nolookjones
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Man said:
exactly this is huge for android gaming...this is what the pspgo should have been from the beginning
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RUMOR: Sony developing Android 3.0 powered PSP-Go like phone. [Update: Post 472]
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exactly this is huge for android gaming...this is what the pspgo should have been from the beginning
kitchenmotors said:
why would they be higher priced for similar games? Whole idea here is that carriers pay for the devices. Problem with PSP and PS3 is that Sony is one subsidizing the cost of devices hence they need to make more money from software.
In fact Google already gives rights to manufacturers to do their own stores, they dont have to use Google Android store at all.
I would not be suprised if Playstation Android becomes an platform and that Sony might be creating "real" PSP on the same platform as well. As long as screen resolution and hardware is same, no problems there at all.
You can use iPhone games on other devices either nor you can use PS3 games on other devices, and look at them sell eh?
This makes sense for me... since I got ipad, i have almost no use for my iphone, especially since it is such an shitty phone compared to cheap bricks. I could definetly use slightly bigger screened, better camera Phone with better gaming (i hate tilting shit, i am so old) for cheap on contract.
kitchenmotors
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Corto said:
Sony is usually more hardware than software driven. The fact that this PSP-branded phone has PSP slide-out controls doesn't give me much faith that other Android devices will run these games. Unless Sony has completely changed the way they do business with the portable market for this device, I don't have much faith.
Ignis Fatuus
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If they do put this out there--and I'm not going to dismiss it until I see it--they're going to need to clarify the status of PSP2. Does it still exist? Has the 3DS aborted it?
Corto said:
Doesn't seem that hard; just put some hardware restriction, like hardware that's only accessible from signed sources, and have different signatures for regular games and downloadable ones. Surely even nintendo has this in the DSi, although it's a closed platform.
Hey, nice avatar/username.
SuperSonic1305
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Who gives a fuck about the features? WILL IT APPEAR ON NPD CHARTS?! This is the most important question.
H_Prestige
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spwolf said:
Nintendo doesn't subsidize the cost of their gaming hardware. Sony doesn't have to either.
H_Prestige said:
I think that you have this flipped around a bit... There isn't much room in Nintendo's market because of how successful that they've been in selling DSes, and how software sales have trounced the PSP aside from a few standout games. In the case of mobile gaming, it's coming together nicely, and Apple is trying to corral it with Game Center on the iPhone 4, but Sony has much more experience in creating a gaming platform, while, aside from Game Center, Apple has let third parties do the work re: Gaming on the iPhone...
If done right Sony can take over a lot of the non-DS gaming market with this phone and platform...
Ignis Fatuus said:
It'll be a 'third pillar'
Baron Aloha
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If they could somehow get most/all of the existing PSP/PSN content to run on this device and/or future PSN content was developed with this device in mind I would definitely buy it (if it exists). If they don't model it kind of like iOS, where the content can be used across multiple devices then they are idiots.
Speaking of cross-compatibility, I wish Sony would let you play your downloaded PSP games on your PS3. I might actually buy some of them.
Speaking of cross-compatibility, I wish Sony would let you play your downloaded PSP games on your PS3. I might actually buy some of them.
kitchenmotors
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spwolf said:
Playstation is a premium brand, compared to something like Gameloft on iOS or Android. Sony won't be putting out a Little Big Planet game for .99, or even 4.99. The issue is that portable mobile gaming is on the cheaper side. I just don't see Sony making cheap software for this thing, that's not how they operate. Expensive software on a single device is hard to swallow for someone who let the PSP go to die before it was even released.
On the iOS platform you can use an iPhone, iPod touch or an iPad for any software. The market is starting to divide a little with the iPhone 4, but there are a few different devices over many different gens that can run cheap software. I don't see the Playstation branded games as flexible in terms of cross-compatibility and price.
Man said:
There are more....
arab said:
SO DID I! :lol
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=21558705&postcount=63
It will not be released in October.
It will not be released in October.
It will not be released in October.
Sony Ericsson announced the X10 in November, it was released this Spring, and is just about to be released in the US. You seriously believe an unannounced phone is magically going to be revealed and released in 2 months, using software that is most likely not ready for primetime?
Sony Ericsson + Sony likely are working on a phone that will take advantage of SCEI's PlayStation roots. WSJ reported this earlier this year. Sony will most likely let this product download PS Classics, PSP titles (possibly).
I'll even believe some of those rumors about the fit and finish that engadget described.
But that's about it.
S-E's next flagship is supposed to be a 5.5" pseudo-tablet.
It will not be released in October.
It will not be released in October.
Sony Ericsson announced the X10 in November, it was released this Spring, and is just about to be released in the US. You seriously believe an unannounced phone is magically going to be revealed and released in 2 months, using software that is most likely not ready for primetime?
Sony Ericsson + Sony likely are working on a phone that will take advantage of SCEI's PlayStation roots. WSJ reported this earlier this year. Sony will most likely let this product download PS Classics, PSP titles (possibly).
I'll even believe some of those rumors about the fit and finish that engadget described.
But that's about it.
S-E's next flagship is supposed to be a 5.5" pseudo-tablet.
kitchenmotors
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zoku88 said:
It has nothing to do with profits. Did I say that? Nope, sorry. Do you really think Sony will send out new hardware on the market for a Playstation/Android and not want to sell as much as possible? Why should I have to buy the new PSP-phone to play Playstation games when I can just use my old Android device or different one? Sony doesn't work that way. They want to push the hardware that's specifically branded for this new market.
Basileus777
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H_Prestige said:
Sure they do. There's no other way Sony would have a chance in hell of competing with Nintendo.
What we need is another PSP, not another iPhone.
Amongst all of these 'me too' iPhones and 3DS, there is room for a handheld that is aimed squarely at gaming (serious business)
Two analogs, a powerful processor, serious gamen, hopefully NO touchscreen.
If handheld gaming is going the way of touch-only games, consider me an ex-gamer. The console space has already been polluted with this motion-fad. Worst innovations ever. Have fun playing your iPhone games.
Amongst all of these 'me too' iPhones and 3DS, there is room for a handheld that is aimed squarely at gaming (serious business)
Two analogs, a powerful processor, serious gamen, hopefully NO touchscreen.
If handheld gaming is going the way of touch-only games, consider me an ex-gamer. The console space has already been polluted with this motion-fad. Worst innovations ever. Have fun playing your iPhone games.
I have no idea what you're talking about. They want money and they do things that give them money. The use hardware to sell software to get them money. That's it.kitchenmotors said:
They make hardware so that there is software that is only available on their hardware so that they can get royalty fees from that software.
Reading that thing over, I have to wonder what's up with it given the specs of "PSX-PSP". Are there mobile versions of LittleBigPlanet, and God of War in development? Because given the way the device seems to be positioned, it doesn't look like it would be able to run the PSP versions. Then there's CoD, which doesn't even have a modern PSP iteration. Weird.
Oh well, I suppose TGS and Gamescom are only weeks away. If Sony has a PSP successor in the cards, it would be some where there that they'd finally talk about it.
Oh well, I suppose TGS and Gamescom are only weeks away. If Sony has a PSP successor in the cards, it would be some where there that they'd finally talk about it.
yurinka
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Reading the OP, this isn't even a PSP (between PSP-PSOne), it even lacks an analog nub.jonnybryce said:
I'm ok with Android stuff, touchscreen, phone features and camera, but if Sony launches something after PSP it must be PSP BC compatible (PSP, PSP PSN, PsOne, Minis games) and more powerful than a PSP (or at least mantain all PSP features and performance).
If not, I won't buy it.
BTW I want PSP for traditional gaming in a portable handheld. Not interested in iPhone and DS like crappy casual shovelware.
yes. I have an android phone and love it and really like the idea of sony merging PSP & android in a phone with actual CONTROLS in a similar form factor as PSPGo or Xperia X10 mini pro. But as a PSP user i always missed a second analog and changing the only one with a touchpad or touchscreen , i just do not see it.Grimmy said:
We will see though.
Baki
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So no true PSP 2.
Fuck you Sony. You only got it half right with this.
Also, fuck non-specific programming. I like my games to take full advantage of its hardware, non of this cookie cutter shit.
EDIT: Just so I'm clear.
I'm happy with Google + Sony partnership. Android store compatibility.
Unhappy with idea of no true PSP 2, no PSP BC and the service being offered over a range of devices with differing hardware architecture.
EDIT 2: Will still get this as I need a new android phone. :lol :lol :lol
Fuck you Sony. You only got it half right with this.
Also, fuck non-specific programming. I like my games to take full advantage of its hardware, non of this cookie cutter shit.
EDIT: Just so I'm clear.
I'm happy with Google + Sony partnership. Android store compatibility.
Unhappy with idea of no true PSP 2, no PSP BC and the service being offered over a range of devices with differing hardware architecture.
EDIT 2: Will still get this as I need a new android phone. :lol :lol :lol
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If it's real, and I have doubts since that specs list looks like something an Android/PSP user would dream up, then it's most likely a side-project to whatever the PSP2 ends up being. Sony-Ericsson isn't going to stop being near-autonomous and tip-toe around the gaming division's release dates and products.
Also, I so want this to be real. I've drawn like five concepts for a dedicated Android gaming handheld - it just seems like such a no brainer, I can't believe nobody except (the awesome) Hard Kernel has done it yet. I have their ODROID-S, and it's given me a taste of what Android gaming can be like.
It's time for Sony to rescue Android from the gaming ghetto.
Also, I so want this to be real. I've drawn like five concepts for a dedicated Android gaming handheld - it just seems like such a no brainer, I can't believe nobody except (the awesome) Hard Kernel has done it yet. I have their ODROID-S, and it's given me a taste of what Android gaming can be like.
It's time for Sony to rescue Android from the gaming ghetto.
nolookjones
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Achtius said:Cuz Ericsson is involved
what? more like the other way around...ericsson made great phones before sony partnered up with them
kitchenmotors
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zoku88 said:
I wasn't talking about software or the money they make from it. I have no idea what you're going on about since my original point was that this device will be the only one Sony will let you use their PSP software on. They want to sell their own hardware to support the new platform, not just sell software for other Android hardware devices.
Kuran said:
Another product along the lines of the PSP would be nice, but I think the insane levels of piracy have ruined the chances of that happening. A product like this would more likely have its content aimed at the smartphone audience with less expensive games.
You are severely overestimating Kinect. Games using controllers aren't going anywhere on 360 and PS3.
DeaconKnowledge
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If this is true, it's not the PSP 2.
ThatObviousUser
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Kuran said:
3DS?
Ignis Fatuus
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3DS.Kuran said:
H_Prestige
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If Sony is so gung-ho about their Google deal, instead of taking a generic SE Android smartphone and trying to shove Playstation into it, why not just make a dedicated, non-phone PSP2, with the form-factor of PSPgo, and have it run on Android OS?
So essentially a competitor to the 3DS and iPod Touch/iPad, instead of competing in the cell phone market. It would also be a more coherent device that more people could actually buy.
So essentially a competitor to the 3DS and iPod Touch/iPad, instead of competing in the cell phone market. It would also be a more coherent device that more people could actually buy.
friskykillface
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rip 3DS ;p :lol
does that mean that the price for the psp go will drop down, i hope it does
does that mean that the price for the psp go will drop down, i hope it does
Freyjadour
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PSX4Droid's life is limited .
I dunno, I'm happy with my Captivate for now.
. I dunno, I'm happy with my Captivate for now.
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