Sony launches beta SDK platform for Android and PlayStation Vita

Sony hopes that developers are interested in working on games for PlayStation Vita and Android-based devices, as it launched a beta test Thursday in a new cross-platform SDK.

The company has a beta of the PlayStation Suite SDK (Software Development Kit) for a limited number of developers in the U.S., Britain and Japan. The goal is to SDK ready for an official launch, says Sony.

The resulting game will run on the upcoming PlayStation Vita - a handheld gaming device on sale in December to go to Japan - and PlayStation-certified products from Sony Ericsson's Xperia smartphone and Sony Play Tablet S and P. including the company recently said it plans to expand the program to other manufacturers, and is in discussion with several companies.

PlayStation Suite framework was launched in January, and allows owners of compatible and certified to play some old PS one games. The games run in a virtual machine.

The beta SDK using C # programming language and is compatible with Windows XP and 7 The kit can simulate the PlayStation and PlayStation Vita certified products to the development process easier.

Sony is not ready to say when the SDK will be officially launched or how it will share revenue with developers.

Interested developers can register for Sony's PlayStation website. The company will stop accepting applications when the maximum enrollment is reached, he said.

Sales of handheld gaming devices come under pressure when the games on smartphones are becoming more popular. Proceeds from the game on iOS and Android has surpassed the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP in the U.S., mobile analytics fixed Flurry said Wednesday.