Create you own games on PS3

Sony has announced during the Develop Conference this week that it is currently beta testing a new PlayStation 3 development kit for students.



Sarah Lemarie, from SCEE R&D made the announcement, saying:

I have exciting news. We have started a PS3 Academic Development Programme, and we’re referring to the dev kits as mini-dev kits, which I can best described [sic] as being in a closed beta stage at present. We’ll be opening this beta up slowly … Of course universities can use Linux to program on the PS3, but I would really strongly recommend that if you are interested in the PS3 you look into this, as the experience you will get over Linux is quite incredible.

This isn’t the first time Sony has released such a kit. Back in 1997 it released the Net Yaroze, a black PSOne which came with all the software and tools required to create games on the company’s first console. It was soon picked up by Universities and bought by students eager to get a taste of what it was like to develop on a console. At $750 it was within reach of individuals and education institutes could afford to fill a classroom with them.

The new PS3 kit will include a PS3 with two USB ports and an SDK which includes the PhyreEngine – a free cross platform engine for PS3 and PC which supports both OpenGL and DirectX and includes the PS3 LibGCM library.

that is incredibly cool o.o

thats awsome, i hope it not to expensive

awesome but i think that it will be like around 50 or 75$

sOs-Kil wrote:

awesome but i think that it will be like around 50 or 75$

what ?!! about 70 $ i think you meant 700$ cuz ps3 with engines will not be that cheap and making games dev-kits are serious so expect high prices for it .. by the way its for me must buy i'll create very simple game at first then i'll try to get bit better making other one and maybe one day i'll be working for sony company ''my dreams''

soul_eater93 wrote:

sOs-Kil wrote:

awesome but i think that it will be like around 50 or 75$

what ?!! about 70 $ i think you meant 700$ cuz ps3 with engines will not be that cheap and making games dev-kits are serious so expect high prices for it .. by the way its for me must buy i'll create very simple game at first then i'll try to get bit better making other one and maybe one day i'll be working for sony company ''my dreams''

lol. im a fan of blizzard but that just cus im addicted to wow. but ok i give u 700$ but i wont be buying it. ill leave the developing to the pros. lol.

sOs-Kil wrote:

awesome but i think that it will be like around 50 or 75$

dude, way more than that

soul_eater93 wrote:

sOs-Kil wrote:

awesome but i think that it will be like around 50 or 75$

what ?!! about 70 $ i think you meant 700$ cuz ps3 with engines will not be that cheap and making games dev-kits are serious so expect high prices for it .. by the way its for me must buy i'll create very simple game at first then i'll try to get bit better making other one and maybe one day i'll be working for sony company ''my dreams''

haha i wana be a pilot thats "my dreams" ethier for the military or as a cop pilot

sOs-Kil wrote:

soul_eater93 wrote:

sOs-Kil wrote:

awesome but i think that it will be like around 50 or 75$

what ?!! about 70 $ i think you meant 700$ cuz ps3 with engines will not be that cheap and making games dev-kits are serious so expect high prices for it .. by the way its for me must buy i'll create very simple game at first then i'll try to get bit better making other one and maybe one day i'll be working for sony company ''my dreams''

lol. im a fan of blizzard but that just cus im addicted to wow. but ok i give u 700$ but i wont be buying it. ill leave the developing to the pros. lol.

can i have the 700$ too?