Thu, Oct 07, 2010 | 17:05 BST
Sony to stop distributing current PSP development kits in November
SCEE has sent notice to developers it will no longer be selling current PSP development kits past November 15.
According to a notice sent to a Spanish distributor, via PSPgweber, SCEE will “no longer be selling the PSP development tool (dtp-t2000a) or testing tool (dtp-h2500a)” and those that are in need of the kits should order them in advance before November 15 hits. Sony will then advise developers when “a new model becomes available.”
We contacted SCEE regarding this new information and were told the certification on the current kits was due to expire.
“Due to the certification on the current development and test tools expiring, we will be stopping selling them on November 15,” said the SCEE rep. “However, we will continue to provide loan stock for registered and new developers, until a new certified model is available.”
The news is certain to fuel ongoing PSP2 rumors.
A developer has now openly claimed to have a dev kit in-house, and a source of ours has said the handheld will be released around holiday 2011, putting it later in the year than 3DS in March.
We’ll mail SCEA for comment as well.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, NGP, PSP, Sony, hardware
Tags: PSP development kits, scee
20 comments
#1
cookiejar
07/10/10, 2:50 pm
The ball is rolling now.
#2
Blerk
07/10/10, 2:54 pm
Gosh, I wonder why this could be?
#3
RETARDED VIKING
07/10/10, 2:56 pm
Ah well there goes the first nail on the coffin
i had such fun times with it(SOBS)
#4
Erthazus
07/10/10, 2:59 pm
@2 Because Blerk is not buying their system
so they want to impress him and show at E3 something much better 
#5
cookiejar
07/10/10, 2:59 pm
Aye, she was a good little device. Played some great games on it, but it never got the lovin’ it deserved. Hoping for that little bit more from its successor.
#6
Michael O’Connor
07/10/10, 3:00 pm
Well, if that doesn’t pretty much confirm the PSP2, nothing does.
I’m Surprised they’re cutting it off this soon though. Ah well, my lovely PSP had a strong run. Here’s to the future!
#7
Johnny Cullen
07/10/10, 3:00 pm
They’re readying PSPgo 2 and not PSP 2, obviously.
#8
RETARDED VIKING
07/10/10, 3:02 pm
@7 don’t even jinx us
#9
Blerk
07/10/10, 3:10 pm
I’ve got a PSP, Erthazus!
#10
Erthazus
07/10/10, 3:18 pm
@9 Oh jeez, fuck i failed.
I thought you have only Xbox 360 and Wii for your family.
#11
Blerk
07/10/10, 3:19 pm
We have DS too! PS3′s the only console we don’t have.
#12
reema
07/10/10, 3:27 pm
That’s interesting. Hopefully the line-up of PSP2 will be stronger than 3DS. Don’t get me wrong the 3DS line-up looks great, but it also looks like a port-fest.
#13
Kuwabara
07/10/10, 3:40 pm
and u consider urself a serious gamer blerk?
#14
Blerk
07/10/10, 4:02 pm
Well, excuse me for owning everything else.
#15
2plus2equals5
07/10/10, 4:17 pm
Sony be smart. Give us a free version of the psp’s sdk and with the psp2 use the same policy of apple(3 sdk version: free, 99 dollars and 199 dollars).
You will have only advantages…
#16
Lord Gremlin
07/10/10, 4:21 pm
Everybody still have doubts PSP2 is launching this winter? It’s rock solid now. In stores this Christmas.
#17
Omeganex9999
07/10/10, 4:22 pm
I wanna see this PSP2. And I hope it won’t be called PSP2.
#18
lexph3re
07/10/10, 8:44 pm
Welp this is a bit of a let downer… well once psp2 drops ill be picking it up and modding my psp3000 to play the psone classics they never put out like legend of dragoon. And also every snes and genesis game I can find as well as 64 I’m going all out on my psp when they’re done developing for it
#19
manamana
07/10/10, 9:23 pm
So the Ghost of Sparta is the big farewell party? Who have not thought of it, c’mon!?
#20
Moonwalker1982
07/10/10, 10:43 pm
It didn’t get the loving because it didn’t deserve it at all. For some reason there just weren’t too many good games,only a few. And while the PSP Go looked like a nice handheld, that whole idea behind is was fucked up.