Provide tools.
People will use tools to develop applications.
Applications will make the platform more valuable.

I don’t think it will work the same here, though.

Developing a shareware for Windows is one thing. Developing a video game people will want to play is something else entirely.

I would love to do it, but I am the worse artist in the world.
An artist friend of mine could not program, even if his life depended on it.
You really need a lot of different talents to produce a game people will like to play.

I have 2 1.5 PSPs (ok, one is my brothers, but lets keep it simple). These are MAINLY being used for Homebrew. PiMPStreamer for watching Mythbusters in the garden while sunbathing, or playing cool old SNES or Mega Drive games long forgotten.

Not only that. Via PSPVNC I can used my PSP as a remote for my media station pc (which has no Screen other than a TV), with a display, which shows me the screen itself.

I really REALLY hope, Sony opens up homebrew. I doesnt need to be kernel access at all. Many homebrews dont use the media engine and still get good performance out of it.

As my programming skills are only some simple java and c++ things (hello world and simple arithmetic stuff, just for pratice), I wont be using it to program, but others can do HELLISH good things with it, GREATLY improving the value of the console. This is one point, why I prefer my Linux pcs over any console. I can do WHATEVER I want with it.

I may also be some nice opportunity for soon to be game developers to show, what they are capable of.

If anyone can develop a truly outstanding game then they should be a professional games developer anyway. A token gesture more than anything.