SN's PS3 Tuner

What the heck does that mean, you say?

April 3, 2006 - Development tool production house (and Sony Computer Entertainment subsidiary) SN Systems announced over the weekend that it has launched a brand new Tuner for registered PS3 software developers. Obtainable in a free evaluation version, the new Tuner is a profiling tool that allows developers to locate bottlenecks and conflicts in source code quickly -- helping them to improve overall code performance.

"Tuner has already been a major product, both on the PlayStation 2 and PSP, so it was a natural progression to develop it for PlayStation 3," commented Andy Beveridge, Co-founder and Director of SN Systems. "This latest version has been tailored to the PlayStation 3's threaded architecture which will really help developers take advantage of the new hardware. It's another key tool in SN Systems' range of products that developers can depend on as they gear up for the release of their game titles."

What does this mean for you the consumer? Well, in a roundabout way it means that the code used to program all your favorite games should be cleaner, thereby giving them better system performance.

Who wants celebratory nachos?

Source: IGN