Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden says he sees "consolidation to be the enemy of creativity," as the company's outgoing boss Jim Ryan shares his enthusiasm for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft's Call of Duty deal with PlayStation.

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, asked what made the Activision deal uniquely damaging. "So we were absolutely thrilled to be able to negotiate a deal with Microsoft to ensure that that franchise remains available on PlayStation platforms for the next ten years. And that was very important to us, and we're very happy to have done that deal."

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While keeping Call of Duty in the hands of PlayStation fans is certainly something of a win for PlayStation, Layden, formerly CEO of SIE Worldwide Studios, is less than keen on the idea of big companies like Microsoft buying up the c🀅ompetition.

"I see the consolida🅠tion in the industry," Layden says. "I see people like Microsoft, Embracer, or s🅠ome group out of Saudi Arabia buying up a bunch of studios, and I see consolidation to be the enemy of creativity. If we've commoditized the product, you're just going to get more of the same."

Of course, Sony itself is no stranger to acquisitions, having in recent years bought up prominent studios like Ratchet and Clank and M꧑a🌊rvel's Spider-Man developer Insomniac Games, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Bungie, the creওator o🦂f Halo and Destiny. The company has also bought 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Haven Studios, headed up by Assassin's Creed veteran Jade Raymond, and last year, it snagged Firewalk Studios to work on an 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:"ori♕ginal AAA 🃏multiplayer game for PlayStation."

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