You Won’t Pay Extra for PS3 Accessories
The Next Generation video games magazine is predicting that console peripheral developers won’t be obliged to pay any licensing fees to Sony like Microsoft will be doing with the Xbox 360.
Sony’s stance has always been that game console peripheral developers could create a peripheral that works with the PlayStation line of consoles and not have to pay Sony anything. Of course, they wouldn’t get to use the PlayStation logo, but their peripherals would still work. This won’t be the case with Microsoft and the Xbox 360, so people have been wondering what Sony’s stance will be once the PS3 hits.
Industry sources close to the issue have indicated that Sony is likely to keep the status quo for PS3 and not require a license and not lock the system with encryption, with the exception of its memory card format. Obviously, this is subject to change, but the best information in front of us from developers and peripheral companies today indicates Sony is happy with the status quo.
I think this is good news both for developers and consumers. It gives a wider range of options to consumers and lower prices too. If you want to avoid a dud peripheral, just research it online first. You don’t need a seal of approval to figure that one out.
I´m waiting for KZ2, and thats not out before feb 09 .. Now that is a loong wait 
August 22nd, 2005 at 7:10 pm
Except for the insanely priced memory cards that they’ve used the BS magicgate encryption to lock out 3rd party vendors for years. However, I’m sure Sony makes hardly anything off of those 8mb memory card they charge $25 for….
August 22nd, 2005 at 8:20 pm
I agree that the prices for memory cards are insane. The last one I bought was used, I just couldn’t stomach the price for a new one. If it’s any consolation, Xbox 360 owners will be paying $39.99 for their Xbox 360 memory cards.
August 22nd, 2005 at 11:13 pm
“Xbox 360 owners will be paying $39.99 for their Xbox 360 memory cards.”
Correction… smart Xbox 360 owners will be getting the REAL Xbox 360 which will have 20GB of storage out of the box.
August 22nd, 2005 at 11:24 pm
I agree.
But somebody’s gonna buy a memory card, and it’ll be $39.99 for those folks.
August 23rd, 2005 at 11:48 am
As far as PS2 memory cards, I’d recommend picking up one of the Datel memory cards. Datel reverse engineered the Magicgate encryption, so they “just work” out of the box. No boot disks or hacking required, and they’re only ~$30 for a 64mb card.
August 23rd, 2005 at 12:23 pm
Hey, that’s great! I’ll keep that in mind if I need to buy another memory card.