United Kingdom, Oct. 24 -- Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden has admitted the closure of Sony's Japan Studio "wasn't necessarily a surprise".
As the Japanese games market continued to be volatile, the industry juggernaut effectively disbanded the developer in 2021 and moved the remnants of the company into 'Astro Bot' creator Team Asobi - which later that year was absorbed into PlayStation Studios.
While the ex-PlayStation chief, 63, left the company 2019 and had no involvement in the mass exodus from Japan Studio, Layden has admitted the developer effectively getting shuttered completely was predictable considering the studio hadn't seen much success in more recent years.
Speaking with IGN Japan, he said: "That was sad [but] it was...
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