Capcom: Sony's software approval process takes two weeks

Ever wondered exactly how long it takes Sony to approve gaming software for its systems? Roughly two weeks says Capcom in its Ask Capcom Round-Up. SCEA usually gets things done "in five to seven days most times," said Capcom's Christian Svensson; however, SCEE likes to take its sweet time with two full weeks, but with a transparent system actively letting companies know of problems as it's being reported.

If a game passes the evaluation, then it's all done. But, if it fails, then the process continues. Sven explains further, "...you generally want to get reports from SCEA and SCEE, fix all issues and resubmit to both at the same time. ... It's usually about five to six days after a fail report before you're resubmitted and the process begins again. It's usually another two weeks minimum before you could possibly have approval (and that's assuming you don't bounce a second time)." So, if you ever read another quote from a developer stating "'we're just waiting on approval from Sony," you now have an estimate of how long that wait is going to be.

[Via Kotaku]