Sony wakes up, smells coffee, understands what “developers, developers, developers” means. Kinda-sorta

It looks like Sony has finally realized that other mobile devices like the iPhone and iPod Touch are beating its PSP at its own game (forgive the pun).  The Japanese electronics giant has hinted that it might open its PSP Go to third party applications other than games.  The PSP Go is the latest addition to the PSP family, the successor to the PSP 3000.

In an interview with CNET, Sony’s Al De Leon said that while PSP content “will mostly be games, there’s an opportunity to look at non-gaming applications.”  Well, Sony, it’s about time!  The PSP is already an excellent device and the Go form factor – with its slide out gamepad – takes that to the next level.  It’s never really been clear to me why Sony hasn’t given developers the ability to develop and publish non-gaming apps to the PSP.  Perhaps it’s indicative of the company as a whole, you know – missing the iPod opportunity, missing the mark on the PS3, and having a very steel-fisted approach to any kind of modifications (read: hacks) to its devices.

What do you think?

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