Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden has stated that it’s turning into more durable to make AAA exclusives as a result of ballooning prices, referring to current PS5 recreation budgets and Microsoft’s multiplatform technique. Layden informed GamesBeat that when budgets cross figures like $200 million, “exclusivity is your Achilles’ heel.”
Sony must broaden the viewers for PS5 exclusives
Layden is of the view that exclusivity makes extra sense in case of single-player video games than multiplayer video games. He pointed in the direction of Helldivers 2 for instance of a recreation that benefitted from a multiplatform launch. And though he isn’t against single-player exclusives, Layden says that AAA unique budgets to the tune of $200 million+ will proceed to make issues more durable for platform producers.
“For those who’re spending $250 million, you need to have the ability to promote it to as many individuals as doable, even when it’s simply 10% extra,” Layden informed GamesBeat. “The worldwide put in base for consoles — in case you return to the PS1 and the whole lot else stacked up there, wherever in time you have a look at it, the cumulative consoles on the market by no means will get over 250 million. It simply doesn’t. The {dollars} have gone up over time.”
Layden added that firms aren’t doing sufficient to draw extra folks to console gaming.
