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Former PlayStation boss says "the impact of AI on gaming" is basically the same "as the impact of Excel on certified public accountants" as "you still had to have enough knowledge" | Shawn Layden thinks there's a lot of hyperbole going around


Shawn Layden thinks there's a lot of hyperbole going around

PlayStation's ex-boss Shawn Layden thinks generative AI's impact on the gaming industry is being largely overestimated, and the burgeoning tech won't lead to massive cost reductions like some CEOs are drooling for. On a semi-related note, Layden also mentioned that outsourced development, something used by lots of game companies to also reduce costs, has improved over the generations. "Sometimes in the early days it would have been cheaper to do it ourselves instead of having it redone nine times because we just couldn't get a meeting of the minds with the outsourcing company overseas and the developers here," he explained.

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