Yes, but what about the SDK costs? I believe special development hardware was re...

wmf · on June 11, 2013

IIRC Sony gives free SDKs to indie stars. The full process is:

1. Develop/release indie game on Windows.

2. Sell a lot of copies (relatively speaking).

3. Sony gives you free SDK.

4. Release indie game on PS3/4.

5. For your second game (e.g. Transistor, The Witness) you can develop for PS4 in parallel with Windows because you already have the SDK.

eropple · on June 11, 2013

That's not the PSVita process. I have a hunch this'll be a lot closer to the Vita process than that.

workbench · on June 11, 2013

Can you enlighten us to the Vita process?

I've dabbled with iOS games but found it a tad boring as I love games with proper controls so the possibilities of this excite me.

eropple · on June 11, 2013

It's rather similar to mobile development:

I haven't personally done it (though I'm considering trying it for a small-ish project) so I can't speak to how many hassles there are.

ekianjo · on June 11, 2013

That's hardly a good way to bring innovation to your system. Sounds like "Me too, Me too!".

kanja · on June 11, 2013

Doesn't the PS4 support unity?

beefsack · on June 11, 2013

I think you mean Unity supporting PS4, and apparently it's coming: http://blogs.unity3d.com/2013/03/21/unity-coming-to-sony-con...