There are more games coming out every day than ever before, but the total number of people playing them hasn’t seemed to grow by nearly the same amount. Former SIE Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden says that mismatch can’t be fixed just by churning out endless big-budget sequels and more powerful hardware.

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden has said that the disappearance of lower budget, AA games is a death sentence.

With more and more studios opting to make spin-offs, sequels and reboots of existing I.P. rather than explore new concepts and stories, former PlayStation executive Shawn Layden has declared there is a "collapse of creativity" in the games industry.

Former PlayStation exec Shawn Layden has discussed the state of the games industry, stating there's a "collapse of creativity" and that relying on blockbusters is "a death sentence". Layden took to the stage at Gamescom Asia alongside Raw Fury co-founder and chief publishing officer Gordon Van Dyke (thanks GI.