Sony must support indie developers, says Yoshida

Speaking to Develop Online, Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studio President Shuhei Yoshida said that the gaming megalith sees value in the continuously expanding world of indie development, and that supporting those developers is the key to industry growth.

"We have to support those smaller teams," he said. "Without doing so, the whole industry will stall, in terms of innovation." Yoshida thinks Sony's forthcoming PS Vita will serve as a good platform for indie developers currently subsisting in the mobile-phone universe, citing the handheld's capacitive touch-screen and AR capabilities as an entry-level gateway for development on the platform.

He also added that the Vita's development kit has been specifically engineered with affordability in mind, and that the system is "small and light and easy for developers to handle." With smartphones gobbling up increasingly larger slices of the mobile gaming pie, Sony seems to be positioning itself as the indie-friendly option for mobile developers looking to enter the world of dedicated gaming devices.

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Public SDK, dammit!

Damn right it's about time Sony started stopping seeing themselves as this premium brand and overcharging for everything to keep away what some might call shovelware. Yeah their hardware is better quality than the competition but the operative word being there is Competition, and they've said they taking their own path with their consoles and not really directly competing with any other console, and really that's just a kick in the teeth for their loyal customers when they see new stuff happening on 360 but like everything post Ps3/Psp it might take up to 4 years for them to get it.