Sony has announced that Shawn Layden, chairman of SIE Worldwide Studios and a mainstay of PlayStation’s E3 press conferences, will be leaving the company. No reason was given for his departure, and a successor has not been named.
Formerly president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America (until Sony’s regions were brought under one roof in 2018 ), Layden had been with Sony since 1987, serving in roles like vice president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and president of Sony Computer Entertainment Japan.
When Sony consolidated its worldwide PlayStation divisions into a single unit in 2018, Laydenwas no longer president of Sony Interactive Entertainment America, and the company said he instead would “concentrate his focus” on leading Sony’s game development studios.
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