Sony PSP app store prepped

Sure, the Sony PSP Go is a download only handheld console, but if you thought Sony was content with stuffing games like Gran Turismo on there and chillaxing, guess again. As promised, Sony’s pushing for developers to come up with snack sized games and applications for a new, separate area of the PlayStation Store, putting the Wi-Fi connected, UMD-less device, as well as the plain PSP, up against the might of the iPhone App Store.

There have been whispers aplenty that Nintendo is planning to push apps on the Nintendo DSi in a big way, but now Sony seems set on getting in on the fun with the PSP. According to Develop, Sony has already gathered developers up for a new section of the PlayStation Store, to sell mini games (Just 20MB in size) and apps for the Sony PSP and PSP Go.

50 studios are believed to be in on it, including Subatomic Studios, which is priming a Sony PSP version of its iPhone Fieldrunnners tower defense game. You won’t be able to get in on the action unless you’re an approved partner unfortunately, but if you were in need of some extra justification to slap down the cash for a Sony PSP Go in October, this could be it, especially if the non-game apps prove to be as useful as some of those on the iPhone and iPod touch. Here’s hoping the guest list keeps quality high.

Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology/2009/07/16/sony-psp-app-store-prepped-115875-21524979/