The Playstation Phone
Zerokku
Registered User regular
Registered User regular
EnGadget wrote:Cellphones, Gaming, Mobile Handsets
The PlayStation Phone
By Joshua Topolsky posted Oct 26th 2010 9:09PM
Exclusive
It's hard to believe that what we're looking at is real -- but we assure you, the picture above is in fact the PlayStation Phone you've long been waiting for. As we reported back in August, the device you see is headed into the market soon, likely boasting Android 3.0 (aka Gingerbread), along with a custom Sony Marketplace which will allow you to purchase and download games designed for the new platform. The device snapped up top (and in our gallery below) is sporting a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 (a chip similar to the one found in the G2, but 200MHz faster), 512MB of RAM, 1GB of ROM, and the screen is in the range of 3.7 to 4.1 inches. Looking almost identical to the mockup we hit you with this summer, the handset does indeed have a long touchpad in the center which is apparently multitouch, and you can see in the photos that it's still bearing those familiar PlayStation shoulder buttons. For Sony buffs, you'll be interested to know that there's no Memory Stick slot here, but there is support for microSD cards.
The particular model in these shots is still in prototyping mode. As such, the unit doesn't have a custom skin (not even SE's Timescape design seen on the Xperia devices), and is said to be rather buggy. We're digging into more facts as we speak, but it's likely that much of what we reported earlier is still accurate, and though the device could still be headed for a 2010 release, 2011 is looking much more realistic. Still, there's a lot of time between now and the holidays... so keep your fingers crossed!
Surprised this wasn't posted yet. But yah, here we are.
I'm curious if this is supposed to be the PSP2, or a more gaming-centric phone.
Zerokku on
0
Posts
Steam ID: slashx000______Twitter: @bill_at_zeboyd______ Facebook: Zeboyd Games
According to the article it is a touchpad yeah. But it also says this is a leaked prototype so that particular aesthetic design is very likely to change along with the rest of it.
Steam ID: slashx000______Twitter: @bill_at_zeboyd______ Facebook: Zeboyd Games
So, for a long time people having been asking about PSP2. A while ago, Sony had a partnership started to develop a phone device - the thing above, apparently - along with Sony stating its competitors with the PSP brand are now the iPhone / Droid stuffs. This device accomplishes that, but it's not a PSP? I don't think so.
There's rumors about an actual PSP2 being made and it'll be out next year. This is Sony's plan b, I'm guessing, in case this phone device fails out. It allows them room to carry on the PSP brand without damaging it.
If this phone device turns out to succeed to some degree, I am willing to bet Sony will rebrand it as the spiritual successor to the PSP on an official level, and the rumored PSP2 for next year will be "canceled" (cancel in this case being in air-quotes because they haven't started developing it, and it isn't going to be hard to shit out a device that's just a fancier PSP).
This is all a game they're playing to fool analysts, investors, and consumers-at-large.
I still think those could be tiny holes in the middle of the touchpad to insert your own joysticks.
(The lighting on it really makes them look like holes. Guess it could be some other unfinished aspect of the device though.)
I forgot about that pillar nonsense.
Could be those little joysticks they use on some Android phones like the HTC Incredible, they're tiny like that and are analog.
I think the original PSP line's slow but steady decline, hammered home by the utter failure of PSPGo was more than enough to damage the PSP brand.
If this is moderately successful, I don't see how labeling it a PSP will be of benefit at all.
The realities don't mean anything to Sony. Their marketing for the PSP has only gotten stronger and they're sticking by this thing thru-and-thru. So if / when they relabel this device as part of the PSP family, it'll help bolster the brand's name and they can tout it around more.
Making it fall in line with what a PSP made to compete with smartphones would do.
... I'M NOT CRAZY.
It's not for people that would find gaming controls useless.
Apparently it's not for gamers either then, because as a primary phone such things as a keyboard are pretty important these days.
It's apparently for people who bought the N-Gage just for gaming.
If the touch screen is decent (and why wouldn't it be), there's nothing to stop it being as useful as any other Android phone without a slide-out keyboard.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/exclusive-sony-ericsson-to-introduce-android-3-0-gaming-platfor/
Either someone totally nailed it back then or this is all a fake.
How would you like to have BOTH!
Wait...
Although very curiously, it WOULD avoid directly competing against the 3DS by virtue of being a phone.
It's not a PlayStation Phone, it's an Ericsson running an Android OS that happens to have PlayStation buttons. It can't eat into their own cell phone market because the Ericsson is their cell phone market now that they no longer manufacture the Clie.
Yes, it does games too, but if you have to sign this thing up to a contract on a carrier, it'll be judged as a phone first.
And given the rumored difficulties Sony's having in getting an actual PSP2 off the ground, plus the insane buzz the 3DS is getting, I wouldn't be shocked if Henroid turns out to be right.
I also like the concept of a touchpad taking the place of the analog sticks, as long as it was done well.
yay
PSN: Dyvion -- Eternal: Dyvion+9393 -- Genshin Impact: Dyvion
Switch: 6200-8149-0919 / Wii U: maximumzero / 3DS: 0860-3352-3335 / eBay Shop
This thing will be rooted and the games pirated just like the psp was. Does this at all further psp hardware? No. Is there any reason for it? No.
Everyone seems to be getting on the android bandwagon but I suspect this will be a broken mess of phone meets playstation.
http://www.youtube.com/vegassteven
It's not a PSP replacement, it's not a PSP sequel, it's literally just a phone that has PlayStation buttons on it.
Maybe you missed the thread title:
Playstation phone.
So you think Sony would put the playstation brand on some piece of crap that played simple garbage android store games?
No, those will likely not be allowed. I will assume this game will run a psp emulator and psp roms from the psn store.
http://www.youtube.com/vegassteven
Notice how Sony isn't calling it the "PlayStation Phone", the internet is.
And as for Android Marketplace games and apps "not being allowed" on an Android OS device, uhhh, sure. Open platform schmopen platform, right?
You won't be playing "PSP roms". The most we might ever see in terms of library crosstalk would maybe be minis or certain PSN games being ported to Android, not emulated. The 8655 is nowhere near powerful enough to emulate the PSP, it chokes emulating the PlayStation.
It's just a phone.
Eh.
http://www.nowgamer.com/news/4488/sony-psp-phone-is-fake
Looks like it's fake then. While SCEE may not have known about it if it were just a Sony Ericsson product, Engadget made it sound like the system would also feature the PS Store. That SCEE would know about, since last I remember, they were the ones that actually built the PS Store. So unless this SCEE spokesperson was misinformed, I'm guessing they're right.
As for the 'A' and 'B' buttons on the interface, they don't really ring any warning bells to me. I just figured Engadget (or whoever gave them the screens) had photoshopped that picture onto the screen to show what it'd look like.
The NowGamer article has been updated; they've changed the claim from SCEE saying that the photos are fake to SCEE saying that they will not comment on speculation. Who knows what that means?
As for Memory Sticks, yeah they've been on the way out for a while now. The first couple of PS3 SKU's had CompactFlash and SD slots right alongside the Memory Stick slot.
And this, from the Android thread:
Ow. But true. Fits my experience with SE, too.
Playstation as in PS1 or PSP? Cause PS1 games should be piss easy, the PS2 emulated the PS1 for christs sake. PSP though? I doubt it'd ever happen. The PS3 has a PSP emulator that can play Minis but is apparently just not good enough to pull off proper PSP games (so Sony have it disabled). So if the PS3 can't emulate the PSP properly, I don't think there's any chance this phone would be able to.
SmokeStacks: Is Media Go just used to manage videos, photos and music? Cause the engadget article said that this phone would be able to download games and I doubt they'd make an entirely different store just for it.