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    Jeff Mattas posted a new article, Sony: Indie support is key to innovation.

    Sony Computer Entertainment chief Shuhei Yoshida notes that industry innovation suffers when smaller indie developers aren't supported.
    Jul 11, 2011 8:00pm PDT
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    Jeff Mattas posted a new article, Sony: Indie support is key to innovation.

    Sony Computer Entertainment chief Shuhei Yoshida notes that industry innovation suffers when smaller indie developers aren't supported. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      No! Popamole dumbed-down shooters are the key to innovation! : Memphis-Ahn
      • What are you trying to say by this? : Chipwarrior
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      Too bad they weren't singing this tune when the opportunity to make PSN an open platform for homebrew, en... : HisDivineOrder
      • Sony doesn't want an open platform. They want a closed platform, but want to have indie developers make ... : the archvileThis person is cool!
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      how nice, are they going to do something about it? MS have XNA, Sony need something as well. : thecrayThis person is cool!
      • sony have quite a few interesting games from small indie studios on PSN, so they have been doing that : jcupittThis person is cool!
      • They did have the Net Yaroze back in the PSX days. : Mr. Goodwrench
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      has sony ever described any of their products as 'developer friendly' before? i know at least the ps2 and... : Mr.SEX
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        Yea Playstation is anti- indie in its roots (sdk and hardware). : Longgshot
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          What do you mean by hardware? You can put in any size HD. 3rd party wireless controllers are supported.... : BlockheadBrown
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            You're thinking consumer. To be Indie friendly, they need cheap Dev-Kits and licensing. : chekote
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              Like letting people use the UDK to create content for the PSP-2. : The_Turbinator
              • UDK is a bit bloated for something like that. If I were coding for it I would want to use a much leaner e... : shinobidye7This person is cool!