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PS3 Development: Better and More Affordable

Posted by Derrick Smith On March - 24 - 2009

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According to Kotaku, Sony has just introduced new tools in North America and Europe. US $2,000 and €1,700 respectively, and for Japan at JPY 200,000.

Also mentioned in the article, Sony has been developing some robust software tools for developers that is expected to increase productivity for developers.

These tools have been referred to as SNC PPU toolchain for PLAYSTATION 3 (SNC). SNC has been utilized in blockbuster titles Fallout 3 and has even been used in the ever popular KILLZONE 2. This is excellent news on the Playstation 3 game development front. With game development becoming more efficient and cost effective this should be just in time for Playstation 3 price drop.

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  1. RROD’s & E74: The PS3 Is Positioned To Steal The Show | Playstation ThEvolution Said,

    [...] While a price cut should happen sometime in the not so distant future, Sony has just lowered the development cost in North America, Europe and Japan with newer more sophisticated development tools and the 2009 PS3 [...]

    Posted on March 24th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

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