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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.

Huge indecision

Hi everyone! I'm going to buy a new smartphone...and now i'm considering the xperia play.
There are only a few things that make me vacillate...
1)I love installing custom roms and the hacking in general...I see that there are only few rom and there isn't a MIUI rom >_<
2)1.6,it seems to be very fat >_<
3)playing ps1 games must drain a lot of battery >_<
I would really like to buy this phone but expecially the second point make me stop >_<
can someone help me deciding?
I love the hw,the 4" screen is perfect for me and playing games with hw buttons...

At first I thought it was a fatty as well. I came from an O2X.
But it isn't. Its just not 'superthin'. Do I want a super slim light phone that feels like a plastic toy? Nope.
Its all relative to what you think so go down to a shop, pick it up, put it in your pocket (with the store owners consent of course ) and see.
But I doubt after buying you would worry about it.

there is a MIUI port.

Camera quality?720p recording?

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Camera quality?720p recording?
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Camera quality is better than my x10 was which had an 8.1 mp camera. Video quality is 720p, again much smoother than my x10 video 720p.

If you like gaming on your phone then get it.

if you don't like gaming then get the xperia ray. When I play games it does use a lot of the battery on my play so if you don't play games a lot don't get this fone. I love the play and love gaming.
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how much hours of gaming can i get with a full battery?

You will have to charge it every night
Think it only take about an hour though.
Cant comment of how many hours of gaming from full to dead, everyone would have different results due to customizations on thier phones.
The bottom line is though if you dont buy it and game on your phone, you will regret not buying it. Those guys who are destroying everyone in online game are play owners

swebosdev said:
You will have to charge it every night
Think it only take about an hour though.
Cant comment of how many hours of gaming from full to dead, everyone would have different results due to customizations on thier phones.
The bottom line is though if you dont buy it and game on your phone, you will regret not buying it. Those guys who are destroying everyone in online game are play owners
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But i would buy play only for play n64/ps1 games i don't like all android games xD

get yourself PES2012, EA and Gameloft HD games, you will love itu

N64 alone is a great reason to buy it, you say you dont like android games and i understand that. I didnt either till i got my play. Now i enjoy great gaming, great gps, great camera, great internet, the list go's on and on. Had it since may and im still loving it.
Not to mention mame, snes, etc etc

I've tested my battery several times, you can get about 5.5 hours of just straight gaming (that's with data turned off). That's quite a while if you ask me. If you're not gaming, or very lightly gaming, the phone will last a couple days without needing a charge.

i have a 2600mah battery (15 euro on ebay) and ik can play 9 hours of gaming with data on!

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I've tested my battery several times, you can get about 5.5 hours of just straight gaming (that's with data turned off). That's quite a while if you ask me. If you're not gaming, or very lightly gaming, the phone will last a couple days without needing a charge.
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Ditto. Played F1 97 on fpse for about 3 hours on a train and used about 50% of my battery
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I personally love it. I was sceptical about the size at first, i came from the Optimus S (alot smaller), but the Play feels really comfortable in my hand, it doesnt feel fragile. As far as ROMS go, if you have the GSM model, you should be ok with flashing custom ROMs, if you have the CDMA model your pretty much screwed. I play the games from the xplay, and i use OnLive. I have a few PSX games, but i dont play them on my Play, i cant stand the graphics on old PS1 games on a device capable of so much more... lol

Not all the hype
The Xperia play has alot of hype from fanboys
Sure the specs of the phone are fast but the construction is sub-par
it's not made by SCEA but rather Ericsson and the thing is mostly plastic
after the first oh 500 sildes of the screen it will start getting play/travel from side to side.
I have a brand new one to and I've had a used one from ebay. they both showed signs of the slider wearing out and showing play after 500 or more slides
the whole thing is plasticly and it really shows on the "chrome" fake parts that are just painted to look like metal.
if you scratch them at all they stand out like a sore thumb as being fake.
Now the positives its cool for gaming
the controls definitely are a neat thing to tinker with so if you like to tinker then thats cool.
Onto my recommendation.
We have 2 droid X phones 1 was brand new 1 was used and we bought a badly abused one from ebay so i've seen them in every condition
the facts are the droid X is one of the strongest smart phones I've seen
the case is REAL METAL. even the battery cover. and it's Rubberized
so you know it's going to be durable.
The screen is Gorilla Glass nearly unbreakable especially with a thick screen protector installed.
The processor is speedy and so is the ram. it will be able to play almost every game the Xperia can. Ive tested it on alot of stuff
Customization with ROMS:
quite simply a ton of them exist and people are making more every day.
even tho the phone has a locked bootloader that has helped it in the long run because all the developers started working on new roms that were based on the stock one but HIGHLY modified. and so now tons of flavors exist. it's very good scene and community.
I came from droid X community before this one and they are way more active in terms of development. I blame that on the fact the Xperia has way to many versions
The discrepancy in versions makes development a pain in the ass for the Xperia PLay because so many versions of it exists
you got the
R800x
R800i
R800a
and each one is different
mostly the developer only work on the R800i because that is the international version
so ya its reallly up to you
just use your judgement on this one
oh you could look into the droid X-2, it uses dual core processor and it's much improved

You cant compare this phone to one that doesnt have a gamepad, it doesnt make any sense.
People who do that are the ones who shouldnt even have bought it in the first place. They are not gamers.
Gamers buy this, we didnt buy a phone that had a gamepad on it, we bought a gamepad that has a phone on it.
The gamepad is the reason you buy an xperia play, if you dont see it that way then you will be happier buying something else.

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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Xperia Play Alternative? Not Even Close!

So i was just browsing around and apparently XOLO is releasing a new gaming phone. At first i was excited cause the name was "XOLO Play" and i don't know about you guys but that very sounded familiar. So yeah with my heart full of hope and my head full of dreams i clicked on the link, and thats when i got angry. NO PHYSICAL CONTROLS!!!!!!! Come on now, just cause you call it a gaming phone doesn't make it a gaming phone, and if you are going to call it a gaming (no physical controls) phone at least give is some out of this world sick specs. These don't even compare to the latest phones let alone make it a genuine gaming phone. Compare this to the HTC ONE, Sony Xperia Z, or the Samsung GS4 and it pretty much nothing.
Are you guys feeling the same way about these so called "Gaming Phones"?
http://www.techtree.com/content/news/4114/xolo-play-nvidia-tegra-3-smartphone-launching.html
XPERIA PLAY 2 WHERE ARE YOU?

yeah it's a pity
i would use my old nokia and buy a gcw zero handheld instead of buying a high-tech phone when my play dies. just bought the play for emulation on the go.
it's my new n-gage (had both of them ) as it should be - just a lot more fragile

i'll buy that on first day , if that has physical gamepad.
but how ! how a phone can serve to gamers without pgysical game pad ????!!1
suerly , without gamepad , xperia ZU is much better that it ....
where is xoeria play 2

I think there will be no Xperia play. Sony decided to join that race for fast and thinner handset, there no room for chunky gaming phone for nerds
But seriously, if not Sony there will be other manufacturer. When you look how games develop on Google Play market. I know majority of people play Angry birds, Candy crush saga etc. so they don't need pad to play. But from other side you got games like MC, NOVA or even DH, that games played smearing your fingers on screen seems wrong and these games need proper gamepad.
Btw. found this on YT, interesting concept:

at the moment i don't think there is a profitable market for aaa console class games. since android seriously has to deal with piracy and every dev seem to push the price even lower. it came so far that newer games have to use in app purchases to get the development costs back in.
a market could be created however. when some bin manufactures decide to do real gaming devices like a psp vita.
or we need something like steam on android where the consumer base is already there (linux gaming is coming because of this - so will the 3d drivers for linux be improved over time because the market is there).
there are actually a few android gaming devices (especially in china). also the new handheld from nvidia is based on android. i wouldn't say there won't be any real gaming phone in the future.

I believe there will never be another phone with gaming controls built in. As far as buying a regular phone to game on, you can't beat an inexpensive Nexus 4. There's lots of them used up for sale. With a Snapdragon S4 Pro quadcore and 2Gb of ram, it really is a gaming powerhouse. You can't get anything close to that price.

bartmw said:
I think there will be no Xperia play. Sony decided to join that race for fast and thinner handset, there no room for chunky gaming phone for nerds
But seriously, if not Sony there will be other manufacturer. When you look how games develop on Google Play market. I know majority of people play Angry birds, Candy crush saga etc. so they don't need pad to play. But from other side you got games like MC, NOVA or even DH, that games played smearing your fingers on screen seems wrong and these games need proper gamepad.
Btw. found this on YT, interesting concept:
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konstruktor said:
at the moment i don't think there is a profitable market for aaa console class games. since android seriously has to deal with piracy and every dev seem to push the price even lower. it came so far that newer games have to use in app purchases to get the development costs back in.
a market could be created however. when some bin manufactures decide to do real gaming devices like a psp vita.
or we need something like steam on android where the consumer base is already there (linux gaming is coming because of this - so will the 3d drivers for linux be improved over time because the market is there).
there are actually a few android gaming devices (especially in china). also the new handheld from nvidia is based on android. i wouldn't say there won't be any real gaming phone in the future.
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Interesting video but a few thinks wrong no L/R triggers and no joystick/touchpads also its windows but still interesting.
Yeah there are ALOT of android gaming devices but we want a android gaming phone.
Also the xperia play 2 could be thin if if they wanted too. That would also make the phone slightly uncomfortable though, but thats the good thing about android customization and variety it fat phones just down right sicken you then go get a different phone, but i want gaming controls so a fat phone sounds fine to me.

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I'm so confused...
How can they label that a 'Gaming' smartphone? Specifications of other smartphones far surpass that of the XOLO Play and considering it lacks any form of hardware controller it is no different to every other phone that is released at the moment.
Not to mention the 12 core ULV GPU is seriously crap in the Tegra 3. It's not much better than the Adreno 205 in my opinion. CPU is great though...

They got peoples attention lol

I think i'll keep my money for something else

konstruktor said:
yeah it's a pity
i would use my old nokia and buy a gcw zero handheld instead of buying a high-tech phone when my play dies. just bought the play for emulation on the go.
it's my new n-gage (had both of them ) as it should be - just a lot more fragile
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Same here, had both N-gages as well.
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Unconditional love for the Xperia Play

Hi all,
Been reading this forum for a couple of years now. After what happened this week I decided to register and share my story with the last owners of the Xperia Play.
I’m a proud owner of the Xperia Play, been using the phone for more than2 years. 2 days ago, my Play had a grey screen,.,.. yes, the flex cable problem. I had to make a choice. Buy a new phone or try to repair my play? The thing is, I had enough money stored to buy the phone of my choice. I was thinking about the Note 3 and a couple of others.., Finally a new and fast phone I tried to tell myself…
It was difficult. My friends asked me why I sounded depressed. That’s when I knew that I got more love for my Xperia Play than I ever thought I had.
There is no phone on the market that can beat my Xperia Play. Period!
I will try to keep my Play alive as long as I can and I’m considering buying another one incase mine dies. Xperia Play, there simply is no other phone that can beat it’s originality!

@soninlaw
Goes the same for me..

soninlaw said:
Hi all,
Been reading this forum for a couple of years now. After what happened this week I decided to register and share my story with the last owners of the Xperia Play.
I’m a proud owner of the Xperia Play, been using the phone for more than2 years. 2 days ago, my Play had a grey screen,.,.. yes, the flex cable problem. I had to make a choice. Buy a new phone or try to repair my play? The thing is, I had enough money stored to buy the phone of my choice. I was thinking about the Note 3 and a couple of others.., Finally a new and fast phone I tried to tell myself…
It was difficult. My friends asked me why I sounded depressed. That’s when I knew that I got more love for my Xperia Play than I ever thought I had.
There is no phone on the market that can beat my Xperia Play. Period!
I will try to keep my Play alive as long as I can and I’m considering buying another one incase mine dies. Xperia Play, there simply is no other phone that can beat it’s originality!
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I'd agree especially on the originality part, this phone is very original and simply great.
Sadly it doesn't live up to the performance anymore so I don't intend to use it anymore.
If an Xperia Play 2 would be made at a decent price with flagship specs it'd be a "must buy".
It may just be that the Xperia Play 1 was released too early - some people considered it a failure (but I loved my play when I had it).
Gaming is getting more apparent and widespread on Android, and I'd love to see a newer implementation of this device which would rock a 5" 1080p or 2k display on perhaps something like the upcoming Snapdragon 810.
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Edit: I'd love it even more if it had the soft touch rubber feeling on the exterior like the one of the N5, although it could cause it to be undetachable (no removable battery ;( )

soninlaw said:
Hi all,
Been reading this forum for a couple of years now. After what happened this week I decided to register and share my story with the last owners of the Xperia Play.
I’m a proud owner of the Xperia Play, been using the phone for more than2 years. 2 days ago, my Play had a grey screen,.,.. yes, the flex cable problem. I had to make a choice. Buy a new phone or try to repair my play? The thing is, I had enough money stored to buy the phone of my choice. I was thinking about the Note 3 and a couple of others.., Finally a new and fast phone I tried to tell myself…
It was difficult. My friends asked me why I sounded depressed. That’s when I knew that I got more love for my Xperia Play than I ever thought I had.
There is no phone on the market that can beat my Xperia Play. Period!
I will try to keep my Play alive as long as I can and I’m considering buying another one incase mine dies. Xperia Play, there simply is no other phone that can beat it’s originality!
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The same for me this is my 4th one and am not ever selling this one again, Am running Gin2kitkat rom with extreme kernel up to 2.3Ghz, This phone plays all the big games like MC4, Nova 3, GTA with ease and no lag :laugh::good:, The xperia z2 is my main phone but i use the xperia play to play all my games

eman2001 said:
The same for me this is my 4th one and am not ever selling this one again, Am running Gin2kitkat rom with extreme kernel up to 2.3Ghz, This phone plays all the big games like MC4, Nova 3, GTA with ease and no lag :laugh::good:, The xperia z2 is my main phone but i use the xperia play to play all my games
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Doesn't battery drain so fast though?

RoboticBuddy said:
Doesn't battery drain so fast though?
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No the battery doesn't drain fast at all in fact it last me 2 days on a single charge because when am not using it and the screen is off I control the cpu with this app called setcpu and I clock it down to 500Ghz but when am playing the heavy games I clock it from 1.000Ghz to 2.3Ghz so that way I can get the best performance from the big games

I am also an Xperia Play fan. I did actually find a completely new one on a sale yesterday.
So now I have a new one in case my old one breaks!

eman2001 said:
No the battery doesn't drain fast at all in fact it last me 2 days on a single charge because when am not using it and the screen is off I control the cpu with this app called setcpu and I clock it down to 500Ghz but when am playing the heavy games I clock it from 1.000Ghz to 2.3Ghz so that way I can get the best performance from the big games
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I think my battery's dying then. I can hardly get above 6 hours with about 1 hour of gaming... on stock clock too..

I feel the same kinda way. I've had my play for over 2 years and it really is such a unique little device.
It may not be the fastest thing on the planet but it handles all the android games I throw at it and the controls
just feel solid.
Even in the future if and when I get a new phone, I'll be holding onto my play for that portable emulator experience.(touchscreen buttons suck so bad lol)

Same feeling here the xperia play was one hell of a device. I hope an xperia play 2 is released some day.
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Proud Xperia PLAY owner for 2 years 11 months here!
Lots of choices, but I just can't go on without that kick-a$$ built-in gamepad!

50+ hr work weeks have kept me away from being here as much as I used to... but I still love my Xperia Play.
I've gone through at least 5 significantly stronger Android devices... and they all feel like "just another android device" compared to the Xperia Play.
...and honestly, I still feel like it's got good performance. LauncherPro gives me slick, super smooth UI operation, Opera gives me a smooth browsing experience, and seems like even the newer games I try work well because the 205 is a very highly supported GPU.

I love my Xperia Play, had it for about more than 2 years now. But the only thing is that my microphone in calling doesn't work without a bluetooth or wired headset, so I will have to get a replacement soon. I would really love this device more if it had just better specs.

I've had mine almost two years now, it's been an awesome phone/gaming platform for me. Everybody I see loves it, unfortunately it's got a cracked screen and the touchscreen was shot from the second time of being dropped in water, I revived it the first time it hit water, the development I've done for this Rom wise was a blast as of now I've been running the modded 2.3.3 UK fw for CDMA with doom Lords CDMA kernel oc 2.0 max 368 min noon and smartassv2 it handles games pretty well gta3 and vc my ported ps1 games using psxperia 2.0 which were gran turismo 1&2 and ppsspp playing final Fantasy crisis core the speech lags at times but mostly smooth game play, my contract is up in a couple of months and I plan on buying another Xperia from Verizon just to unlock and do what I've done before lol I think Sony should try to release a Xperia 2 with mobile gaming on the rise better specs and the right marketing I think it'd sell just my opinion tho
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I bought a play in may of 2011... I have had many different devices, and have gotten to mess around with many different devices. I have gotten to the point to where I don't care if it won't be able to run new apps in a couple of years. As long as it can call, text, and play what I want it to play then I will never switch devices. Ever.
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my play died after 2 years. bought a new one (11 mos). kept it in the trident case since I bought new. when I get the urge to buy a new phone, I play fifa 12 and star battalion and play street fighter 2 on snes. you cannot pull of those games the same way on any other android phone. also, I take may play out of the case and it's new.
this is a gamer phone and no phone can match the controls. there might be some new games out there that the play can't perform well but there are a 300-400 android optimized games I haven't tried yet. playstation mobile is also offering recent games too. play is the best and will being going on 3 years.

have been using mine since May2011 .. my first.. fallen many many times.. touchwood nothing happened to it.. has a scratchy back cover.. but I like its rugged look.. haha..
I plan to take another one just in case this stops responding.. now that kitkat will be available for us.. and many future versions cuz of the 3.4 Kernel.. I don't thinkso I would be selling/giving up this for the next 10 years

mtrex90 said:
I have gotten to the point to where I don't care if it won't be able to run new apps in a couple of years.
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It already can't run most of the new games now. I love my PLAY, but I'm not going to miss out on enjoying the latest releases over devotion to this device.

Visa Declined said:
It already can't run most of the new games now. I love my PLAY, but I'm not going to miss out on enjoying the latest releases over devotion to this device.
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That is what adrenobooster and overclocks are for. I haven't found too many games that this bad boy can't play. If. There is something really shiny that I want to play but can't, then I have a hisense sero 7 pro that can handle it just fine.

I play plenty of new games on my Xperia Play.