Sony PlayStation developer ecosystem enhanced

From April 8, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) has launched a public preview of Unity for PlayStation Mobile (PSM), a dedicated development environment for PSM. The official Unity for PSM removes the need for extensive re-coding, allowing developers to easily port their games created for iPhone, iPad, and Android based devices to launch on PSM and deliver their content to PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) users worldwide. 

Source: Sony Playstation website. What is Playstation Mobile?

Unity for PSM is a fully integrated solution of Unity from Unity Technologies, and is optimised for the creation of PSM content for PS Vita. Furthermore, the PlayStation Mobile Developer Program will expand to an additional 12 countries, while the PlayStation Store (PS Store) for PSM will launch in four new countries. With these expansions, SCE will offer support to a wider range of developers in a total of 32 countries and regions, and deliver new PSM content for PS Vita in 22 countries.

SCE will continue to make improvements to the beta and public preview versions of Unity for PSM, and will offer developers an official version of the solution with system enhancements starting this summer (roughly June to September). Developers will be able to create PSM content by utilising Unity for PSM without having to pay extra charges if they already own licenses for the free version of Unity or Unity Pro, which provide a full professional suite of tools and rendering power. 

The PSM Developer Program, which is aimed at providing support to developers creating dedicated content for PSM, will expand to an additional 12 countries starting May 29, 2014, specifically Australia, Brazil, Columbia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, and Thailand. 

The programme has been available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States since November 2012, followed by Hong Kong and Taiwan since January 2013, and in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden since December 2013. By offering the programme in a total of 32 countries, SCE will provide a wider range of developers the opportunity to bring their content to PSM.

Moreover, in addition to the 18 countries which already offer PSM content for Android and PS Vita, PlayStation Store for PSM will launch in four new countries: Austria, India, Poland and Switzerland beginning June 2014, offering PSM content for PS Vita.