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Ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden wants to revive double-A games to save the industry

Shawn Layden, former head of PlayStation's first-party studios, has long argued that blockbuster AAA game development is financially unsustainable, with costs doubling every console generation. His proposed solution is a revival of the "double-A" tier — smaller, cheaper, lower-risk projects that sit between indie and AAA. Layden says he has a concrete plan to make this happen.