PS3 Devkit : $60,000 please.

damn.. that's a lot of cash ;;
I guess our total budget will go on just the devkit then (if we ever get a publisher ) ;D

 

whoa.. 60K ..
I expect to arrive a 100square feet ready-to use mini-bureau in a sea-container
With all machines, screen, etc. - all wired, a desk and a really comfy PS3 chair.

Isnt this price a problem for small studios?

 

wow, that's a pretty penny. I wonder how dev systems for other systems compared to this one price-wise.

 

$60,000 ?!? I might as well buy an Infiniti SUV .

 

Wasn't PS2 originally around $30K ?

 

ps3 dev rental service i see nothing more then oportunities =)

what was ps2 tool at its arrival ? something btw.. 10-20000 if i remember right

 

...It says 10,000 euro's on the TOOL application form plus 75 euro's for the delivery

 

It has to be the full blown kit that comes with all neccessary hardware.

Remember the PSTOOL itself was $20k, and still is if you want it legitimately. The PS3"Tool" variant is quite expensive too. Just as there were PS2TEST units, there are also PS3 Test units.

$60K has to be for the whole kit and kabootle. I'll double check this.

 

Well if it's the proto kit, you get a grey metal box that looks like a pc with the case removed and a lot of flashing lights.

PS1 performance analysers started off at £125,000 each, but were later reduced to £17,000.

 

probably is not a problem for a game company... they'll get it out of taxes

 

That's not really that much if you're seriously making PS3 games. Hell, if I was going to be making some, I'd pony up the money. ^_^

 

shite...if the costs are that high, than alot of devs will just buy a g5 dual core and get the ms sdk.......i would


5000 for a dual core g5 w/o sdk versus 60 000 for ps3 tool ...i dont think so

 

Least we know how Sony plans to recoup the money they lose on retail systems.

 

The G5 setup is too 'old' now, final hardware is now in use, as is a final hardware SDK.

;-)

 

but still if your an independant dev...you could still do some coding on it.....yea the games woulkdnt look great or anything..but it would wbe alot cheaper than a ps3...


hell im gonna go dev for the NES

 

Very different architecture, plus you don't get docs or support. Don't forget, you're not just paying for the hardware.

 

Yeh you get support that actuall does their job right. Any questions you have, they'll help you in answering it, etc.

 

See's his company NeoSpawn Games not making PS3 games ANYTIME soon...the problem with being a small idependent company..:ayashi

 

60k isn't that much. There are all sorts of ways to get that down a lot -- write a whole bunch of shit off, play ring around the rosy with your taxes, etc.