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[Q] Should I get an iPod Touch For Gaming Even though I Have Xperia Play?

Hey guys I'm thinking about getting an iPod Touch so I can play the two Chaos Rings games on there and any other turn based rpgs which the xperia play lacks (emulators aside). So my question is, are there enough quality games exclusive to IOS to warrant me purchasing one for gaming? As I've said, I've already identified two good ones, the two chaos rings games.

jdz7t8 said:
Hey guys I'm thinking about getting an iPod Touch so I can play the two Chaos Rings games on there and any other turn based rpgs which the xperia play lacks (emulators aside). So my question is, are there enough quality games exclusive to IOS to warrant me purchasing one for gaming? As I've said, I've already identified two good ones, the two chaos rings games.
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If your planning on getting an iPod Touch sololy for gaming, its not worth it. There aren't too many good games that are IOS exclusives.
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Gaming without hardware controls really sucks, IMO.

Why buy an ipod for gaming? it's a music player For the price of an ipod you can buy a ps2 and like 100 games with 10x the graphics of ios

Can't tell if trolling. iPod Touch gaming is horrid.

after all, Sony Ericsson's idea of bringing forth the Xperia PLAY is to eliminate the need for using [stupid] virtual sticks on screen that take up much of the gaming field..
Touch screen gaming most especially for FPS, RTS, and the like SUCKS. Live with that.

Yea bad idea. Why would you want to carry around two devices anyways? What did you get the Xperia Play for if you don't play it that often.

Always great to see some females on the forum. I say go for it little lady

swebosdev said:
Always great to see some females on the forum. I say go for it little lady
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Lmao a female would not have gotten the play.....
If you have the money, go for it. But a ipod touch for gaming... Lmao
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hell yeah...

As an owner of both... I'd say getting an iPod Touch is actually a step back.
After having to deal with all those limitations and shortcomings that make touch-screen gaming so lame for so many genres, the Xperia PLAY was a godsend.
Chaos Rings was kind of disappointing to me. It had all that 'look' of a good Square-Enix game, but the actual content was mediocre. Eternal Legacy is way better... and even still, we just got solid confirmation that all those Square-Enix releases and more are coming to Android (Chaos Rings and it's sequel, Chrono Trigger, FF1/2, a revamped classic-style FF game and some brand new stuff), which sets them up to be rid of the control issues you get with touch-screen controls.
Now that I can split between both platforms, it's been seeming like a case where I'll get a game on iOS... but I only get to play it 'for real' when it gets released on Xperia PLAY with a better control scheme.
Try playing Meganoid on a touch-screen and you'll be immediately sent running back to Xperia PLAY.

TLRtheory said:
As an owner of both... I'd say getting an iPod Touch is actually a step back.
After having to deal with all those limitations and shortcomings that make touch-screen gaming so lame for so many genres, the Xperia PLAY was a godsend.
Chaos Rings was kind of disappointing to me. It had all that 'look' of a good Square-Enix game, but the actual content was mediocre. Eternal Legacy is way better... and even still, we just got solid confirmation that all those Square-Enix releases and more are coming to Android (Chaos Rings and it's sequel, Chrono Trigger, FF1/2, a revamped classic-style FF game and some brand new stuff), which sets them up to be rid of the control issues you get with touch-screen controls.
Now that I can split between both platforms, it's been seeming like a case where I'll get a game on iOS... but I only get to play it 'for real' when it gets released on Xperia PLAY with a better control scheme.
Try playing Meganoid on a touch-screen and you'll be immediately sent running back to Xperia PLAY.
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This
I just sold my iPod touch 4th gen.

I adhere to the main stream: once you've tried the good old pads and buttons, you simply will not enjoy complex games on your touch screen phone any longer.

Touch screen gaming even on tablet screen is way worse than with physical buttons on se xplay. So tiny ipod touch will be very frustrating. My daughter has one but she,s not into gaming. Touch screen games only will play similarly on ipod and xplay and i don't think there are so many exclusive touch screen games but this could be a factor you may consider, otherwise xplay screen is bigger. Hope it helps
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Looking forward to the day when i can hook the play up to tv, my ps3 gamepad to the play and have a true open console

I sold my IPod Touch to help cover the costs for my new Xperia Play.... no regrets.. at all.

TS, Hahaha.. The only perfect game that I played on my iDevices are Angry Birds & Solitaire..

The only reason you would do that is that it has more games to choose from.

I use both, iPhone 3gs as a phone and Xperia play with a data sim as a portable router and gaming device.
A lot more is available on the iPhone, although you can argue that its a lot more crap. The non gaming apps are the ones i cant live without, like pocketmoney [the android version has a lot less features]. Also, cross platform apps come out much sooner on Apple's platform.
I've just about given up gaming on the iphone since i got the Play, but the turn based strategies are great on the touch screen.
If i must game on the iPhone, i play
Battle for Westnoth
Civilization Revolutions
PuzzleQuest
100 Rogues

That Battle for Wesnoth, one of the flagships of open source gaming (and a great gamS) doesn't have an Android port is a bummer. I would donate for that cause.

Nexus s or Xperia Play

Ca any one help me in buying cell phone i.e Nexus s or Xperia Play

adeel. said:
Ca any one help me in buying cell phone i.e Nexus s or Xperia Play
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Xperia play will out perform the nexus s in every aspect. Alll the nexus s is, is a google branded galaxy s

Even if the Play's specs were inferior (which they're not), having the gamepad alone is reason enough to go with it. Virtual controls are absolutely useless. If you're going to play games of any kind, the Play is the only real choice.

Agreed, You can use the Xperia play as a normal device, you can't notice that gamepad is there unless you slide it open.

only problem with xp is its like 2x thicker than ns. if thats not a problem for you.... and oh yeah, with ns you get updates regularly.
if i had to choose, id go with ns, and probably will after i get rid of the wildfire
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In terms of specs there are about the same, so its up to you if you wanna use it more as a phone or more as a game console.

it all depends on what you want to do with your phone and which priority you have.
Need to read emails, look at the news and navigate the internet? Just take the nexus s.
But if you considered the xplay, then i SUPPOSE you're interested in gaming, and if you're an emulator sucker like me AND you want to read emails and do all the stuff you could do with the nexus s, then the xplay is your choice, of course, the xplay can do gaming a lot better but is bulkier.
If you don't give a crap about gaming, what are you considering a phone called xPLAY to begin with
Another thing to come to the play's side, the price: if you live in the UK you can grab one sim-free at 180 pounds, and i've seen 150 punds around too, but i'm unsure if that's sim free too.
Still if you're not from the UK you can still get the xplay at that price, just have to wait for expansys to get it back in stock

I have the play and i would never trade it for a nexus s but there is one thing IS better on the nexus S. The Nexus does have a much bigger cummunity, more custoom roms and so on... if this is importent for you you should think abaut getting the nexus s...

bubblegumballon said:
In terms of specs there are about the same, so its up to you if you wanna use it more as a phone or more as a game console.
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how does a first gen samsung hummingbird and powervr come close to the 2nd generation scorpion CPU and adreno 205. If anything the nexus s is on par with the HTC desire, that had 1st gen snapdragon and adreno 200!

Go with the Xperia, you won't be disappointed. Make sure you download all the emulators for the old systems to get the most use out of the phone. Being able to go through all the old PS1 and SNES RPG's on your phone is the best thing to ever happen. XPERIA FTW!

Between those two Xperia Play, hands down.
Let me save future wonderers some time.
Q: Should I get Phone X or Xperia Play?
A: If you want to play games..at all, Xperia Play, hands down. If all you wanna do is facebook and play Angry Birds (or other "games" of this nature), get phone x.

Xperia Play only!!!!!!

hey my friend
imagine that you have phone 5 core !!!
but how you can enjoy eneywhere with the games when you have to put your finger on screen ????????????
xperia play is the 1 , that is #1
we really waiting for the day that SE make "exclosive sony's game " anfd " ps vita "for it.

Then and Now

This is my opinion about Xperia Play's rise from it's announcement until now.
Then:
Xperia Play was at the time of it's announcement the long-expected "PlayStation Phone", the phone that could also play PSP games. Unfortunately, it wasn't like that, so most of the people who were excited about this phone had lost all their interest. Only a few remained interested in this phone at it's beginning and so it is that XPlay's popularity has been so low on the first three months. At that time it was seen as:
- A phone with the last Android version that time - 2.3.2
- It had just a few optimised games, already known by others
- It had only a PSX game
- A thick phone with a bad design
- It was almost as expensive as iPhone (between $750 and $800)
Now:
Although no one could imagine a phone that was already labeled as a dissapointment could be 10 times better after some months, it changed a lot. At this point I would say to others that you can't even compare XPlay with Vita, because it's far much better. More and more people are becoming interested again and it's popularity is rasing to the top. It was the work of SE company and developers that brought up this phone's popularity and awesomeness. XPlay now has or will have:
- Android 4.0 (upcoming)
- Ability to fully play PC games with OnLive
- Lots of software changes made by SE through updates (like the 720p filming)
- Lots of mods which made our lifes easier made by devs D)
- Ability to play PSX titles through PSXPeria and FPse
- Ability to play PSP and PSX original games through PlayStation Pocket (upcoming)
- Over 200 optimised games
- Some games were for a period of time XPlay only
- The price went down a lot (now it's between $380 and $420)
Also Merry Christmas everyone!

This is true... however I always had faith in the phone getting better.
There were just so many people who were impatient and wanted to throw their toys on release day and have a cry and then sell the phone... Obviously weren't real gamers to begin with.

subcu1ture said:
This is true... however I always had faith in the phone getting better.
There were just so many people who were impatient and wanted to throw their toys on release day and have a cry and then sell the phone... Obviously weren't real gamers to begin with.
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Agreed,while it may not have the "best" hardware,its still a powerful phone with the only PlayStation Certified controls.
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subcu1ture said:
This is true... however I always had faith in the phone getting better.
There were just so many people who were impatient and wanted to throw their toys on release day and have a cry and then sell the phone... Obviously weren't real gamers to begin with.
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But the phone was marketed to them. Sony didn't really try to push it for gamers only. look at the advertising, Kristen Schaal playing two roles, the slogan "Everything you need and the one thing you want"... None of that is designed to appeal to hardcore teen gamers, but to a more adult audience.

To be honest I wasn't disappointed with the phone when it came out, I was just stoked I could beat the first level of Super Mario 3 without wanting to throw my phone in anger.
But like a fine wine it got better with age.

$380? Its going at around €200 in the EU. Got mine for €160 unlocked myself.
Also the phone has flaws, and networks seem to be dropping it. Not worth €500 IMO. Worth €160? Id happily pay €240 for it tbh

shadowninty said:
$380? Its going at around €200 in the EU. Got mine for €160 unlocked myself.
Also the phone has flaws, and networks seem to be dropping it. Not worth €500 IMO. Worth €160? Id happily pay €240 for it tbh
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F$*&ing thanks button....
Dude, show me a perfect phone. It doesn't exist.
The flaws on this phone aren't terrible by any means.

speedyink said:
F$*&ing thanks button....
Dude, show me a perfect phone. It doesn't exist.
The flaws on this phone aren't terrible by any means.
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He hasn't said that..but this phone was never worth five hundred euros. At its current price It's probably the greatest bargain in terms of price-quality alongside with the now defunct Xperia Neo. I'm yet to see a better bang for the buck ratio in any other brand.

speedyink said:
Dude, show me a perfect phone. It doesn't exist.
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The Play is as close as you can get

speedyink said:
F$*&ing thanks button....
Dude, show me a perfect phone. It doesn't exist.
The flaws on this phone aren't terrible by any means.
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Haha, its happened to me before, weird theres no take back eh? Gave you one to make up for it anyway. Yeah no such thing as a perfect phone. And no, the flaws are far from terrible, and its certainly an excellent device
Logseman said:
He hasn't said that..but this phone was never worth five hundred euros. At its current price It's probably the greatest bargain in terms of price-quality alongside with the now defunct Xperia Neo. I'm yet to see a better bang for the buck ratio in any other brand.
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Exactly - it was worth maybe €450 at a push on release. But at the current price, its amazing value, I mean you wouldnt get a Nexus or Desire for that, and they are far worse devices.
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The Play is as close as you can get
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Ah now

shadowninty said:
Haha, its happened to me before, weird theres no take back eh? Gave you one to make up for it anyway. Yeah no such thing as a perfect phone. And no, the flaws are far from terrible, and its certainly an excellent device
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I know right? I've done it a few times now =P. Thanks for the thanks back, heheh.
Its been one of my better phones, that's for sure. Not sure I could trade it up for a non gamepad phone now
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speedyink said:
I know right? I've done it a few times now =P. Thanks for the thanks back, heheh.
Its been one of my better phones, that's for sure. Not sure I could trade it up for a non gamepad phone now
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That's the biggest problem with this phone... What the hell do i upgrade to if they drop the SEX PLAY 2?? I can't play games just with a touch screen anymore lol
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Far as I'm concerned, it is perfect.
I've always wanted a device that's truly all-in-one. I'm talking about something that navigates, plays music, plays movies, sorts/views pictures, checks my e-mail for all my accounts, can stream all sorts of media to and from the device, takes care of all my office needs, records video in HD, allows video chat, social networking, group chats, provides a prime web browsing experience, allows me to check my bank balance, lets me take notes, record lectures, does all the phone basics, allows true voice control, lets me quickly jot down notes, allows easy access to the file system, AND plays games with a sense of tactility, responsiveness and precision... without any kind of ridiculous external controller that must be separately charged, assembled and/or paired.
No other phone or game device does that. None.
This does all that... with smooth operation in everything from games to day-to-day menus, great battery life, various UIs that are so infinite in possibility that I switch them roughly every week, simplicity, enough ability to customize so that the device works itself around me (and not the other way around - hear that Apple iOS?) and a level of consistent competence that makes me wonder if there's any point in a phone stronger than this.
I started off very critical, and this thing has passed at everything I've thrown at it with flying colors. There is absolutely nothing else on the market that does this as well as the Xperia PLAY does. Other solutions bring physical controls to smartphone gaming, but they ALWAYS have **** support outside of emulators... not a single one has over non-emulated 200 games, and not a single one operates without all that pairing nonsense.
I could complain about the 400MB of memory, but with the ADB trick I've hit 183 installs and still haven't taken up enough memory to make it say I'm running out of space. I could complain that it's not a dual-core, but the only people that'd really complain about that are the entry-level G4TV-watching tech-newbies who don't know how a good GPU/RAM can change the tides when processor strength initially looks small... with games like Dead Space running so smoothly, seems like tossing in a stronger processor would be detrimental to the battery life before it actually does anything useful.
So yeah... I'm satisfied

I actually agree. It gained its hype although no one really noticed it during its launch. But since the price has gone down to £160 im sure it's going to get alot of attraction now

TLRtheory said:
... plays games with a sense of tactility, responsiveness and precision... without any kind of ridiculous external controller that must be separately charged, assembled and/or paired.
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This!! Back when I had my HTC Hero, I always wanted some sort of bluetooth controller so I could control emulators more easily!

kupo5131 said:
That's the biggest problem with this phone... What the hell do i upgrade to if they drop the SEX PLAY 2?? I can't play games just with a touch screen anymore lol
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I feel ya. If the sexplay 2 gets cancelled I may just not upgrade. There's not been any other phone out there that's made me think that. I'm usually the latest tech whore, but why have all that power if you can't really use it properly?
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Logseman said:
But the phone was marketed to them. Sony didn't really try to push it for gamers only. look at the advertising, Kristen Schaal playing two roles, the slogan "Everything you need and the one thing you want"... None of that is designed to appeal to hardcore teen gamers, but to a more adult audience.
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TBH if it was marketed to teen gamers there would have been no way in hell I would have bought it.
I am an old school gamer and wanted a good mobile for work and for gaming.
The only 2 things I wish the device had was 12mp Camera and an HDMI port. But will be definitely be buying the X Play 2... But now that Sony has taken over the mobile division it is more likely to be an actual "PlayStation phone".

i do agree , i think we all agree
imagine that you have a phone with 8 core (( CPU )) , how you can enjoy with your phone when you have to touch screen for play games ?!!
beside how can you see your screen when your finger is on that !!
any way ,
i think it xperia play have very good design whit good hardware ...
but now
i think we all need sony's exclusive games , not android global games , just imagine great games on xperia play , like " god of war - resistance - locoroco - little big planet - patapon - uncharted - grand turism..." and other company's games " like silent hill ... "
it's time for sony to show its ability on games world .
i don't know guys , are you agree with me! but i want to say : SONY,WE WANT YOUR EXCLUSIVE GAMESSSSSSSSS

mehdi.moha said:
i do agree , i think we all agree
imagine that you have a phone with 8 core (( CPU )) , how you can enjoy with your phone when you have to touch screen for play games ?!!
beside how can you see your screen when your finger is on that !!
any way ,
i think it xperia play have very good design whit good hardware ...
but now
i think we all need sony's exclusive games , not android global games , just imagine great games on xperia play , like " god of war - resistance - locoroco - little big planet - patapon - uncharted - grand turism..." and other company's games " like silent hill ... "
it's time for sony to show its ability on games world .
i don't know guys , are you agree with me! but i want to say : SONY,WE WANT YOUR EXCLUSIVE GAMESSSSSSSSS
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Once playstation suite releases hopefully that becomes a reality
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psp games when are those coming?

The psp phone

lets get real for a moment.
You bought a gamepad with a decent android cell phone attached to it.
You didnt buy a psp phone
You didnt buy a vita
Nor a ps3
This is an android. Same as all the other androids of 2011.
Spec's may be a tad different but they all run virtually the same.
Do not let the name sony fool you, it was sony Ericsson who brought the phone out and they didnt really have much to do with sony themselves, in fact they were only just recently completely bought out by them.
Do not overhype this device, its a great android device but it is not a ps3 that makes phone calls anymore than a windows phone is a portable xbox360.
If there is some great, but dont expect exclusives. Remember it is an android so any exclusive to this phone technically only means its not on the iphone or windows phone 7.
So please stop the hating and the ignorance. If you expected the xperia play to be anything more than what it is and were let down, you only have yourself to blame.

I agree with you, but the first sentence isn't needed.

Fixed it up

This thread confused me...it sounded like you were hating on the XperiaPLAY at first, then your closing sentences defend it. You should open with positive reinforcement of the device, rather than all the negative sounding things you opened with. Otherwise you'll just confuse folks, as I am still confused on your feelings about the phone haha.
I knew what I was purchasing when I bought it, and I''m super happy about it. Dis fone rulz

I love the play, there has just been a big rush of noobs on the forums though complaining about exclusives, lack of psp game, no god of war... Just want people to come back down to earth

Not sure it was It was intended to be a psp phone, does it say on the box, no, good points there tho
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the xperia play is a great device but they definitley could have put better hardware in it the arc and the play should be one phone that would make the perfect play

I love my Play! I honestly havent played much games on it! I do love the idea though that when i do want to play games, i can play better games than any other Android device out there! (by better i mean full functioning controller, instead of trying to peek around touch screen analog stick, directional pad, and finger prints!.. lol) This is by far the best Android device i have owned. (spec wise) I honestly feel like im carrying around my PSPgo at times, which i also loved that too! So basically now i have my portable game, mp3 player, portable video player, and phone all in one!
im also a Soldier, so its amazing when i have to go away for a month at a time for training!

psxpetey said:
the xperia play is a great device but they definitley could have put better hardware in it the arc and the play should be one phone that would make the perfect play
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The arc and the play have almost exactly the same hardware.
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i'm agree
they said PSP phone with exclusive game !!
but wich games ? they are android global gsmes , not even 1 sony's exclusive game
something like god of war - resistance - uncharted -little big planet ...
nothing nothing nothing
i just want to say : sony , if you kidding us and don't want to make your big games on xperia play , make a emulator for play psp and ps2 games instead
you promised to make new version of playstation suit . please do it...

It seems to me that the Xplay was made to attempt to convert casual smartphone game players to hardcore gamers that use physical controls to counter the huge loss of market share to touch screen only games by console games. Sony Ericsson doesn't seem to aim the Xplay at hardcore console gamers, but to introduce casual smartphone gamers to hardware controls. As it stands now it was implemented decently; it would've been a huge fail it the hardware controls couldn't be used to navigate but they wisely chose to include it.
The name Xperia Play seems to be a wordplay, hence PlayStation Experience, or the PlayStation Experience phone as opposed to the Google Experience phone.
Sony should be pushing PlayStation Suite pretty soon to complement the release of the Sony Tablet S, the Sony Tablet P, and the soon to be released PlayStation Vita, all of which are PlayStation Certified devices that will have access to PlayStation Suite games.
To appreciate the Xplay,one has to understand that it's purpose is to introduce PlayStation-controller-styled hardware controls to the portion of consumers who haven't been introduced to them yet. If you're anti-physical-input or you insistent on using frustrating virtual controls to play games then the Xperia Play is not for you.
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mehdi.moha said:
not even 1 sony's exclusive game
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Crash Bandicoot.
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bobbysteels216 said:
Crash Bandicoot.
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all android phones can run crash bandicoot 1,2,3 and most ps1 games via psx4driod and FPSE.
i said sony's exclusive . ps2 or psp games . only on xperia play , not playable on all android phones

This is why i made this topic ^^^^
Did you even read the first post?

mehdi.moha said:
all android phones can run crash bandicoot 1,2,3 and most ps1 games via psx4driod and FPSE.
i said sony's exclusive . ps2 or psp games . only on xperia play , not playable on all android phones
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but other android phones cant play games with a dedicated gamepad, they just have on screen controls that take up half the screen. with the play, you can enjoy more of the gaming experience, regardless of if its an exclusive game or not
swebosdev said:
This is why i made this topic ^^^^
Did you even read the first post?
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i agree with you, it would seem that too many people have bought this phone with the expectancy of it being more than it actually is

Yeah this quickly turned into exactly what the OP was talking about. My question however is, will each PS Certified device, such as the Play, Tab S, Tab P, and Vita, require their own ported version of each game, or will the game for Play work on all and vice versa? I ask cause if each game has to be ported individually for each device, then its going to take awhile to get new games, and people just need to be patient. I also own the Tablet S. and there isnt that many games for it either, but i dont really care, i didnt buy it for the games.

The PS suite SDK is common to all the PS certified devices.

I love the play except for 2 things,
A. The touchscreen is buggy (all my friends who have one have the same problem) where it registers random touches
B. The menu keeps still forgetting when I choose Alphabetical order (but it only seems to occur in high memory usage times, eg. after quitting a memory intensive game or something)

Nhialor said:
I love the play except for 2 things,
A. The touchscreen is buggy (all my friends who have one have the same problem) where it registers random touches
B. The menu keeps still forgetting when I choose Alphabetical order (but it only seems to occur in high memory usage times, eg. after quitting a memory intensive game or something)
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My only gripes with it are lack of HDMI/MHL support and low internal storage; two things that would've significantly improved the sales, shelf life, and enjoyability of the phone. The PlayStation Vita will suffer the same lack of HDMI support.
The Xplay is an Android phone that has physical game pad controls, nothing more nothing less.
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Has XPlay bombed?

How many here think the XPlay has been a flop? I look at the list of XPlay optimized games, and I don't that much high quality console like games for it...at least any that I really REALLY I to play...

No
Maybe the Xperia Play has not done too well in terms of good quality games released on the Games for Playstation or any other Xperia Play optimized games but it still has its pros. It's perfect for a guy like me who loves to play NES and SNES games with emulators or even PSOne games on FPSe.

neverwinter said:
How many here think the XPlay has been a flop? I look at the list of XPlay optimized games, and I don't that much high quality console like games for it...at least any that I really REALLY I to play...
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Blablabla "Xplay with one year old = Xplay is a fail, is ****, is horrible".
If you get a Samsung Galaxy S3 you will find the same games but with some better graphics. And you will have to play using the touchscreen. xD
I'm tired of all people that thought that the Xplay is some kind of console. The Xplay is a normal Android mobile, with gaming controls to play more confortably the same games for another normal Android mobiles. END. It wasn't going to have exclusive games made only for it and it will never have them. So now you know what it really is, has it really been a fail? It has tons of games compatible with its physical controls (few phones have this preferent treatment). Stop just seeing the dark side of all!
If you want high quality console games and a phone then glue your desired mobile phone to a Playstation Vita or a Nintendo 3DS.
Oh, and learn to enjoy what you buy. People is begining to think it's normal to throw away their smartphones (and other similar devices) after one year (or less!) of use just because they are tired of them. That's an enormous waste of resources.

Miles Wolf said:
Blablabla "Xplay with one year old = Xplay is a fail, is ****, is horrible".
If you get a Samsung Galaxy S3 you will find the same games but with some better graphics. And you will have to play using the touchscreen. xD
I'm tired of all people that thought that the Xplay is some kind of console. The Xplay is a normal Android mobile, with gaming controls to play more confortably the same games for another normal Android mobiles. END. It wasn't going to have exclusive games made only for it and it will never have them. So now you know what it really is, has it really been a fail? It has tons of games compatible with its physical controls (few phones have this preferent treatment). Stop just seeing the dark side of all!
If you want high quality console games and a phone then glue your desired mobile phone to a Playstation Vita or a Nintendo 3DS.
Oh, and learn to enjoy what you buy. People is begining to think it's normal to throw away their smartphones (and other similar devices) after one year (or less!) of use just because they are tired of them. That's an enormous waste of resources.
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Well said
Oh and one more thing I just wanna thank Sony Ericsson for making the Xperia Play cause this is the only smartphone out there that has a physical gamepad unless of course if in the future HTC or Sony come out with something.
But for now I can boast that I have smartphone with a gamepad !

sufy1000 said:
Well said
Oh and one more thing I just wanna thank Sony Ericsson for making the Xperia Play cause this is the only smartphone out there that has a physical gamepad unless of course if in the future HTC or Sony come out with something.
But for now I can boast that I have smartphone with a gamepad !
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Although HTC said it will no longer be making slider phones, I doubt they will make a new Play
Sony seems to be running out of design ideas, so I hope they see the Play as a new opportunity to get back into the playing field. Xperia Ion looks like its going to bomb 10x harder than the Play ever would.
If Sony/Microsoft can create another good Gaming Phone, I would love to purchase it.

Leraeniesh said:
Although HTC said it will no longer be making slider phones, I doubt they will make a new Play
Sony seems to be running out of design ideas, so I hope they see the Play as a new opportunity to get back into the playing field. Xperia Ion looks like its going to bomb 10x harder than the Play ever would.
If Sony/Microsoft can create another good Gaming Phone, I would love to purchase it.
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Yeah but a new gaming smartphone looks a million miles away unfortunately.

Miles Wolf said:
Blablabla "Xplay with one year old = Xplay is a fail, is ****, is horrible".
If you get a Samsung Galaxy S3 you will find the same games but with some better graphics. And you will have to play using the touchscreen. xD
I'm tired of all people that thought that the Xplay is some kind of console. The Xplay is a normal Android mobile, with gaming controls to play more confortably the same games for another normal Android mobiles. END. It wasn't going to have exclusive games made only for it and it will never have them. So now you know what it really is, has it really been a fail? It has tons of games compatible with its physical controls (few phones have this preferent treatment). Stop just seeing the dark side of all!
If you want high quality console games and a phone then glue your desired mobile phone to a Playstation Vita or a Nintendo 3DS.
Oh, and learn to enjoy what you buy. People is begining to think it's normal to throw away their smartphones (and other similar devices) after one year (or less!) of use just because they are tired of them. That's an enormous waste of resources.
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Your post is completely wrong. The device was supposed to be a gaming device. They promised us the PlayStation store and lots of PS titles but we never got them. Also if it wasn't supposed to be a gaming device then why did they even waste their money and time on a gamepad for the device. A device with PlayStation controls is a gaming device. Personally I like my play. Many games are out for it and are play optimized. So people saying there aren't many games for it need to search a little more. There is tons. And I haven't found another device with better sound than the play. Those stereo speaker have such a clear sound to it and have amazing bass. All other devices sound like they are being played underwater or sound like they are being played through a tin can. Yes SE scammed us all by not giving us what they said they would. And also the play had many games threat were play exclusives like minecraft and a few games from THD devices. If Sony were to keep up and give us what they said they were then maybe the device would've done better. If they brought more ps titles out then yes it would've done well even with outdated hardware which to me doesn't bother me in the slightest as there are very very very few games or apps that need a quad core with 1gig of ram. It's a phone not a laptop or pc. The Play is what you make of it. And mine is good as like what I have got. ICS not being given does not bother me in the slightest as ICS isn't all that great anyway. It lags because it's a RAM hog. And it's a juice drinker. GB runs better and uses less power as it isn't constantly trying to sort background processes out etc.....
Anyways that's my two cents or should I say two dollars
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God damn to many aspiring writer's on here. It's a first generation phone the one and only with physical pads. I'm thirty and hopefully will live another fifty years and ya its done. Technology is moving fast. Oh my God there will never be another phone with game pads. Look further into the future and not just a year or two ahead. I can't wait. Hopefully I can get a new liver in twenty because I drank my away.
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Commercially, I'd say so. But for those ill-concerned with sales, Xperia Play brings a LOT to the table that'll make the sales-counters stop caring. You can find other physical controller solutions out there for other smartphones, but they don't really do much aside from let you play emulators with buttons. That's good for classic games, but we're in a modern era.
Xperia Play's the absolute best smartphone gaming option for people who want MORE than classic gaming. Yeah, it's good for emulators... but you can beat dead horses with a PSP, GP32, OpenPandora, Dingoo A320, JXD S7100, Yinlips YDPG18 or any smartphone on this planet that has bluetooth... Xperia Play's about the only one that's good for people who don't just want to beat dead horses... but rather want to take advantage of that 854x480 screen and modern day improvements in game mechanics.
And when we insert that factor, no other gaming phone allows us to play MODERN games like Dead Space, Sonic 4, Shadowgun, King of Fighters, N.O.V.A. 3 and the like as well as Xperia Play does... they'll, at best, have under 50 "general d-pad compatibility" titles under their belt, but not a single one of them has hundreds of games relieved from lame-ass touch controls like Xperia Play does.
...and as crazy as it sounds, my fresh, revolutionary, beautiful Vita is getting monumentally less playtime than my Xperia Play. So yeah... might not be doing hot in sales, but as far as software support goes... I don't see this locomotive stopping any time soon.

TLRtheory said:
Commercially, I'd say so. But for those ill-concerned with sales, Xperia Play brings a LOT to the table that'll make the sales-counters stop caring. You can find other physical controller solutions out there for other smartphones, but they don't really do much aside from let you play emulators with buttons. That's good for classic games, but we're in a modern era.
Xperia Play's the absolute best smartphone gaming option for people who want MORE than classic gaming. Yeah, it's good for emulators... but you can beat dead horses with a PSP, GP32, OpenPandora, Dingoo A320, JXD S7100, Yinlips YDPG18 or any smartphone on this planet that has bluetooth... Xperia Play's about the only one that's good for people who don't just want to beat dead horses... but rather want to take advantage of that 854x480 screen and modern day improvements in game mechanics.
And when we insert that factor, no other gaming phone allows us to play MODERN games like Dead Space, Sonic 4, Shadowgun, King of Fighters, N.O.V.A. 3 and the like as well as Xperia Play does... they'll, at best, have under 50 "general d-pad compatibility" titles under their belt, but not a single one of them has hundreds of games relieved from lame-ass touch controls like Xperia Play does.
...and as crazy as it sounds, my fresh, revolutionary, beautiful Vita is getting monumentally less playtime than my Xperia Play. So yeah... might not be doing hot in sales, but as far as software support goes... I don't see this locomotive stopping any time soon.
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Amen, well said. I absolutely love my Xperia PLAY. Yeah it doesnt have the top of the line specs but who cares. This things rocks. I hate touchscreen controls. Absolutely hate them. However on my phone......awesome. Love it. Nuff said. Appreciate what you have and enjoy it.

Only God knows where the next PLAY, or PLAY-like device will come from. It could be Nintendo of all people, I mean they really don't have anything to lose. Either way, the PLAY, in my mind is falling short due to the fact that you can now use wireless gamepads on their tablets or phones, the PLAYs lack of HDMI compatibility, and other unnecessary features like HD sound, although HDMI should have been added to non-dev phones. So in other words the plays capabilities can be achieved by buying some additional accessories. So, unfortunately, I doubt that Sony alone will attempt to develop a PLAY 2, unless it turns into a last resort, as it is obviously not their biggest concern. I would try to keep som hope though.
I do agree that the play is the most supported phone when it comes to games like N.O.V.A., but as time passes, the hw gets a little more outdated, and after so long android 5.0 will come along, and gb will more or less be phased out by developers. Aside from that, it definitely rocks, especially when people look and ask "Woah, what is that?". Makes my day.
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Leraeniesh said:
Although HTC said it will no longer be making slider phones, I doubt they will make a new Play
Sony seems to be running out of design ideas, so I hope they see the Play as a new opportunity to get back into the playing field. Xperia Ion looks like its going to bomb 10x harder than the Play ever would.
If Sony/Microsoft can create another good Gaming Phone, I would love to purchase it.
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I was hoping HTC and Sony might possibly collaborate, but I hadn't heard about their slider discontinuation. Hopefully, they'll make an exception. Samsung wouldn't be bad either, but I doubt they have any interest in such things.
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IanPPK said:
I was hoping HTC and Sony might possibly collaborate, but I hadn't heard about their slider discontinuation. Hopefully, they'll make an exception. Samsung wouldn't be bad either, but I doubt they have any interest in such things.
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http://www.smartkeitai.com/microsoft-windows-phone-patent-with-interchangeable-keyboard-gamepad/
Microsoft could be our best hope

i'm still hoping to have new xperia play (( mybe by other name : xperia PSP , psp phone ... ))
i'm wondering , there is so many eager people that count the days and crossing finger for next (high-end) gameing phone , but sony still haven't plan on that .
i'm really in love with my beautiful xperia play , but i will it could be possible to change the CPU and RAM , like desktop , couse today , it's really out of date( H/W )

Portable emu.
On live.
Best in class GPS
Awesome android smartphone
720p camera and video
Game pad.
Low price in 2012
Who can ask for anything more?
Psp games? Who gives a crap because I sure don't.
Haters who own one there are few and mostly just forum trolls. How's your HDMI mehdi?
Hater who don't have one. Just jelly I got one and you don't. Oh look another head shot, ya man that's a play owner.

Xperia Play is now an outdated phone. New games doesnot seem to support play because it has an old gpu and only a single core cpu.
I think sony should come up with a new "XPERIA PLAY 2" which should have a 4.8" 720p HD screen, 1.5GB RAM, 1.6GHz Quad-Core CPU and TEGRA 3 GPU. It will be a beast, even better than PS vita...!!!!
P.s: I dont know why you people hate touch screen gaming. I love it. I reached "Rank 70 with more than 6000 kills" at modern combat 3 multiplayer" within only a month on my S2...!
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DD-Ripper said:
Xperia Play is now an outdated phone. New games doesnot seem to support play because it has an old gpu and only a single core cpu.
I think sony should come up with a new "XPERIA PLAY 2" which should have a 4.8" 720p HD screen, 1.5GB RAM, 1.6GHz Quad-Core CPU and TEGRA 3 GPU. It will be a beast, even better than PS vita...!!!!
P.s: I dont know why you people hate touch screen gaming. I love it. I reached "Rank 70 with more than 6000 kills" at modern combat 3 multiplayer" within only a month on my S2...!
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We hate touch screen gaming cause we are all gamers and need physical buttons !

i love the play.
it would have been perfect for me if it had launched with 1giga Rams and at least 2gb storage.
I'm kinda over the low RAM and will most likely upgrade to the hayabusa when it becomes available.

If Microsoft made a gaming phone..... It would dominate and blow away all competitors, even phones like the S3. But they don't even have a foot in the handheld battlefield YET. So it's probably not gonna happen for a long time. Xplay is cool and yeah people get bored of it quite easily. But I look at it as the stepping stone for much greater things ahead. Just hope I'll be alive and not have crazy arthritis or something to be able to enjoy it. Our kids are gonna have some crazy high tech stuff when we're all old and they'll take our places in these forums lol.

sufy1000 said:
We hate touch screen gaming cause we are all gamers and need physical buttons !
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Then why you people buy touchscreen phones??
Whats wrong with qwerty keypad phones..? They have physical buttons.!
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