Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios (commonly abbreviated to SIE Worldwide Studios) has seen some restructuring as of recently. With Andrew House stepping down as president and global CEO of SIE after nearly three decades with the company, and Kaz Hirai passing the touch of president and CEO of Sony to Kenichiro Yoshida (who’s been with the company for longer than House has, at 30+ years), Sony’s clearly preparing itself for some hopefully fresh ideas. Although PlayStation (and Sony as an entire entity) has gone through some reshuffling of staff, President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment America (SIE America), Shawn Layden, has pumped the company’s ego up in a recent interview.
In a series of quotes from an interview with technology-focused website VentureBeat, Layden straight up said, “PlayStation 4 is a story of redemption. I think we came back” when talking about the company’s Icarus moment, the PlayStation 3. When the PlayStation 3 launched in 2006, the system’s starting price was $499 USD for the base 20GB model, with the larger 60GB model stacking an extra $100 more on top, bringing the price up to $599 USD. This made the base PlayStation 3 model $100 more than the “premium” Xbox 360 model (which included a 20GB hard drive and cost $399 USD), and $200 more than the base Xbox 360 model (which didn’t include a hard drive and cost $299 USD). This effectively slowed Sony’s PlayS...