"developers working on the App Store and PSP Minis tell us that they prefer our approach because they get more visibility"



no *****in duh



theyre shining on the network, by making simple games, and getting a good bit of cash for it



the question is do consumers



personally i believe

the sdk should be free (not saying it should but would prefer)

there should then be a website/forum

in which other dedicated developers release the app and rate others,

once a game has got a certain amount of good ratings it appears on a seperate category on the store



it still leaves all games to be playable by those who really want homebrew, by logging onto the website and manually downloading it

the article says the PSP SDK has dropped to $1500... and I remember seeing that they dropped the price 80%... meaning they were charging nearly $8000 for the kits before hand!?!??! NO wonder no one wanted to dev for the system.

Knowing Sony's recent history they'll do something that seems good like a free sdk, but then they'll do something really dumb and drive a load of people away like their greedy pricing on Psp go.

$8000 is pretty cheap for a dev kit. Even GBA's cost more than that.



Think before you speak next time.

My assumptions come from the fact Sony thinks they can charge the same for umd's as for downloaded games, and stupidity comes from them not being competitive with prices and not making the most of their hardware with features and services which would attract new buyers.

lol

us made the first comment

u should back urs up first

also u have to be more careful when accusing not defending



i believe the go has a lower dev cost

howeber since when is making a nice profit from demand greedy

being greedy would best describe a cancellation of a service that was promised to make more profit



business is business

the few people who are greedy are MPs



THE REASON WHY dlc costs the same as umd

is to prevent the high street from yapping



and to get the go on the street others the high street wouldnt support it



think things through in future

True, but it's pretty prohibitive for a smaller dev outfit. It pretty much locked out anyone who couldn't afford to risk a bad selling game.

I don't see how keeping downloadable game prices high will keep high street retailers happy.. High prices will put people off buying games so if stores sell psn vouchers they'll make less than if games were cheaper and more people could afford, can someone please explain the logic behind this theory.

Now imagine that you buy that $8000 kit and develop a game that sells 500 copies, $1 profit per sold copy. You're out $7500.

as its for the new hardware and some software too. Still have some features but not as much as the price should demand. Still it would be a great handheld for first PSP gamers, and for fans. Also you wnat a little, affordable Media device (not iphone) get the PSP Go :)



I'm sure that Go will Go on the Dark side soon :)

Thanks Hombrew Scene for these premonitions! lol



Carry on!