Sony Halves Development Kit Costs

**MIG-31** · Nov 19, 2007, 04:25 PM

Source: Gamesutra
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Sony has nearly halved the cost of its PlayStation 3 hardware development kits to $10,250/€7,500, while also announcing a new integration of existing SN Systems software development tools, including ProDG, into the standard software development kit.

The PlayStation 3 Reference Tool will drop to $10,250 in North America, ¥950,000 in Japan and €7,500 in Europe, effective immediately and excluding tax. Although the price cut may be seen as a reaction to the console’s continued low sales worldwide, the drop is in line with similar cuts made to PlayStation 2 development hardware a year after its launch.

Nov 19, 2007, 04:25 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Sony Halves Development Kit Costs Source: Gamesutra _______________ Sony has nearly halved the cost of its PlayStation 3 hardware development kits to $10,250/€7,500, while also announcing a new integration of existing SN Systems software development tools, including ProDG, into the standard software development kit. The PlayStation 3 Reference Tool will drop to $10,250 in North America, ¥950,000 in Japan and €7,500 in Europe, effective immediately and excluding tax. Although the price cut may be seen as a reaction to the console’s continued low sales worldwide, the drop is in line with similar cuts made to PlayStation 2 development hardware a year after its launch. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here