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Sony says they're "never going to be like Nintendo" when it comes to first party output, as they believe in more third party success

by rawmeatcowboy
29 June 2018
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In an interview with VentureBeat, chairman of Sony Worldwide Studios Shawn Layden was asked about the company's first-party output. His response can be seen as a bit of a dig at Nintendo, as Layden says they have the right amount of first party output in order to both woo fans and keep third parties happy.

For Worldwide Studios now, our output, the number of teams we have, I think it’s about the right size for what we need to do. We’re never going to be like Nintendo, holding the lion’s share of the Nintendo platform game business, because that’s not the way we work. We want to make the PlayStation platform available to all of our third-partners. I think we build success for PlayStation by getting as many people inside the tent as possible that aren’t necessarily controlled by Worldwide Studios.

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