Sony is reaching new heights with PlayStation. Per latest reports, Sony Computer Entertainment is set to launch PlayStation Mobile this fall. Sony's PlayStation Mobile is aimed at offering expanded development tools and methods for game designers.
The new program includes the PlayStation Mobile Developer Program, which will offer Sony's new PlayStation Mobile SDK to developers who want to design games for distribution through PlayStation Certified devices.
As far as compatibility is concerned, products like the PlayStation Vita and Sony Ericsson Xperia Play are already compatible with PlayStation Mobile content. Moreover, Asus and Wikipad have also joined the PlayStation Certified license program to join the group.
According to Sony, as many as 29 developers and publishers in the U.S. and another 56 in Japan and Europe have agreed to develop content for PlayStation Mobile. The Mobile Developer Program itself will be rolled out in parts over fall to U.S., Canada, Japan, the U.K. France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
PlayStation Mobile content will now be available through the PlayStation Store on the Vita and PlayStation Certified devices. However, note that when PlayStation Mobile content is launched in the PlayStation Store, original PlayStation games (in the form of PSOne Classics) will be terminated and users, who want to play those games, will have to look for other pastures.
Additionally, Sony has also announced that it will add a number of features and tweaks to the PS Vita in the upcoming 1.8 software update. These features include new button controls for several of the Vita's menus, which, previously, could only be controlled by the touchscreen.
The Vita will now also be able to import playlists from iTunes and the PlayStation 3 and video playback will have more speed options. The software update is planned for an Aug. 18 arrival.
