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In an interview withEurogamer, formerSony Interactive EntertainmentAmerica president Shawn Layden reminisces about the early days of the company.
“I joined PlayStation specifically in ‘96 when they were a year into it,” he says.
“They’d already launched in North America and in Japan.”
“Terry asked me ‘what are you going to do now?
Why don’t you come and join us in this new company, Sony Computer Entertainment?’
I said, ‘Okay, that’s great.
What would I do there,'” Laden explains.
“He said: ‘You’d be a video game producer.’
And Terry was very upfront.
He said, ‘It’s all right.
None of us do either.
This is the perfect time to get in.
We’ll all make this stuff up as we go along together.'”
The early years of the PS1 are fondly remembered by many as a time of great innovation and experimentation.
Games were quicker to make, took more risks, and produced weirder results.
Layden went on to become president of SIEA from 2014 to 2019, after which Jim Ryan took over.
If you want to relive the glory days, check out our list ofbest PS1 games.
