Sony subsidiary halves PSP development kit price

Game development news site Develop reported Monday (February 4, 2008) that Sony subsidiary SN Systems, which makes the development kits for all Sony consoles, slashed the price of their PSP kits in half.

Beyond just the price, all new PSP kits also now come with Turner, a performance optimizing program. The annual renewal fees for developers who have already bought the PSP tools have also been slashed in half.

By reducing its development costs, Sony is trying to…