Baki said:So its definitely getting announced today?
We won't know for sure until tonight.
Baki said:So its definitely getting announced today?
Baki said:So its definitely getting announced today?
gofreak said:Maybe the playstation 'stuff' is to allow some proprietary software run, like PSone classics.
But the psone emulator will be easily able to support these same controls now.
Putting aside my own feelings about platform/software harmonization, this is actually quite significant in so far as it is a completely open, Playstation branded device. Anyone will be able to make, if you like, 'playstation games' on this without going through Sony. It's quite odd, because on the one hand you'll have Sony continue to pursue a closed platform strategy, but on the other, they're putting their name and hardware to the support of another, separate open gaming platform. At the very least, this device represents 'Playstation' coming out to support Google's generally exposed new gaming capabilities in Android, making an exemplary incarnation of a the kind of device this new stuff in Android describes. Playstation supporting a non-Playstation platform, an open platform - a platform that in the large is competing with their own (and in a much more intimate way with stuff like the minis strategy). It's as if they turned around and started making Playstation branded gaming PCs in addition to consoles...it is basically that significant. What's the end-game to all this? Strange times.
Graphics Horse said:It's hard to tell what's going on, but the playstation branding may not extend further than a PSone emulator and borrowing of the PS controls. Your mention of the A,B,X,Y buttons is interesting, fits in with the what we saw in the original pictures of the interface, it may be that the buttons are changed, or even dually labelled in the final design.
Galvanise_ said:Well something has to give. The sign said 9th of December at 20:00 PM.
Maybe they just like making annoying signs.
Suzzopher said:I think this will run the PSone games, but also we are likely to see original games in established franchises too. Stupid that it's not going to have any synergy with PSP2.
Graphics Horse said:I can't really blame the for hedging their bets after how the PSP Go turned out! I'm sure there will be original games but they may not be limited to the SonyEricsson phone if future Android devices have compatible controls. They could also end up getting ported to PSP2 if there was demand of course.
If the Android model really takes off, Sony might run with it and focus on that, otherwise it might just concentrate on launch titles and not much more. There's that problem someone mentioned (gofreak?) of what happens when the Android phones get powerful enough to outperform the PSP2 in a few years.
Galvanise_ said:Does it look like 8pm yet?
Baki said:PSPGo is their own fault. It could have been wildy successful if Sony wasn't run by a bunch of incompetent interns.
Graphics Horse said:Well exacty, the price and limited library were very bad moves. There's no guarantees that they won't find ways mess up the next time too.
DieH@rd said:What timezone? USA or Europe?
It is not yet 8pm in UK, give it 30mins or later.Noisepurge said:yeah its been 30 minutes already! ;D
iceatcs said:It is not yet 8pm in UK, give it 30mins or later.
Oh ok. I thought it was UK as someone said in this page.Noisepurge said:i thought it was in Paris?
I guess that set on stone the family of SoC at least.gofreak said:Nothing from France I'm afraid, but Engadget does have a new video of the phone, this time running one of Qualcomm's rather unexciting Android demos (neocore):
http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/09/exclusive-playstation-phone-zeus-z1-prototype-benchmarked-on/
gofreak said:Nothing from France I'm afraid, but Engadget does have a new video of the phone, this time running one of Qualcomm's rather unexciting Android demos (neocore):
http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/09/exclusive-playstation-phone-zeus-z1-prototype-benchmarked-on/
iceatcs said:Oh ok. I thought it was UK as someone said in this page.
PowerVR SGX 540 represent! Qualcomm...charlequin said:Hahaha, oh god, it got less than half the FPS on that demo that the Nexus S did. :lol
It seems pretty certain at this point that the hardware won't actually have the PlayStation name on it. They'll be using that in some capacity for the software (whether that's just the rumored PSX emulation, or also the rumored new games based on SCE IPs, remains to be seen).RyanDG said:So has the phone actually been branded the Playstation Phone or is it just being bandied about as such? Because outside of the button layout being the same, I haven't seen anything that really 'brands' it as part of the Playstation family. Have I missed something?
(Edit - Especially with it being called the Zeus Z1 in some reports)
There was an app in one of the videos labeled "Playstation."RyanDG said:So has the phone actually been branded the Playstation Phone or is it just being bandied about as such? Because outside of the button layout being the same, I haven't seen anything that really 'brands' it as part of the Playstation family. Have I missed something?
(Edit - Especially with it being called the Zeus Z1 in some reports)
We still don't even know if it actually happened :lolNuclear Muffin said:So, is it safe to call this event a bust for info?
The Sony Ericsson PlayStation phone will hit the shops in April, after a February Mobile World Congress launch, sources close to the matter have confirmed to Pocket-lint.