Report: Sony changing PSP dev pricing, pipeline to attract more creators

"getting rid of concept approval, shortening quality assurance process."

this statement worries me. it sounds like the PSP may become the new shovelware dumpster. i really hope i'm wrong.

Maybe they should court consumers with a low price point for the PSP Go.

I'll probably be getting one when they change the PSP Go consumer pricing, but whatever they have to do to get more developers onboard in the mean time is good.

Plus it's nice to see Sony starting to cater to developers more.

I just wish Sony would follow in Microsoft's footsteps in regards to XNA and the XNA Indie Games stuff.

I bet there are tons of people who would want to develop for the PSP and who have one at home but can't afford to pay £999999999999 for a dev-kit.

I just think this way you may see some amazing indie games and not crap remakes of old ones.

I have a feeling the Psp Go! will come with 50$ of psn money... Therefore its like it cost 200$ but forces you to spend 50$ right away on the psn store. With 50$ you can get one FULL game at 39.99 and one ps1 classic hit/ PSN Game at 10$ or 2 smaller games at 4.99$

They want consumers spending right away on apps, games and movies so it makes sense to me

Unless this means they're going to price it less than the current PSP models, I think I'm going to safely put my interest at still near zero.

I hope they just change the pricing on downloadable games.
theres to many umd legacy games that cost more to download than they would going to buy it used hell sometimes even new at the store.

Since shouldnt downloads always be cheaper than there boxed counterparts?

Sony... stop it with the PSP GO already

1. What is better than the PSP?

2. How is it better?

Another joke to add the psp go catalogue.

Why the hell don't Sony listen to their product buying public? We're telling them what we want, and they just shovel this shit in front of us!

(Still love my ps3 though)

Too bad there is still no sort of "sixaxis" or accelerometer in the PSP yet, could come in handy if apps from iPhone developers were coming over to the PSP.

If Sony wants to appeal to developers it should worry about the rampant piracy problem on its system.

Who cares what the SDK costs and how the QA process works if an obscene percentage of the software generates the developer no revenue.

Sounds again like Sony is behind the ball again. Here is a major FUBAR, inFamous flash game. HELLO jacka$$ you have a top title come out and to promote it via a flash game and don't even allow it to me used as a PSP application. That would have been an ideal tool for the PSP. I tried to get it to work on PSP and I get a memory error.

I agree with Jawmuncher. Shouldn't the download price on the PSN be a couple bucks cheaper since there is no UMD or packaging? That would get people buying from them more especially if there was a reward zone type option there. After spending X amount on the PSN you qualify for a redeem code for X off your next purchase either games or video.

Anthony, as far the the axis control it is there with the PS3 controller with the GO and the video out function. Now if Sony incorporated a PSP emulator into a PS3 firmware update they would have something.

If Sony really wants to get people developing for the system allow for a homebrew based content (apps and games). When PSP first came out there was emulators and apps for everything then the firmware started coming.

Sony wants more people to buy the system get the gaming price down. Don't feed me the line they have nothing to do with setting game prices.

Here is another game idea, why not talk to Konami about porting some of there old NES & MSX games to PSP. Last I knew XBLA had Contra. Think about playing Contra, Super C, Castlevania, CV2: Simon's Quest, Metal Gear, MG2: Solid Snake on the PSN for anywhere from $2.50 to $5.

Under that same thought what about ID. They released Wolfenstien for PS3 and Xbox via the stores but no support for the PSP. That would have been a great release. Sure it is an old school game but those are the ones that get hombrewed first, so there is a market for it. Quake 1 & 2, Wolfenstien and Doom. Hello.

Also why not talk to Atari also. Remember Combat?

If some one made a Contra themed game in LBP wouldn't you think there is a market for it. Even if it was removed by Sony.

Oh and Coyo t if the iphone is not so great why did Kojima create a MGS app for the iphone based on MGS4 before he did anything personally on the PSP?

During E3, just before they unveiled the new PSP, I'm pretty sure Kaz mentioned cutting dev kit cost by 80% or so to allow more people could make games for the system.

four or five fart-based titles? come on more like 30 first day. I hope Sony doesnt mess this up and keep people from making games for it. Its working for iphone. Sony just needs to follow lead and make money and not and try and change things or mess things up.

WHY IS IT NOT TOUCH SCREEN!!!!>?!?!?!?!?!?

I, too, think Sony is veering dangerously into iPhone territory. Here's my new blog post about the subject:

http://www.gameinmind.com/game-in-mind/2009/07/5-reasons-why-sony-should-not-try-to-turn-the-psp-go-into-an-iphone-competitor.html