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Sony to waive license fee for PS2 online titles
Rob Fahey 16:13 24/02/2003
Major incentive offered to developers and publishers of online titles
Following last weeks announcement of a new push to increase the installed base of PS2 network adapters and hard drives in Japan, SCEI is to provide an incentive for developers and publishers of online games by making them exempt from any Sony license fee.
Although Sony does plan to charge a 15 per cent royalty on online titles in future, for now it plans to help publishers to make the decision to create commercially risky online games with this major financial incentive.
Combined with the news that the network adapter is to be sold in retail stores in Japan for the first time, this represents an aggressive move into the online gaming business in the Far East for Sony. It's still not clear which - if any - of these moves will be replicated in the USA (where PS2 online services launched last August) or in Europe (where a launch is not expected until at least Q3 this year).
Vamos, que Sony se va a currar una "exención fiscal" para los desarrolladores, en serio, que no habrá costes de licenciado/royalties para los juegos online durante un tiempo: Sony apuesta fuerte.
PD moderadores: tal vez tendría que estar en el general de PS2,pero creo que si esto da lugar a debate alguno, será por estos lares...
