Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden on Sony's years-long debate over scrapping discs, and why this time it's probably "a straight spreadsheet decision"
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eurogamerFormer PlayStation boss Shawn Layden on Sony's years-long debate over scrapping discs, and why this time it's probably "a straight spreadsheet decision"eurogamer.netFormer PlayStation Worldwide Studios leader and Sony veteran of 32 years, Shawn Layden, has described Sony's surprise decision to end production of game discs as "fairly dramatic". In an interview with me he called it a "spreadsheet" decision, outlined how he didn't think second-hand sales were a deciding factor in it, and explained why Sony had always wrestled with this exact decision in the past. Read more
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