May 08

Sony lifting development license fee on PlayStation Vita and Mobile starting … yesterday

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Sony’s already got a low barrier to entry for developers on its PlayStation Mobile platform, which encompasses the PlayStation Vita handheld game console and a variety of smartphones — just $99 for a license enables publishing across all PlayStation Mobile devices. Apparently that fee is too much for some folks, so Sony’s waving it altogether. Starting right now (as of yesterday, actually), Sony’s “removing any existing barriers” between developers and the PS Mobile platform by dropping the publishing fee, thusly making it all the easier for devs to push their games to the Vita and various smartphones. There are already some great indie games featured on Sony’s PS Mobile store, including Vlambeer’s Super Crate Box and Super Icon Ltd.’s Life of Pixel, and this paves the way for even more.

Of course, Apple’s iOS publishing fee is $99 per year and the App Store is certainly more flush with content than Sony’s Mobile store, which tells us it isn’t the license fee that’s stopping people from pushing their games to PS Mobile.

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Source: US PlayStation Blog, EU PlayStation Blog

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Oct 03

Sony Playstation Mobile store now live, offers cross-platform games and apps from $0.80

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Sony Playstation Mobile store now live, offers crossplatform games and apps from $080

After what feels like a mighty long time since it was first announced, Sony’s cross-platform PlayStation Mobile store is now up and running with an initial line-up of games (plus one lonely-looking app) for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Certified Android devices. That hardware category currently includes Sony’s latest tablets and Xperias, plus HTC One-branded handsets — check the source link for a full list and installation instructions. So far, we can access PSM on the Vita via a new tab on the PlayStation Store, and we know that readers are having luck on devices in the US — including the Xperia Play — but the One X (both global and AT&T) has only given us error messages. If you succeed or fail, please post your results below and we’ll update accordingly.

Update: Okay, there are definitely teething problems on HTC devices and we’re reaching out for an explanation. Meanwhile, owners of the Nexus 7 and the Xperia Ion on AT&T bring happier tidings.

[Thanks to Paul and all who’ve commented]

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