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Playstation Store For Mobile Expands To 18 Countries

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Sony will launch the PlayStation Store for PlayStation Mobile in nine new countries starting December 18th, 2013. This brings the availability of the store to a total of 18 countries including Japan, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and New Zealand.

Sony is also offering the PSM Developer Program which includes distribution of the official PSM SDK starting December 5th, 2013. The PSM Developer Program has been available since November 20th, 2012, in Japan, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Australia, followed by the launch in Hong Kong and Taiwan on January 21st, 2013.

[Image courtesy: Sony]

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