Then what is the point of releasing a PS2 dev kit at all? It’s great that college students get a chance to hack on a unique architecture, but what does this bring to the industry? How does this help development studios of any size when students are learning an aging platform that fewer studios are developing for to begin with?

This is *exactly* as if Sony announced they were funding a project to introduce students to the PDP-11 – decades after the architectural *design* has been abandoned. The PS2 has about as much in common with the PS3 as an old Irix workstation has with modern PCs. This move makes no sense to me.

And what of students who create something truly spectacular on their school’s PS2 kit? They sure can’t share it. They can’t show the world what they’ve accomplished. All they can hope for is that a studio recognizes their talent and hires them – to work on a *different* platform they know nothing about! And how often would that happen anyway?

Re: Linux

I love the fact that I can run Linux on my PS3 and develop for the cell processor. That was a good move, I think. But what of me? With no access to RSX, (or, really, any hardware-accelerated OpenGL interface) how can I prepare my engine for any non-trivial project?

I don’t know if you’ve paid any attention, but Mesa is unreasonably *slow* without driver help.

Re: XNA

Why doesn’t Sony do something like this? Microsoft is probably making a killing by encouraging developers to create for and distribute on XBL. They’re bringing in programmers by the truckload because they’re actually *encouraging* it.

All Sony does is give indies the finger and tell them to go work for a studio. How can I create *my* games the way *I* want to if I have to go through a dim-witted publisher just to get *permission* to discuss the *possibility* of distributing my stuff? How does Sony risk anything if they allow people to actually develop and distribute games for the PS3?

Everything you’ve said sounds like excuses and closed-minded drivel.

In Today’s News:

“There are ongoing discussions with Sony about what its decisions and strategies are, how they are going to go forward.

“Certainly, we still see it as a viable format. But we’re not developing too many games on it until we get some direction. They’ve got to decide what they want to do with it, and come out clearly and say, ‘this is our strategy, this is our process and this is how publishers can get behind it’.”

“At the moment they are in no man’s land[…”

Read on:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ubisoft-urges-sony-to-act-on-directionless-psp

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Here at Image Campus, we’re very excited with the idea. Please, make sure we can meet during your next trip to Buenos Aires to discuss how could we engage in the program.

If this blog is trying to just Filter in positive and “nice” comment for its agenda. Then definitely I can see how The company is in the condition that it is in.

Mark Danks nice one.

I’ll try another blog where they’ll accept open-minded discussion.