Xperia Play to come out in March

[lisalover1]

If Sony releases an Xperia Play 2, then I will probably buy that. As of now, my Evo still has plenty of life left in it.

[AmishSamurai]

I might get one just for rooting/emulation.

[Ivo]

Forget it. I'd have to re-purchase all of my PS1 and PSP Mini games. Boooo.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/14/psa-p ... on-xperia/

As others have said, not surprised.

I don't think this move even makes business sense - that would work a bit like backward compatibility in attracting people to this phone, which strategically would be very important at the onset of the idea. It would get them a larger user base which would justify supporting it more 1st party and get more 3rd party support. I think that was a shot in their own foot.

Too bad. The hardware had potential. As it is, even ignoring entirely the Sony support it still looks like the best Android phone for gamers (depending on price) just because of the dedicated controls... But what a missed opportunity to grab so many more gamers.

Ivo.

[Niode]

Sony fluff another device launch? I'm sooo surprised

[Ivo]

Sony fluff another device launch? I'm sooo surprised

I am also not surprised that they messed it up, but I AM surprised at how they manage to fumble so much (and yet still remain reasonably successful).

Ivo.

[AppleQueso]

Sony fluff another device launch? I'm sooo surprised

I am also not surprised that they messed it up, but I AM surprised at how they manage to fumble so much (and yet still remain reasonably successful).

Ivo.

Sony lives entirely off of brand recognition.

[ZeroAX]

Sony lives entirely off of brand recognition.

Well yeah, but they still make good electronics. Just more expensive and not as good as the competition. But you tell me how the fuck Microsoft lives on, when they have the shittiest software in the market, that keeps on crashing all the time?

You know, I'm always amazed by how much consumers like to bend over for big companies.

[Ivo]

Sony lives entirely off of brand recognition.

But you tell me how the fuck Microsoft lives on, when they have the shittiest software in the market, that keeps on crashing all the time?

I can answer part that in terms of OS.

For me the best OS out there when everything is considered is actually Windows (currently Win 7; Vista was not as good as it should have been)!
I suspect that statement actually holds true for a lot of people as well.

For a good number of people Linux or Mac OS are the best (and for them, that holds true - it really depends on the person), but for what I use my OS for and the way I want to use it, Windows is easily the best and it is not even close.

Ivo.

[Niode]

Sony lives entirely off of brand recognition.

You know, I'm always amazed by how much Sony fanboys like to bend over for Sony.

FTFY

[YoshiEgg25]

"Hi, we're Sony.

This year we've released the Move and announced the Play.

Aren't we original?"