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Hi Guys,
Well im using my play since september 2011...
At the first i was suprised about the good gaming qualitiy..
Then i wanted to flash roms on it and it was the pure hell i think..
At the beginning of 2011 i started to android with a Galaxy S i9000 and it has soo many roms at the moment like ICS, MIUI and CM7/9 and all are working perfect..
So for me the xperia play is become boring cause there arent many custom roms which are good working.
Okay we have MIUI = BT and TP not working
CM7 = TP are not working in Some games
CM9 = Data is Buggy
That's why I feel compelled to use the stock firmware SE
What are you thinkin about the Play and Custom Roms?
greetz from germany
evo
I haven't rooted my phone or unlocked bootloaders and stuff but I have to say the Xperia Play is a amazing device. I haven't been bored of it since I got it and it's been 5 months.
I'm loving it !
The only thing that started to annoy me after 6 months of having it is the slider. The gap is getting more and more annoying and the slider started to loosen it's stability.
Geeve said:
The only thing that started to annoy me after 6 months of having it is the slider. The gap is getting more and more annoying and the slider started to loosen it's stability.
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Yea I noticed that one the one on display at the ATT store. I'm gonna ride this device as long as I can.
I am upset about the support for the device but I'll probably just get another android in the next year and keep this one for my emulators.
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I find it more fun that there are fewer "perfect" roms for the PLAY, because then we get to help with testing and bughunting
evo_racer said:
Hi Guys,
Well im using my play since september 2011...
At the first i was suprised about the good gaming qualitiy..
Then i wanted to flash roms on it and it was the pure hell i think..
At the beginning of 2011 i started to android with a Galaxy S i9000 and it has soo many roms at the moment like ICS, MIUI and CM7/9 and all are working perfect..
So for me the xperia play is become boring cause there arent many custom roms which are good working.
Okay we have MIUI = BT and TP not working
CM7 = TP are not working in Some games
CM9 = Data is Buggy
That's why I feel compelled to use the stock firmware SE
What are you thinkin about the Play and Custom Roms?
greetz from germany
evo
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I can see that you are neither gamer nor worker. This device is mainly for 2 kind of people:
1- People who are obsessed with games .
2- People who want to waste thier time at work.
Not for who love editing(tampering with) systems.
i think this phone is good enough for me.i like to waste my time at work..
I actually switched from a Samsung Fascinate to this phone because I am both a gamer and a worker. I love this phone!
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I can see that you are neither gamer nor worker. This device is mainly for 2 kind of people:
1- People who are obsessed with games .
2- People who want to waste thier time at work.
Not for who love editing(tampering with) systems.
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Lol your on the wrong website if you don't enjoy editing and tampering with your phone.
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At op, even though I came from a hd2 (probably one of the most versatile mobile phones ever in terms of software) I'm still not bored of this phone. There is enough here to keep me busy and ICS (official) shouldn't be two far off which will mean more goodies from the chefs.
ya we dont have many roms to play with
Before my Xperia Play I owned an Xperia Arc, got my Play in September too, And I can say I have not got bored yet..., The Xperia Arc has a lot more roms and tweaks but I've never been a fan of custom roms anyway. Both good devices and I do not regret any of my Androids.
I never really used ROMs or tweaks on my Xperia Arc, and I never visited the Xperia Arc section more than once, Never got into modding Android until my Xperia Play.
I love my Xperia Play even though i'm not into modding and stuff like that.
Even though i'm a gamer I do use for other stuff as well like watching videos,whatsapp and surfing the net.
I think of it as a high end smartphone with physical buttons.
It's awesome !
Had my phone for over a year, love the thing.
Stayed on stock ROM the entire time , thought about rooting it , but eh.
Used ADW launcher and Go launcher , find Go Launcher is a bit better but more laggy.
However i find Sony is doing a great job supporting the phone , ICS update is in another month and a bit. Playstation Suite is in a few weeks. ( i bet at the same time as ICS).
Other then a few minor annoying issues.
I know for a fact we will see an Xperia Play 2 next year. However do to Sony taking over the Ericcson part. Bet its going to be called the Xperia Vita. Or something along that line
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I love my Xperia Play even though i'm not into modding and stuff like that.
Even though i'm a gamer I do use for other stuff as well like watching videos,whatsapp and surfing the net.
I think of it as a high end smartphone with physical buttons.
It's awesome !
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I'm with you dude, not rooted, just using as a phone where I can play emulators more comfortably.
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P's, I'm definitely not bored of my XPlay
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Had mine since May 2011 and I myself am starting to feel bored.
I'm rooted on 2.3.4 with stock SE ROM. Oh well,PSVITA next week and I'll be a happy gamer
Been satisfactory to me. I only bought it to do all those elaborate smartphone functions that my DS/PSP/VITA can't, while also breaking free from the constraint that quality TACTILE gaming required me to have a whole other device on my person.
Far from bored and at the rate we get high-rating game software I don't see that changing soon.
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I use to love my play but I hated texting on a on screen keyboard and we got 4g in our city so I got a samsung stratosphere 4g and a hw keyboard =) plus the only games I played on my xperia was pokemon which is very easy to play on this phone
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I liked it for like 3-4 months. I was so exited when i first got it. I thought like "Oh! I will be able to play PSP games and ****! this is gonna be awesome". Buuuuut after i finished Zelda OOT I got bored. I started to look for good games, and yes, I found some like GTA 3, but the controls isn't just working out for me.
So, yesterday, I ordered a HTC chacha. Why? Because I've always loved the design of the Blackberry, but I hate the OS. So what do you do? Well, you buy a Blackberry look-a-like with Android = HTC chacha! I will receive it in like 2-3 days. I think I'll be satisfied. Plus, it was only like $150 so.
The Xperia Play wasn't what I was expecting at first. Sure, it was cool to show of N64oid, GTA3 and some other games for friends.. but other then that, it's not for me.
But I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the dev's on this forum for all the help through out this 6 months I've had this phone, love you guys. And I'm sure I'll pop in sometimes when I've decided to turn my Xperia Play into a gaming device only. Take care guys!
Yup, same thing with me. I'm bored of playing the games already available on the phone. Want more new original stuff.
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Just came across this. Sony's chief marketing officer announced no plans for a Xperia PLAY 2.
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Xperia+Play/Sony+Ericsson+Xperia+Play/news.asp?c=41486
I simply hate touch screen controls and dont see myself getting another phone unless it has the game controls....so much better then touchscreen.
I really don't get it sow much people want an xperia play 2 or a phone like this but sony keeps saying no, why :s make an xperia play HD or at least a phone wits psych controls is enough for the most i think
jgregoryj1 said:
Just came across this. Sony's chief marketing officer announced no plans for a Xperia PLAY 2.
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Xperia+Play/Sony+Ericsson+Xperia+Play/news.asp?c=41486
I simply hate touch screen controls and dont see myself getting another phone unless it has the game controls....so much better then touchscreen.
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+1
on my opinion H/W controler is much better that touch control .
also xperia play 2 was one of my best wishes !
but now , don't care , really don't care sony waht sony said . cause they already don't know what they wanna do
Every article that says this is basically regurgitating the same thing: such and such "Squashed Rumors".
What rumors. What did he say EXACTLY? That's what I want to know, because the media (especially tech media) is very good at hearing something that isn't said.
Personally, I think that with a focus on the playstation experience, an xperia play 2 is inevitable.
I'd rather it to be called Xperia PlayHD.
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I'd rather it to be called Xperia PlayHD.
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Yeah, me too. A shame that they are not planing it just yet.
If it wasn't for the release price of the Xperia Play, I think that more people would have bought it. At least here, in Portugal.
It's still too early to be announcing the Xperia Play 2 cause the Vita was released a few months ago.
I bet SE were thinking, "How great are we, a part of a gamepad that is sort of a touchscreen, not buttons? Aren't we clever and innovative?"
Hmmm... No.
Hindsight is good; foresight Is better.
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I think the decision as of now would be no more XP2
Bcz XP is successfully as a play phone, but for help much to expend the PlayStation @ Android market.
I think for Sony, their aim is to sell the game but not just the phone.
Sony has sunk a lot of cash into the slow to react vita.... This is the reason for no ics.... Or a ver. 2......
(?) If you were in sony's shoes would you Not do the same thing?
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It wont be a Xperia play 2 it will be another version if the vita with phone capability or something along those lines
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It's easy to understand: if the Playstation Certified brand becomes a success then maybe we'll see a Xperia Play 2.
I don't get why Sony tries to piss off so much the XPlay owners/commmunity. Instead of continuously giving out bad news for the device, they should try to reconcile with us by giving something else in change.
Although Sony is a nice company with great ideas, concepts and products, they seem to fail at this matter. I am still waiting for a good update for XPlay with many new additions.
It won't be an Xperia Play 2. It'll be a "Playstation Phone"
It won't be either, Sony wanted to kill the play ever since they found out someone bought one instead of a vita.
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Whatever they do, a phone with Vita OS won't stand a chance.
First, majority of people need their phone to be dependable and secure, and NOT be a "plaything". An OS that evolved around a game console simply won't be treated seriously by consumers.
Second, Apps from all the major players are required such as google map, gmail, facebook, twitter, flash player, whatsapp, youtube, dropbox, etc... needless to say there's always arm-twisting between these, and other companies, to prevent any new OS from succeeding.
Without a serious image and support from these companies, a phone running on such an OS won't hit a critical mass required to attract app/content developers, and it will flop even harder than Xperia PLAY.
At this time, the next Xperia Play's best OS choice is still Android. But even then, I think Sony really dislike the idea of Playstation ecosystem sitting on top of Android. They may think it changes too fast, too many different hardware, or difficult to control piracy.
So even the best choice is not appealing. So I think Sony won't be putting Playstation content on Smartphones for years yet. And that's a shame because It think that's exactly what we all want happening now.
If you haven't heard, Sony and HTC are now partners with regards to PlayStation Certified devices, domains that's where the next Xperia PLAY will come from, although I haven't seen a flip or slide phone from HTC that sold well since the mytouch 4g. All I can say is that the next series of android phones will be very interesting to see, and only then can we truly discover where the xperia play will go.
IanPPK said:
If you haven't heard, Sony and HTC are now partners with regards to PlayStation Certified devices, domains that's where the next Xperia PLAY will come from, although I haven't seen a flip or slide phone from HTC that sold well since the mytouch 4g. All I can say is that the next series of android phones will be very interesting to see, and only then can we truly discover where the xperia play will go.
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I'm seriously hoping HTC produces a phone with a gamepad. I've had a thing against sony for a long time (going back to before PS3 launched, but its gotten ever worse ever since). I was seriously biting the bullet to get this phone for its gamepad functionality. I've always wanted an HTC phone, and if they manage to come out with a game phone with decent specs, I'll be all over it. Anything to shoot sony the bird.
If they gave the xperia play higher specs and made it more future proof then they would be seeing them starting to fly out now. Ironic at e3 they were saying they only put out the best.
This xperia play belongs in 2010
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Saw this the other day but just now decided to share it, I am sure many people have already seen this but in case there are some that have not..
Nyko and Nvidia have announced 2 new gamepads for the Tegra 3 devices, perhaps eventually these will be made available to all android devices. Personally I have the GameGripper on my last two android phones before coming to the Xperia PLAY. I would hate to have to drag around a game controller for my phone when the Xperia PLAY has it built into the device.... this would be a possiblity as a worst case scenario, still hoping that a Xperia PLAY 2 will come out... but in the event there really will not be a 2, these masy just work, I will give these props for having what looks like two nobs for the movement/viewing like on a xbox/ps3 controller.
http://www.technobuffalo.com/compan...nd-nyko-partner-for-android-game-controllers/
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just saw this on the info from the E3
NO Xperia Play 2 BUT!!!!
HTC will be making a few Playstation certified devices more info google for it as i cant post links or anything yet its a ign video tho
djpigz said:
just saw this on the info from the E3
NO Xperia Play 2 BUT!!!!
HTC will be making a few Playstation certified devices more info google for it as i cant post links or anything yet its a ign video tho
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Yeah, saw that part too. I have never been a fan of HTC. All their phones look the same to me. If an xperia play 2 were to be released by HTC and it had gamepads and good specs I would strongly consider it... but it must have either stock vanilla android or some serious specs to push out the performance it would need for games with Sense. Anyway.... just my thoughts...
It seems the playstation certification has nothing to do with physical gamepad as the One series will be certified...
It's just about Sony and HTC exchanging some dollar bills...
well... atleast the analog thumbs are better
What do they expect us to do with a controller like this? How can we use it with a phone? I mean..we've had ways to use controllers on tablets/phones for a while. Am I going to have to prop it up to use it? Kind of defeats the purpose. They need a mount of some sort.
well if its new it will probably be quad core like the One X and if games are made specifically for it they could use all the 4 cores, but im with you, unless it has the gamepad built in im not really interested although i love Sony Xperia too much to even bother considering another make.
but Xperia are lagging in the smartphone market just bringing out a duel core when HTC just bring out a quad core its a smart move by Playstation to use there hardware, money and resources although i would love a Play2 its just never going to happen i think
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What do they expect us to do with a controller like this? How can we use it with a phone? I mean..we've had ways to use controllers on tablets/phones for a while. Am I going to have to prop it up to use it? Kind of defeats the purpose. They need a mount of some sort.
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Supposedly there is a spring like holder that pops up above the controller where your phone sits in place. And I believe the controller runs off of bluetooth.... I'll have to find the article. It gave more details then the one above, I just couldnt find where I read it...
Saw a comment somewhere that said that although the rumours for a Xperia play 2 were snubbed, its quite possible that the Playstation mobile would be for a series of phones touchbased and that if you wanted the king of Playstation mobile it would be a gamepad based gaming phone.... I dont know about that but if you really thought about it, it could be a great idea.
Make the Playstation mobile for a series of phones across the board from different manufacturers which would increase the devices visibility around the world, then add in addition a specific true gaming device that would share the same but with a gamepad.
Wonder........hmm........ if this were true it would at least provide Sony with the visibility and would allow more $$$ to flow into their pocket...
Isn't the Xperia S already PS Certified?
i really really can't understand , with so many request ... and there is so many gamers ...
why , really sony acting like that ! why sony never want to make a xperia play 2 .
sony has build several new phones and all of theme are the same !
xperis s , p , ion ... , i ( personally ) don't care , cause the difference is just on ram ,or camera ... ( like htc )
i have question : sony ,you have build all this phone same as each other ( just little diffrence ) , but why you don't want to build xperia play2 for us ?!!
i'm not sure if you have any request about (for example) xperia p . or acro , or ...
but it really make me confusing
those request should makes you glad , but you never listen to our request ...
i'm sorry for my comment , but sony-mobile acting really really bad disappointing
mehdi.moha said:
i really really can't understand , with so many request ... and there is so many gamers ...
why , really sony acting like that ! why sony never want to make a xperia play 2 .
sony has build several new phones and all of theme are the same !
xperis s , p , ion ... , i ( personally ) don't care , cause the difference is just on ram ,or camera ... ( like htc )
i have question : sony ,you have build all this phone same as each other ( just little diffrence ) , but why you don't want to build xperia play2 for us ?!!
i'm not sure if you have any request about (for example) xperia p . or acro , or ...
but it really make me confusing
those request should makes you glad , but you never listen to our request ...
i'm sorry for my comment , but sony-mobile acting really really bad disappointing
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They won't make a Play 2 because the current Play was pretty much a failure......It's as simple as that.
You want proof?
Ask Nokia how things went for them when the N-Gage failed. Even putting the games on the N-Series was a disaster.
It's in Sonys best interest not to repeat Nokias mistake as after the N-Gage/N-Series, Nokia has pretty much fallen off of the face of the Earth
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They won't make a Play 2 because the current Play was pretty much a failure......It's as simple as that.
You want proof?
Ask Nokia how things went for them when the N-Gage failed. Even putting the games on the N-Series was a disaster.
It's in Sonys best interest not to repeat Nokias mistake as after the N-Gage/N-Series, Nokia has pretty much fallen off of the face of the Earth
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The current Play failed... but the N-gage was a disaster of epic proportions compared to it. The Play was a rousing success in comparison.
They could theoretically launch a new Play that is better specced and not have the problems they had with this. The main problem with the Play is the "Geeks" saw right through the specifications and wrote the phone off immediately. If you can't sell the crowd thats gonna be showing it off to their friends and that people trust their opinions, you won't be selling any of them. All the gadget blogs ragged on it no matter how well it ran due to the slow spec as well. Theres a large crowd that doesn't see beyond cnet.com and gizmodo.com .
Thats who needs to be sold on it.
If I have to drain my battery with a BT connection, care about managing the charge for two devices and deal with the pair/connect nonsense... then it's just as bad as living in the touch screen gaming ghetto.
I see these controller peripherals becoming yet another iControlPad/Gametel in the sense that it'll be completely goddamned useless outside of emulators... never anywhere close to being compatible with over 300 games like Xperia Play is.
Xperia Play til the day it dies!
Agreed. Could not have said it better.
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There will probably never be an Xperia Play 2. Will there be a true Playstation Phone? Maybe, or maybe Sony will simply integrate calling features into the Vita. It would be too much competition with the Vita for them to release a powerful, Playstation Certified PSPhone anytime soon. Let's just be honest. Perhaps 10+ years from now there will be some next-gen mobile gaming device from Sony, but it doesn't seem to be anywhere in sight right now. It's just not a wise business decision at the moment.
i dont know about everyone but I've always been an HTC fan, their XDA community has always been great and updated and I wouldn't look back for once if HTC releases a new phone with gamepad which of course they cannot because of Sony.
And besides I have bought an iPad last week, gaming on it is surprisingly very good with all the Gameloft releases. Dont have to wait for months for android version of the same game. I can play the new Asphalt 7 and the Amazing Spider-Man before it's android release.
As for phones One X it is.
I'm not an ICS fan but I'm not even getting proper selling price for Xperia Play now since its still running gingerbread.
This was from the E3 kiosk for the new gamepad. With video
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/05/nykos-playpad-and-playpad-pro-android-tablet-controllers-hands/
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This was from the E3 kiosk for the new gamepad. With video
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/05/nykos-playpad-and-playpad-pro-android-tablet-controllers-hands/
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Still though it's an external gamepad.
The Xperia Play has a built in one so no competition there
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This was from the E3 kiosk for the new gamepad. With video
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/05/nykos-playpad-and-playpad-pro-android-tablet-controllers-hands/
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Thats pretty cool I may buy one for my Iconia. Good for if I'm on a business trip and I want to play a game on a TV in the Hotel. Not gonna shelp my PS3.
While these i5 MUCH and JXD devices may be a great handheld consoles, they are in no way an Xperia Play replacement. What makes Xperia Play cool and unique is that it looks like a slick, profesional phone you can use in the adult world without no one guessing it's also a great handheld console. This is the defining point and "an Xperia Play alternative" MUST have this feature. To anyone past high school it would look extremely stupid trying to have a public conversation holding these things.
So far, the Bladepad is the only legit replacement i've seen so far. The downside is you need to own an iPhone and I refuse to buy one. There is the small posibility they would release Bladepads for the most famous Android phones, so in a perfect scenareo I could buy a Galaxy 3 or 4 (whichever has better battery durability) and a Bladepad. But i've been waiting for ages and no news, so I guess I will need to buy a Xperia Play since for some reason no one is capitalizing on the slide-gamepad+phone thing. I only want to play old dos classics like Duke, Doom, and snes/gb emulations and thats it. The most hardware demanding game I like is the Carmageddon one, so I dont really need much extra power than what the Xperia Play has. It also has good battery life which is very important when gaming.
Yes I would love an Xperia Play 2 but im tired of waiting and it's just not happening, and no one wants to release a slide-gamepad+phone so there's no other option so I need to buy one asap to satisfy my gaming needs.
You guys think this is a legit Xperia Play new in box?
ebay.com/itm/New-Android-Sony-Ericsson-XPERIA-Play-R800i-Black-Unlocked-Smartphone-/331004480800?pt=UK_Mobile_Phones&hash=item4d11678d20[/url]
Im from spain so I need the i800 version if im not mistaken.
Thanks
dukedoom said:
This is the defining point and "an Xperia Play alternative" MUST have this feature. To anyone past high school it would look extremely stupid trying to have a public conversation holding these things.
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You're stating your opinion as fact. I do not care if you or anyone else thinks I'd look "stupid" using a JXD or i5 Much in public. I do not own either of those phones, I use Nexus devices, but those who do own those devices surely enjoy their phones.
You say that you don't care to play new games that are coming out, and there's nothing wrong with that, but most people do care about playing the latest games. The Xperia Play doesn't have the specs needed to enjoy many of the latest titles, and people are moving on because they care about gaming.
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You're stating your opinion as fact. I do not care if you or anyone else thinks I'd look "stupid" using a JXD or i5 Much in public. I do not own either of those phones, I use Nexus devices, but those who do own those devices surely enjoy their phones.
You say that you don't care to play new games that are coming out, and there's nothing wrong with that, but most people do care about playing the latest games. The Xperia Play doesn't have the specs needed to enjoy many of the latest titles, and people are moving on because they care about gaming.
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I agree. I own the Much I5 and enjoy it very much. yes it would be nice to hide the controls for convenience, but not because i think people judge me. 75% of the people that see me using it think that its awesome and want to know more about it and the other 25% don't care and go on with their own business. The Xperia Play is a gaming phone with physical controls this means anything can be its alternative as long as it have has those things.
PS: I can't wait for the release of the next Xperia Play but till then these alternatives will have to do.
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PS: I can't wait for the release of the next Xperia Play but till then these alternatives will have to do.
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Sony isn't going to make an Xperia Play 2, they can't even get people to buy the Vita.
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Sony isn't going to make an Xperia Play 2, they can't even get people to buy the Vita.
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Even if Sony doesn't make it i'm just talking about in general a major flagship company. Such as samsung, LG, Moterola, .....etc.
I wouldn't trade my xperia play for any phone.
It seems you're like me, playing mostly old games with emulator (tbh I think most android games are total crap except oldies remake).
The xperia play is just perfect for that, it doesn't need an upgrade, yet.
Maybe for the smartphone part, but it's just fine with it for the gaming part.
The day they release a PS2 emulator for android with more hardware requirement that'll be a different story though.
balsh said:
I wouldn't trade my xperia play for any phone.
It seems you're like me, playing mostly old games with emulator (tbh I think most android games are total crap except oldies remake).
The xperia play is just perfect for that, it doesn't need an upgrade, yet.
Maybe for the smartphone part, but it's just fine with it for the gaming part.
The day they release a PS2 emulator for android with more hardware requirement that'll be a different story though.
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I have no words to describe how amazing that would be. Even right now thinking about it makes my heart pump.
Quick question to every one if they had a ps2 emulator that ran flawlessly right now, what would be you first game to play on it. For me it would be Jak and Daxter.
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to be honest ,
personally ... i have to , again , I HAVE to change mt phone and i wanna try samsung this time . i never wil back to sony for soooooooooooooooooo mant reason.
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dukedoom said:
While these i5 MUCH and JXD devices may be a great handheld consoles, they are in no way an Xperia Play replacement. What makes Xperia Play cool and unique is that it looks like a slick, profesional phone you can use in the adult world without no one guessing it's also a great handheld console. This is the defining point and "an Xperia Play alternative" MUST have this feature. To anyone past high school it would look extremely stupid trying to have a public conversation holding these things.
So far, the Bladepad is the only legit replacement i've seen so far. The downside is you need to own an iPhone and I refuse to buy one. There is the small posibility they would release Bladepads for the most famous Android phones, so in a perfect scenareo I could buy a Galaxy 3 or 4 (whichever has better battery durability) and a Bladepad. But i've been waiting for ages and no news, so I guess I will need to buy a Xperia Play since for some reason no one is capitalizing on the slide-gamepad+phone thing. I only want to play old dos classics like Duke, Doom, and snes/gb emulations and thats it. The most hardware demanding game I like is the Carmageddon one, so I dont really need much extra power than what the Xperia Play has. It also has good battery life which is very important when gaming.
Yes I would love an Xperia Play 2 but im tired of waiting and it's just not happening, and no one wants to release a slide-gamepad+phone so there's no other option so I need to buy one asap to satisfy my gaming needs.
You guys think this is a legit Xperia Play new in box?
ebay.com/itm/New-Android-Sony-Ericsson-XPERIA-Play-R800i-Black-Unlocked-Smartphone-/331004480800?pt=UK_Mobile_Phones&hash=item4d11678d20[/url]
Im from spain so I need the i800 version if im not mistaken.
Thanks
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isn't this a bit cheaper.. even this is high for this phone nw.. but still.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Ericsson...F8&qid=1387012728&sr=8-2&keywords=xperia+play
I have to agree that there is no real alternative yet to Xperia Play with regards to the hidden keypad. But as a gaming phone, I guess the JXD and iMuch are close enough... gameplay wise. So it really falls onto the user if he wants to buy a device that's obviously aimed at gaming. I'm honestly torn about it since the phones are made and designed in China and may have suspect quality in terms of hardware and software. So I don't know, I'll probably wait for good custom roms or better support from the companies before actually buying one. I still use my Xperia Play as an MP3 player and a gaming device on the go but my Galaxy Note 10.1 is my current cellphone. Now if Nintendo made a 3DS that's also a cellphone, then my life would be so complete.
Like I said, the iMuch and JXD devices are great devices, but they aren't Xperia Play alternatives because for this, at least IMO they lack the defining feature of a perfectly stealth console in a phone. If I was in a business reunion and I got I a call and went like "excuse me, I have a call" and popped out a PSP into my ear and started talking people would think I must be ****ing kidding.
So having said that, can anyone tell me if the link I posted is a legit new Xperia Play? I dont want to buy the wrong one. Also, should i be expecting that price? It seems ovepriced to me.
Can't believe they're still selling Xperia Play and new.
Haven't Sony stopped producing it ?
D.Spirit said:
Can't believe they're still selling Xperia Play and new.
Haven't Sony stopped producing it ?
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they still have it.. in UAE .. its for like 700 for a new phone.. still.. it came out and it was 1500.. still after 2 years.. its cheaper..
saqibkhan said:
they still have it.. in UAE .. its for like 700 for a new phone.. still.. it came out and it was 1500.. still after 2 years.. its cheaper..
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What are these crazy prices in?
The link I posted are new in box and 140€
Can anyone tell me if the link I posted is a legit Xperia Play??
dukedoom said:
Can anyone tell me if the link I posted is a legit Xperia Play??
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sorry bro.. really don't know about ebay much.. but some comparison for your help below.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004N861MG/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
its amazon.. so for sure its legit.
I refuse to live in a world where the only way to enjoy gaming with an Android device in public is by owning and old ass Xperia Play.
There are 0 alternatives to the Xperia Play.
All these pads that you have to carry in your pocket and attach/deattach look goofy as f*ck and are annoying.
The new Snail W3D is HUGE and I don't want something that looks like a handheld console anyway. When im on a meeting with middle aged men at an office I can't pop out MUH GAMING CONSOLE.
Carrying an actual handheld console in 2015 along with your normal smartphone... LOL.
This is why, for me, the Xperia Play was perfect. You want to play: you slide the gamepad out and enjoy some great ms-dos/old school emulation gaming. When you are done, slide in and it looks like a regular phone. THATS the only option. I need that. I CANT enjoy modern games, I don't care about them, and I can't enjoy old games with touchscreen controls. How in the f*ck im supossed to strafe and shoot at the same time in Doom? Jesus christ, they ruined everything. If only stupid Sony wouldn't held the stupid patent, we could have had something similar to the Bladepad or the Razer Junglecat for the main Android phones, but meanwhile, unless you want to buy an iCrap, you are stuck with the Xperia Play which is a slow POS nowadays.
Im only asuming that's the reason, because I refuse to believe no one has thought about releasing a sliding gamepad EVER for any Android phone.
This is my rant after years of waiting for something.
Brother. I know your pain. You have said what I've been thinking for a REALLY long time. Respect.
Dukedoom - i think just like You. But there are no choise in the world. Really. Only Xperia Play up to today have a gamepad. A real gamepad and it's a real phone. I think that we never get another phone with gamepad simmilar to ours Xperia Play. It's really sad.
I bought a gamepad for my s4. It's easy to connect and to mount. But it's still another device with another battery and another thing to carry. Like Ngage long time ago - xperia play had small group of fans. But thoese fans are loyal as hell.
You guys definitely aren't alone on this one. I'm getting tired of the Play's lack of power. If I run the stock rom all the emulators run smoothly but I get shafted in the apps department. If I upgrade to 4.x then I can run modern apps but the emulators are sluggish. I'm also on a R800X so my rom options are limited as well. There is still a demand for a device like the Play but everybody is too stupid to make it. I can't find anything like it even if I look at Chinese imports and they practically invented handheld game consoles that use emulators!
I feel the pain however the play sold **** all so no one even wants to make no. 2 much w3d it's your best option at the moment. If we could get more interest in the devices to accumulate than maybe Sony would make another but for that to happen the vita must die lol. Sure would be cool if you could just slap a new cpu in and recode some software but that's not how it works. The play could run newer os but you need a really good developer to optimise. Much w3d is gigantic which sucks I'll be buying one right now they are on pre order though and I never pre order anything.
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I agree with the sentiment here. I have been waiting for a proper sucessor (slidedepad) for a long time.
Unfortunately the Xperia Play was sold in a moment where mobile gaming was still in its infancy, and phones weren't the little powerhouses of today. If it was released today, we would have a very potent quadcore with at least 2gb ram, HDMI out (or at least a dock for that) and possibly remastered PSP games made for it, which would certainly drive more sales. That, and having actual analogs instead of touchpads (like the PSP Go) would really help make it sell like hotcakes, possibly paving the way for an Xplay 2 and more.
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I feel the pain however the play sold **** all so no one even wants to make no. 2 much w3d it's your best option at the moment. If we could get more interest in the devices to accumulate than maybe Sony would make another but for that to happen the vita must die lol. Sure would be cool if you could just slap a new cpu in and recode some software but that's not how it works. The play could run newer os but you need a really good developer to optimise. Much w3d is gigantic which sucks I'll be buying one right now they are on pre order though and I never pre order anything.
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That was the other problem with the play everyone thought Sony was going to release tons of games but we only got 13 ps1 classics then Sony never released any more. Definitely did not help sales
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Well i upgraded my phone and just use a keychain controller. It's not as good as the xperia play, but that's a nice alternative.
I own an Impulse controller :
http://www.impulsecontroller.com/
And i ordered a cheaper clone for my gf, friends and brother (back then got it for 4€ each) :
http://www.dx.com/fr/p/multi-functi...hutter-w-wireless-mouse-function-black-370723
Quick review : Well, that's a nice piece of hardware, but you lack L/R/Start/Select (well just use the virtual controller on screen for those and that's ok). The cross is not really precise, don't expect to play fighting game with that (Hadoken are tricky), but that's ok for most of games.
Edit : It seems there is a new challenger :
http://fr.aliexpress.com/item/2015-...S-Smart-Phone-Smartphone-Hot/32286620242.html
Did someone try this one ? Seems to me like a cheap alternative.
Baltyre said:
Well i upgraded my phone and just use a keychain controller. It's not as good as the xperia play, but that's a nice alternative.
I own an Impulse controller :
http://www.impulsecontroller.com/
And i ordered a cheaper clone for my gf, friends and brother (back then got it for 4€ each) :
http://www.dx.com/fr/p/multi-functi...hutter-w-wireless-mouse-function-black-370723
Quick review : Well, that's a nice piece of hardware, but you lack L/R/Start/Select (well just use the virtual controller on screen for those and that's ok). The cross is not really precise, don't expect to play fighting game with that (Hadoken are tricky), but that's ok for most of games.
Edit : It seems there is a new challenger :
http://fr.aliexpress.com/item/2015-...S-Smart-Phone-Smartphone-Hot/32286620242.html
Did someone try this one ? Seems to me like a cheap alternative.
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how are you supossed to play in public with that
This was the closest we ever got to getting a replacement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3uKuZq7yBM&t=2m00s
Unfortunately the kickstarter got cancelled, the project never shipped.
Someone get to work and make one of these. I don't care about the keyboard, I just want the cross, joystick and buttons, make it simple with that swivel rotating mechanism to hide it and add in L/R top buttons.
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This was the closest we ever got to getting a replacement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3uKuZq7yBM&t=2m00s
Unfortunately the kickstarter got cancelled, the project never shipped.
Someone get to work and make one of these. I don't care about the keyboard, I just want the cross, joystick and buttons, make it simple with that swivel rotating mechanism to hide it and add in L/R top buttons.
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That looks like the Open Pandora handhelds controller scheme:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_(console)
FYI, I am deeply considering buying another Xperia PLAY. I moved onto a Nexus 5 almost a 18 months ago and I am definately eyeballing the Snail W3D, but I do miss the PLAY for what it could bring in emulator wise. If I do snag one it will be white this time, always had the black models.
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That looks like the Open Pandora handhelds controller scheme:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_(console)
FYI, I am deeply considering buying another Xperia PLAY. I moved onto a Nexus 5 almost a 18 months ago and I am definately eyeballing the Snail W3D, but I do miss the PLAY for what it could bring in emulator wise. If I do snag one it will be white this time, always had the black models.
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Last summer.... I picked up a R800x off of ebay for $25 with Free Shipping. I was really surprised how good of shape it was in.... I would say an 8 out of 10. I only use it for gaming because I have a note 3 as my daily driver. But I'm loving it for emulators... definitely worth the small amount I paid for it. Maybe you could pick one up cheap too on eBay if you keep your eyes peeled .
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Last summer.... I picked up a R800x off of ebay for $25 with Free Shipping. I was really surprised how good of shape it was in.... I would say an 8 out of 10. I only use it for gaming because I have a note 3 as my daily driver. But I'm loving it for emulators... definitely worth the small amount I paid for it. Maybe you could pick one up cheap too on eBay if you keep your eyes peeled .
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This is the one I am eyeballing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221753627798?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
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This is the one I am eyeballing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221753627798?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
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The white look is nice and there's definitely a lot more development for the R800i variant than the R800x. It looks like a nice phone. I only got a R800x because a friend of mine had one and I was teaming up with him to help him root it and unlock the bootloader (This is the only Sony phone I've ever bought and I was totally unfamiliar with Flashtool, ftf's, etc... ).
It would be good to have you back on here with an Xperia Play in hand .... when I was learning to root and Rom this phone, I found a lot of your older posts to be really helpful. :thumbup:
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The white look is nice and there's definitely a lot more development for the R800i variant than the R800x. It looks like a nice phone. I only got a R800x because a friend of mine had one and I was teaming up with him to help him root it and unlock the bootloader (This is the only Sony phone I've ever bought and I was totally unfamiliar with Flashtool, ftf's, etc... ).
It would be good to have you back on here with an Xperia Play in hand .... when I was learning to root and Rom this phone, I found a lot of your older posts to be really helpful. :thumbup:
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I am glad to hear that my posts have been helpful here. I am going to get a PLAY within a month or so, but I will snag one. The Nexus would stil be my main daily driver and I would be buying the PLAY as a gaming device only. But it would be nice to be back here on this thread with a PLAY in hand. Despite moving on to the N5 forum I still check this forum almost daily despite not having the phone anymore, simply because this forum felt like a small group of friends and I spent so much time on this forum thast I simply could not go without still seeing what was going on. Looking forward to getting another PLAY. I am glad that my past posts were helpful, look forward to being back on here soon. I will keep ya'll posted.
I wouldnt be able to get a Xperia Play at this point. I have a LG P970 which pretty much has the same hardware as the Xperia Play and I cant wait to upgrade it to a Samsung S5 Mini, the phone is bloated as **** and browsing of the internet is not smooth.
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I wouldnt be able to get a Xperia Play at this point. I have a LG P970 which pretty much has the same hardware as the Xperia Play and I cant wait to upgrade it to a Samsung S5 Mini, the phone is bloated as **** and browsing of the internet is not smooth.
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A few mods and the xperia play is super smooth
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Agree with all the sentiments here. Despite the varied Android ecosystem, nobody including Sony wants to bite. The Xperia Play was ergonomically perfect, but no doubt it would have been the usual paranoia and cross product in fighting that killed it before it had a chance based on some really stupid decisions regarding the specs. Such a shame and depressing state of affairs how close we got to the perfect gamer phone.
i still use the play for emulators and legendary games like bruce lee, fifa 12, and star battalion.
you know what's close for me? i've been using the xperia ZL for a year now and 5.0 HD screen w/quad core on a 4.4 kitkat and 4glte with the OEM option to sync my ps3 controller.
i have all my xperia play games on this device and having to play it on a sony phone w/my ps3 controller without any lag is just as cool for me. i'm a sony fanboi and having the xperia lounge, playstation mobile, walkman player still reminds me of my play without the convenience of the controller slide out.
with the sync, i just turn on the ps3 controller and connects with my newer xperia. it's not completely the same but it feels close.
Guys , what do you think if we find someone how can make a modern Xperia play alternative at kickstarter.com ??
or we can email Sony or do something , so they can made an Xperia play 2 ...