In a surprisingly canny move, Sony has declared that the PS2 is an "open platform" in Europe. Before you had to get official approval from Sony to get a game release, but that's no longer the case. You'll still have to have a PS2 dev kit to develop games, although Sony apparently lends them out. In practice, this means it's a lot cheaper for indie developers to make games for the substantial PS2 user base.

It's a smart idea. No doubt we'll get some more dubious stuff appearing- I don't give it long before some developer tries to cobble together a porn title- but there's also the chance we'll see some really great indie stuff appearing. It's a good way of giving a little more life to a console. Of course, you still have to have a fair amount of cash to cover publishing and distribution, but the barriers to entry have definitely been lowered.

GameDaily via CVG

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