The ProDG debugger has come a long way and is easier to use and more powerful than ever; its integrated profiling is great for quick performance spot-checks.
When you need the heavy iron, Tuner can analyze the entire machine's performance across many frames of data, and is in my experience simpler to use and understand than the Performance Analyzer hardware.
David Etherton
Director of Research and Development
Rockstar San Diego
Framerate issues, slowdown?
Use Tuner to capture and visualize program behavior, helping you to eliminate conflicts and bottlenecks in your code.
Available for PlayStation®3, PSP® and PlayStation®2
SN Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) and has been developing industry standard game development tools for nearly 20 years. The recent acquisition by SCEI has provided SN Systems staff with much closer access to the PlayStation® platforms than ever before and resulted in improved integration and highly optimized software. SN Systems' staff now work directly with SCE group hardware and software platform engineers worldwide, sharing and building upon their expertise in order to further enhance the game development experience.
SN Systems development tools have been successful across all the PlayStation platforms and, as a result, game development studios around the world use the products on a daily basis. One of the reasons for SN Systems' success stems from the ability to listen to feedback from developers and react quickly. Each product in the tools suite evolves over time as game developers request new features during their game title process. Coupled with a support team that is renowned in the industry for its response time and depth of knowledge, it's easy to see why so many studios look no further than SN Systems for their game title development.