PlayStation Slams Apple's "Hobbyist" Developers

[wraggster]

Sony Europe's head of developer relations, Zeno Colaco, has gone all USA-hardcore on Apple when it comes to how both companies deal with developers. This, of course, comes as Sony's PSP attempts to take on Apple's iPhone in the 'snackable' applications market.

Colaco starts by telling Develop, "Unlike with the App Store, we’re looking to support everyone that develops for us, instead of leaving developers out in the wilderness." Ouch.

But then Zeno slaps Apple AppStore devs as well, "I’m not suggesting that iPhone developers are unprofessional, but I think that the App Store has attracted a number of hobbyists. Clearly, the PSP is designed for gaming." Ouch.

So, how is Sony going to avoid having a bunch of rank amateurs all over its platform? Easy, "We’re not immediately interested in giving developers free access and no help", charging for development.

http://news.spong.com/article/19138/PlayStation-Slams-Apples-Hobbyist-Developers

[apex05]

How the hell can Sony criticise anyone for their decisions? The last 3 years they've had a constant string of dumb decisions and just as you think they starting to sort things out they bring out the Psp go and show some of the biggest stupidity and greed i ever seen in gaming, i'm certainly not a fan of Iphone but allowing hobbyist programmers in the appstore gives a bigger choice of software even though most i wouldn't bother trying even if it was free, Sony's trying to show they got high standards but the last few months they lost a s**t load of credibility to me.

[yakumo]

So I will not have a PSP dev kit... 8(

[osgeld]

Least iphone has software worth buying