PSP Minis

1. 

   Booger
   Member

   Hi,

   I just stumbled upon the site while googling for information on PSP minis. I really feel that Minis is the perfect format for hobbyist devs since it gives the absolute essentials (in my humble opinion)... 3D capability, PHYSICAL BUTTONS!!!, and all-around good design.

   It's just that having to set up a corporation is a bit much for someone already content with his own profession. I wish there was a company out there who would listen to all the hobbyists who would have prototyped their games (say, in Unity3D or Unreal Development Kit since they're now free), then for some profit-sharing arrangment then ports the game as a PSP Mini. The company wouldn't run out of ideas, and the hobbyist game makers would have a corporate entity to break into the Playstation scene.

   Posted 2 years ago #
2. 

   JeremyR
   Member

   I really think Sony needs to step up and have something "below" minis, like the Indie game thing on XBLA.

   Unfortunately, I think Sony seems to be stuck in the PS1 days, where they were the king of the hill, thinking all they have to do is make hardware and people will flock to it, despite having strict standards.

   Your idea isn't bad, though, but at least in my experience in the book field (I am an aspiring author), such companies in practice are just predatory. "Pay us tons of money and well publish your book, really."

   Posted 2 years ago #
3. 

   Chris
   Key Master

   That's not a bad business idea. As long as game devs did have full featured prototypes and demos it wouldn't be to hard to pick some winners and port them. Nice idea. Just wish some company would do it.

   Initially I liked that Sony set the bar high enough to keep out the riff raff, but low enough to encourage indie game devs and small studios to produce minis. But now I think the bar is still a bit too high and could benefit from coming down a little.

   Posted 2 years ago #

RSS feed for this topic

Reply

You must log in to post.