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Sony was the first to support indie development, if you went the official way, not hacked consoles.

Original PS -> Yaroze

PS2 -> PS2Linux with full hardware access, except for some professional APIs.

PS3 -> Here they went downhill with the graphics crippled OtherOS, while removing it altogether afterwards

PSP Vita -> PlayStation Suite

So although they are a bit schizophrenic in supporting vs attacking indies, the company does indeed have a long history already in doing it.



Yaroze -> only for other Yaroze owners PS2Linux -> Only for other PS2Linux users PS3 OtherOS -> shall not speak of this atrocity Vita -> I looked into this, it was closer to what it should be but I still found their TOS and approval process to be overly restrictive.

I really think the first true example of this was on the XBox 360 IndieGames marketplace, the threshold for participation was restrictive but totally doable for almost any developer. it's a real shame they seem to be dumping it.


PlayStation Suite is more like PS3 OtherOS than anything else. It's incredibly crippled.


As a PS2Linux owner, I stopped caring when they released OtherOS instead of the support I was used to.

I just meant to list the legal possibilities, but as I said Sony is very schizophrenic in how it does it.


Doesn't it run on PSP/Sony Android Phones and PS3 though?


No, PlayStation Suite does not run on PSP or PS3. It runs on the PlayStation Vita and a very small subset of Android phones/tablets (not even 'All Sony Phones', unfortunately)




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