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How to Become a PSP Minis Developer

PSP World writes:

"Sony has promised that the service will launch alongside the PSP Go on October 1st, 2009 with an initial offering of about 15 games. However, the service is also accessible from a normal PSP, giving developers a potential installed base of around 52 million units. Needless to say, this announcement has many independent developers excited about the possibility of getting their own creations on a new handheld platform. Costs are still a bit higher than those on the iPhone, and developers must pass a more strenuous licensing process by Sony, which means that there will be far less competition for games that make it onto the service. Independent developers have a good chance of getting a quality game onto the PSP for the first time, but they need to follow certain steps in order to be successful. Here is what you need to do to turn your PSP Mini dreams into a reality:"

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clinker6135d ago

Unfortunately I fail at Step 1: Have programming skills.

Monk3y6135d ago

yea same here, aint looking that bright on other steps either

FamilyGuy6134d ago

There are sooooo many people in the psp hacking scene that make games and apps that have a chance now to make money off of their work. $500 gets you the kit (sdk or whatever program/hardware) so the could easily make their money back if even a slight interest is had in what they make. 52 million is a lot of potential buyers.

drdre746135d ago

Sony is going to make this so hard and expensive they are going to make the app store Fail. The cool thing about the apple store is that it has everything. From good to bad. Someone is downloading the bad stuff. Sony is going to really mess this up. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel when you see it working just fine. Just follow the lead.

FamilyGuy6134d ago (Edited 6134d ago )

You have an issue with Sony having standards?

Just cause the iphone allows any craptastic game to be on the system doesn't mean that's the correct way to do things. It's not "trying to re-invent the wheel" when the first person who attempted it settle for an oval.

rockleex6134d ago (Edited 6134d ago )

Sony is offering smaller developers a chance to tap into the video game market, and not just the cellphone market.

All console and handheld video games have to go through a checking process before they are allowed to be published.

Hell even Apps have to get approved by Apple first.

"Remember that in order to get your game approved by Apple, it has to be original: that means no ports of classic games like Final Fantasy and no emulators."

Finalfantasykid6134d ago

Does it cost anything to develop iPhone games? Or can you just download the SDK for free?

Pillville6134d ago (Edited 6134d ago )

Mac only, obviously.

The iPhone SDK is free and the development software (XCode) comes with OSX. With the free SDK you can test your app in a iPhone emulator that runs on the Mac.

Pay your yearly $99, and you can test your apps on an actual iPhone and submit your app to the app store.

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44% of games industry professionals have considered leaving the industry as a result of redundancies

New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.

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Cockney49d ago

Well if that 44% left im sure there would be a lot less redundancies

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Stop Killing Games on the latest European Commission public hearing

It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.

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