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Has anyone else thought that the recent announcements sony has made are probably an attempt to keep third parties loyal, especially with the upcoming release of the PSP?
First sony announces that the PlayStation Portable will go on sale for 19,800 yen, far cheaper than anyone expected and thus taking the brunt force of introducing a new product themselves. At 19,800 yen the system is far more consumer friendly. Not to mention Sony increasing the amount of ram on the PSP as per request from developers, the PSP could have been even cheaper.
Second they announce in combination with IBM that the cell won't be difficult to develop for. Whether or not that is true has yet to be seen, but doesn't take away from the fact that they came out with such a statement.
Then, finally the announcement of collaberation with Nvidia. Many problems with the PS2 stem from the GS and the limited development tools.
These things combined make me feel sony feeling eager if not anxious to please 3rd party development in the industry.
First sony announces that the PlayStation Portable will go on sale for 19,800 yen, far cheaper than anyone expected and thus taking the brunt force of introducing a new product themselves. At 19,800 yen the system is far more consumer friendly. Not to mention Sony increasing the amount of ram on the PSP as per request from developers, the PSP could have been even cheaper.
Second they announce in combination with IBM that the cell won't be difficult to develop for. Whether or not that is true has yet to be seen, but doesn't take away from the fact that they came out with such a statement.
Then, finally the announcement of collaberation with Nvidia. Many problems with the PS2 stem from the GS and the limited development tools.
These things combined make me feel sony feeling eager if not anxious to please 3rd party development in the industry.