Sony open to buy-in alpha games for PlayStation platforms
"Yeah, if it doesn't have any bugs that are completely destroying the world," Adam Boyes, VP of publisher and developer relations at Sony America told Joystiq last night at the PlayStation Indie Arcade event. "[CCP's Dust 514] is a great example of putting out content that you know is not final. If you want to monetize it, that's fine. I mean, if you want to put out a game that's playable and does pass the checklists and stuff, you can. If it doesn't sell and you can't support, you may not want to support, but we absolutely support that."
Boyes noted the buy-in alpha openness wasn't just for the upcoming PlayStation 4, but could be applied to PS3, Vita or PlayStation mobile.
He continued, "We allow that on all of our platforms, that sort of continually updating and selling. Again, if people buy it and they're passionate about it, and you want to improve it and make it better over time you can."
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/26/sony-open-to-buy-in-alpha-games-for-playstation-platforms/
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OzarPosted:
zR-TxPX-21 This sounds like a really good idea. They should make it available on all Sony consoles. I like the idea of Sony taking the next step...
Yes i know it should be available on sony consoles as some people would like this on their ps3 or something if they arnt getting the ps4
Yeah that would be very good indeed!
SCOPosted:
PX-21 This sounds like a really good idea. They should make it available on all Sony consoles. I like the idea of Sony taking the next step...
Yes i know it should be available on sony consoles as some people would like this on their ps3 or something if they arnt getting the ps4
Soldier_Posted:
Oasis 4 years too late. But I guess if you throw enough money at small devs something's bound to stick, so I'm sure they'll make good money from it.
Oh yeah thats for sure.
Soldier_Posted:
Relations Sounds like a great idea! Will get some profit out of it..
Yeah, this is a good idea. Good play on sonys part.
OasisPosted:
4 years too late. But I guess if you throw enough money at small devs something's bound to stick, so I'm sure they'll make good money from it.
EG6Posted:
This sounds like a really good idea. They should make it available on all Sony consoles. I like the idea of Sony taking the next step...
CygnetPosted:
This actually sounds like a good idea. It would benefit the developers, but also give a good sense of what the game will be like once its out of alpha and on the shelfs. +1 sony
neboPosted:
M60 I like this idea from Sony for once but they should only bring to the Ps4
I think they should spread it all around.
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