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Shawn Layden calls for return to double-A games to tackle rising development costs

Shawn Layden, former head of PlayStation’s first-party studios, says blockbuster game development is unsustainable. He warns costs roughly double each console generation. Layden advocates reviving mid-tier “double-A” games as a solution and says he has a plan to do so.

• Blockbuster development costs rise each generation
• Layden led PlayStation’s first-party studios
• Advocates reviving mid-tier “double-A” games
• Says he has a plan to implement the shift