One of many announcements at Sony’s PlayStation Business Briefing 2006 included the fate of the final PlayStation 3 software development kits (SDK). At the event, SCE president Ken Kutaragi stated that they would be sent to developers’ studios in June, earlier than many had predicted. In addition, it was also revealed that more than 15 companies are making tools and middleware for the dev kits in an effort to make developing PS3 software a much smoother process.