to wear an Alundra shirt :(

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Wait a minute, we still didn't get Vib Ribbon on PS4.