30 Day PSP Coding Contest

Busshy writes "Lik Sang and PSP News have tonight announced the start of the first 30 day Coding competition for the PSP. The competition can have entries such as Games, Demos, Emulators and Applications for any version PSP. Full details and prizes (which is a complete range of essential PSP accessories) are available on the site."

Re:Development software..

[Anonymous Coward]

Something tells me that a lot of people are going to develop software for the contest using the various hacked methods of getting code to run, and not using the offical "SDK" that you mention. In fact, I'd be sure of it.

Re:Development software..

[NanoGator]

"IMHO, Sony are very unlikley to release the SDK to the public (at a resonable price) anytime soon"

They won't. They're losing money on the system and making it up through the sale of games. They want people buying PSPs to play the games they make royalties off of. In some ways it's sad, in some ways it's understandable. Can't say I agree much with their business model, but they did pack a lot of hardware into that price range.

Re:Development software..

[aliquis]

Remember you've got distributors and retail stores atop of that to thought.

Re:What if

[grumbel]

### All of which were general-purpose computers and not game consoles.

Well, yes, thats kind of the point, if you remove the content control and let everybody develop for it, every computer becomes a 'general purpose' computer. An XBox or Playstation to which I connect a USB Keyboard and a harddisk is no less a general purpose computer then an Amiga was one, only difference is that Sony/Microsoft don't allow you to develop for it officially, while Commadore did allow you todo exactly that. Only different is really the control, not the hardware.

And all of a sudden it costs $2000.

[Corngood]

The control gives them the ability to manage the up front (hardware) vs. ongoing costs (software) costs for the consumer. Without that control they'd have to sell the hardware for a profit, which would make acceptance lower, and in turn make software less profitable.