Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden has stated that it’s turning into more durable to make AAA exclusives because of ballooning prices, referring to latest PS5 recreation budgets and Microsoft’s multiplatform technique. Layden advised GamesBeat that when budgets cross figures like $200 million, “exclusivity is your Achilles’ heel.”
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Layden is of the view that exclusivity makes extra sense in case of single-player video games than multiplayer video games. He pointed in 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 attainable, even when it’s simply 10% extra,” Layden advised GamesBeat. “The worldwide put in base for consoles — when you return to the PS1 and the whole lot else stacked up there, wherever in time you take 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 corporations aren’t doing sufficient to draw extra folks to console gaming.