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wraggster
February 4th, 2008, 20:33
Sony subsidiary SN Systems has cut the cost of the PlayStation Portable dev tools in half, effective today. The announced price reduction, in conjunction with a new Tuner performance optimizer, is hoped to increase the appeal of developing for the PSP. Support fees for current licensees will also enjoy a 50% reduction.

Sony made a similar move last November when they halved the price of its PS3 dev kit to a reported $10,250. Sales of the PSP, while still trailing the DS, have received a sales boost in recent months thanks to the handheld's redesign.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/04/sony-cuts-psp-dev-tools-cost-in-half/
Nikolaos
February 4th, 2008, 21:14
Just use our dev tools =) free
Buddy4point0
February 4th, 2008, 21:16
great.
maybe now some good smaller third party compainies will start developing for psp
stevo11185
February 4th, 2008, 21:24
great.
maybe now some good smaller third party compainies will start developing for psp

and more crappy games D:
Seker
February 4th, 2008, 21:49
or maybe a good one

who knows ;)
Anonymous D
February 4th, 2008, 23:14
smaller companies tend to be the ones coming out with interesting games though dont they, the more puzle orientated games that would suit a handheld like the psp well.
mike_jmg
February 5th, 2008, 01:33
more games to choose from yeah
DarthPaul
February 5th, 2008, 06:31
Cheaper games to come? :D
Sterist
February 5th, 2008, 10:47
Just use our dev tools =) free

what he said ^

but damn.... thatīs a lot of money just for the ``tools`` to develop a game
Stone Temple Pilots
February 6th, 2008, 03:44
That's quite cheap for the dev kit actually. It's just a lot of money to us people that don't own game companies. Yeah, hopefully we'll see more third party games for the PSP, but like what stevo said earlier, it's a bigger chance of getting more crap games. This is indeed good news for the entire PSP community.
Art
February 6th, 2008, 07:07
It's just a lot of money to us people that don't own game companies.
It's not intended for individuals,
in fact they would not even license a private consumer,
even if you had the money.
marzsyndrome
February 6th, 2008, 09:16
I'd be happy if someone developed and brought out a free version of their AT3 tools. Have to be better than the current approach to making them! =P