Sony working with Indian devs on PS2 games

According to this Rediff story, Sony's signed deals with 13 developers in India in an effort to produce local PS2 software for both the Indian market and abroad.

In an effort to accelerate the growth of its popular gaming console Playstation 2 in India, Sony Computer Entertainment has tied up with 13 Indian game developers to produce Indian games that could be priced lower than the existing Rs 499 per title.

Atindriya Bose, country manager (Playstation), SCE, said game developers such as Indiagames, Trine, DQ Entertainment, Dhruva will be working with the company to produce games that could be marketed both in local and international markets.

Apparently Sony India's going to be focussing on EyeToy games, and is looking to get the price of the titles as low as possible. Like, obviously. More through the link.