Sony Giving Out PS4 Dev Kits for Free (for a Year)

<p>Numerous sources have told Polygon that Sony is giving out PlayStation 4 development kits for free&comma; for a year&comma; saving developers a cost of &dollar;2&comma;500 until 2014&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Commenting on the subject&comma; a Sony spokesperson said&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&&num;8220&semi;With self-publishing&comma; we keep things really flexible for developers and give them lots of options&comma; including funding through the Pub Fund&comma; which is back-end funding paid upon completion of the game&comma; we waive patch fees for indies and all digital titles and we embrace new business models like F2P&comma; episodic&comma; and subscriptions&period; We&&num;8217&semi;ve had more than 500 games self-published on PSN&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Do you think this will bring even more fantastic content to the PS4&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2013&sol;7&sol;24&sol;4553842&sol;so-how-much-does-it-cost-to-develop-for-playstation-4">Polygon<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;sony-loaning-out-ps4-dev-kits-to-developers-free-of-charge-for-a-year-6412084">GameSpot<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;36f1ff5f-eea7-4ecb-b49d-12b07c45ef11" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;