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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: JC-21 on May 04, 2001, 01:02:16 PM

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: JC-21 on May 04, 2001, 01:02:16 PM

Not the linux ones but the ones that dvelopment houses recieve. I heard Sony slashed the price to $10,000 to match MS\'s which is $10,000 I think is this true.

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: Halberto on May 04, 2001, 01:06:16 PM

$16,000 is the PS2 Dev kit.

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: Nishi#5 on May 04, 2001, 02:11:57 PM

The DTL-10000 TOOL dev kits used to be yen2,000,000 (roughly $16,000 in USD)  or $20,000 for US developers. They has been cut to yen1,000,000/$10,000 to match that of Xbox.

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: JC-21 on May 04, 2001, 02:26:18 PM

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Originally posted by Nishi#5
The DTL-10000 TOOL dev kits used to be \\2,000,000 (roughly $16,000 in USD)  or $20,000 for US developers. They has been cut to \\,1,000,000/$10,000 to match that of Xbox.

that\'s what I thought, got a link to this?

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: MBigD011 on May 04, 2001, 10:08:11 PM

i was thinking bout gettinga  PS1 dev kit only 500 bucks

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: inteq on May 05, 2001, 07:43:44 PM

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They has been cut to yen1,000,000/$10,000 to match that of Xbox.

According to Sega they haven\'t lowered the price.

from core magazine (http://www.coremagazine.com/news/4151.php3);


"One of the main problems with the PlayStation 2 is the cost of development, especially Sony\'s kits which are 2 million yen ($16,500) each. As a result, many companies have 5-10 people using the same kit for their games. That\'s why there are so many B-class games on the PlayStation 2, it\'s terribly inefficient."

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on May 06, 2001, 09:22:37 AM

My God, I hope the price down soon... this way we´ve more games.

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: Bossieman on May 06, 2001, 09:27:06 AM

Sony wants everybodys money.

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: METALGEAR007 on May 06, 2001, 09:30:12 AM

yeah does a dev kit let u make ur own games for the psx2 ?

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: RichG on May 06, 2001, 09:52:42 AM

Yep pretty much. Well to be exact, going from the PS1 dev kit, it will be a special playstation which can be hooked upto the PC and can run software which is programmed in C++. Least I think thats how it works.

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: METALGEAR007 on May 07, 2001, 10:56:28 AM

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Originally posted by RichGUK
Yep pretty much. Well to be exact, going from the PS1 dev kit, it will be a special playstation which can be hooked upto the PC and can run software which is programmed in C++. Least I think thats how it works.

cheers mate

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: rlau1980 on May 08, 2001, 02:55:27 AM

Shall we all put in some money and buy one!  We could have a psx2central software group! hahaha

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: Metal_Gear_Ray on May 08, 2001, 04:44:53 AM

How about the new kits sony sendt the developers last christmas? What was the name again... something with alchemy in it?

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: Mac1 on May 08, 2001, 07:08:51 AM

theirs a development kit selling on ign for 300 bucks you can pre order......

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: Mac1 on May 08, 2001, 07:12:25 AM

http://ps2.ign.com/news/34243.html

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: Living-In-Clip on May 08, 2001, 08:39:56 AM

Unless you know extensive C and quite abit of ASM, a developers kit is pretty pointless, beyond novelty value.

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: Nishi#5 on May 08, 2001, 12:06:42 PM

http://www.gamesmania.com/ycraze/news.asp?Action=2586

PS2 dev kit prices have been halved and royalties on PSX/PSOne games have been lowered, paving the way for cheaper games. Sega Smilebit started developing their games when the kits were 2 million yen while the Xbox kits were 1 million. Now the price of PS2 kits is the same as Xbox kits.

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: JC-21 on May 08, 2001, 02:27:44 PM

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Originally posted by Nishi#5
http://www.gamesmania.com/ycraze/news.asp?Action=2586

PS2 dev kit prices have been halved and royalties on PSX/PSOne games have been lowered, paving the way for cheaper games. Sega Smilebit started developing their games when the kits were 2 million yen while the Xbox kits were 1 million. Now the price of PS2 kits is the same as Xbox kits.

Thanks for link.  I needed that to prove to any X-Box fan boy that they halved the dev kit costs:)

Title: What\'s the cost of a PS2 dev kit?
Post by: rlau1980 on May 08, 2001, 03:06:57 PM

So exactly how much can I get one for in £GBP.