It's not really about the tech - it's about the buttons. Based on the PSP Phone specs leaked by Chinese site IT268 and mulled over by Engadget, the PlayStation Phone is a reasonably powerful but not barnstorming performer. However, the inclusion of a PSP-style controller setup means that the gameplay experience is going to be radically different, and perhaps more appealing to the core gamer, as a matter of course.
Tech savvy readers are well aware of the Sony Ericcson device and it's been a slow push getting the desirability to market mainly due to lack of content and games that would make it useful. Some folks have mentioned that having to re-purchase a PS1 title just to play it again on your phone doesn't seem fair. That's all about to change, at least for one hacker.
It's not just the fact that this is an Android phone. This is an Android phone with an unlocked bootloader!
And this is old news by the way: http://n4g.com/news/756091/... .
Actually this is a reply to Information Minister.. the old story was the original hack story. This is a new story about HOW it's just been hacked to play PS1 games, kind of a completely different story. In your eyes, if one writer ever writes, PS3 hacked, then if it was ever hacked 'again' that would also be old news.
The Xperia Play has been able to play PS1 games from day 1, hacked or otherwise. There's no shortage of PS1 emulators for android. That IS old news.
If anything, the real news here is that someone has found a new way to play those games by hacking the built-in PS1 emulator on the device, which is what the title should have made clear in the first place.
It kinda needed it. Sony should just get smart and release an emulator with free roms anyway. Or cheaper to buy roms, like $.50 each.
Beneficial how? giving the PS3/PSP community the middle finger in favor of the mobile crowd. Or dropping all prices and losing a lot of money
Edit: Also a PS1 game packs more value than an Ipod app, So app prices shouldn't really apply, if anything it should have the same availability as PSN price and content wise, As far as its hardware can carry it
Lossing money how? for 50 cents a game, a lot more people would buy them. This would more than cover any cost it took to get those games on the phone.
But yeah, it would be a huge middle finger to PSP and PS3 owners.
You have a solid point there, sales would likely outweigh the loss in money, Only conflict I could actually imagine would be maybe PS plus users would see their weekly free game value decrease. It would be a very good idea though, If I could pick up PS1 titles at that price I would certainly have a larger PS1 library on my PS3
Too bad, Sony wants you to buy their rereleases (which I'm sure why they removed PS2 compatibility...)
i think its more like ..
the developers/publishers wants u to re-buy their re-releases.
if u want backward compatibility.
sony offered one for 399 when the 20gb fat dropped in price.
but ppl didnt buy it. oh well.
ps2 + component cables = enjoying your games
always been the better option vs the BC PS3's
@STK026
that sentece makes no sense what so ever, did you play them on the ps3 when they ps2 first came out? think before you speak
How is it the better option? I mean, is there any advantage to play PS2 games on the PS2 rather than on the 60GB/20GB launch PS3s?
Edit
I don't see how my sentence makes no sense. You said that playing PS2 games on the PS2 is a better than playing them on the PS3, and I asked how it was any better. You and I never mentioned when PS2 games were played; by the way you commented, I assumed you meant that still to this day PS2 games play better on the PS2, and asked you in which way.
You compare the PS2 to the BC PS3, and when asked how the PS2 is the better choice, you answer by saying that the PS3 wasn't released when most PS2 games were being released, which is true, but completely irrelevant to the matter at hand.
The PS3 has upscaling abilities that the PS2 doesn't. So if you're playing on an HDTV, the BC PS3 is the better option.
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I hope not announcing this at CES means they announce it at GDC or worse... E3! I need a proper PSP 2!! :(
"It's down to the games to convince us of its prospects"
^^^^this is pretty much it, now if sony can port psp games to this then we are on to a winner, if it only supports android games and what ever titles sony can make from scratch then it maybe in trouble
As I feared. I'm sure it will win because of the good games, but its already outdated before it comes out. The Samsung Galaxy S has the same specs and its been out 6 months. The new LG's and samsungs this years are going Dual core while this phone stays in the distant past.
Its not going to be able to play all psp games. It will be able to play "Select" ones that sony chooses.
This isnt a psp phone people. Get that through your heads. This is a sony ericonsmart phone that will borrow certain psp games, classics, minis
This phone has really crap specs compared to all the phones that were recently shown at CES.
Sony's phones have always looked ugly.