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Ack! Console Devtools Expensive?

Landfish · 2000-10-17T20:19:35

I can''t believe some of the numbers I''ve seen... Can someone confirm the prices for Development Kits on a system such as the PS2? Even better, can someone explain the logic in them being that expensive? Why do they do it that way? The whole way console systems liscence seems like a mystery to me.

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Started by Landfish October 14, 2000 04:01 PM

11 comments, last by Landfish 23 years, 8 months ago

Anonymous

October 17, 2000 12:45 PM

PS2 Dev kits are around $20K. The $200K-$500K is the amount of theft/damages insurance your company *must* have before they will even think of shipping you a dev kit.

Jonathan

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October 17, 2000 12:57 PM

quote: Original post by dial0g

Do you really consider Linux as a pro of the Indrema? To me it seems its biggest shortcoming, who wants a large kernel designed for network servers running video games?

The pro about linux is that the kernel can be streamlined and cut down for whatever application you''re putting it to, and still run consistenly. I''m sure Indrema will be using a highly customized kernel to run their console, tuned just for games.

Jonathan