Former PlayStation boss thinks "we've lost a lot of the variety in games," and we can thank the "rising cost" of new titles for that: "We had so many crazy games on PS1"
Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden believes the industry has lost game variety due to the rising cost of development, leading to lower risk tolerance. He argues that the high budgets of modern AAA games discourage the creation of unique or 'quirky' titles, citing examples like PaRappa the Rapper and Katamari Damacy, which were more feasible on the PlayStation 1 due to lower development costs.
- Entities
- Platform: PlayStation 1
- Topic: Game Development Costs
- Company: Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Topic: Game Variety
- Game: Fortnite
- Game: PaRappa the Rapper
- Person: Shawn Layden
- Game: Call of Duty
- Game: Katamari Damacy
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