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GDC 2009: Sony Says "Our First-Party Dev is as Big as Microsoft and Nintendo's Combined"

 
I can't help but think that maybe, just maybe, Sony is experiencing something akin to a corporate mid-life crisis. They always seem to be mudslinging or, in this case, what seems like... well, let's just call it "wang-waving," to err on the side of caution. So what have they done this time? Well, according to VG247, it seems that Sony Computer Entertainment America's head of hardware marketing, John Koller, made some comments at the 2009 Game Developers Conference about just how big Sony's first-party development division is. (link)

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