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SCEE makes PS2 open platform in Europe

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According to this GameDaily piece, Sony Europe developer relations manager George Bain has told a conference of Eastern European developers that game-makers will no longer have to submit content for approval on PS2, effectively making the machine an open platform.

Bain noted that Russian and Indian developers can "create low-development cost titles and release them in their market" as one of the positive effects of this decision.

Thanks, 1UP.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.
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