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Xperia Play: Price Revealed

of course it won't be 882$ in north america

but that we european have to pay such a price in comparison is laughable
 
This is probably the suggested retail price. Just like 99.99% of new phones are priced around the same price range and then offered way lower with a 2-year contract. I bet it would be the same for this and would likely be $199 or lower. Try buying an iPhone 4 w/o a contract and see how much that would set you back.
 
ascii42 said:
The parts cost $180. R&D for the hardware as well as software, assembly, testing, and support also cost money. People often forget about that.
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Right. But for products like game consoles, the line between hardware cost and sales price is usually a lot closer because of the money they make off of licensing fees of games and such. So the Xperia Play being this expensive doesn't mean that the NGP will cost as much or more.
 
A.R.K said:
This is probably the suggested retail price. Just like 99.99% of new phones are priced around the same price range and then offered way lower with a 2-year contract. I bet it would be the same for this and would likely be $199 or lower. Try buying an iPhone 4 w/o a contract and see how much that would set you back.
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$899 here
 
I don't think it will be a big hit right away but will slowly grow like the PSP.

Soon there will be more and more phones that are playstation certified. There's a Sony S1 tablet rumored to be playstation certified.

repurchasing ps1 games suck but hopefully the last time. I expect the playstation suite to stick around forever like iTunes.
 
pics of white one (exclusive to 02 in uk, apparently):

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does it come with a dock?
 
If you guys thing non-subsidized phones are hella expensive it must make you wonder how much more you pay on top of that by getting locked into expensive 3 years contracts. (In this country at least anyways). They don't give you a phone cheaper to be nice.
 
I'm interested in Tetris for this and there's an image from engadget

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Does anyone know what version this is? Is this the ipod EA version? or the android version if there is one.
 
°°ToMmY°° said:
pics of white one (exclusive to 02 in uk, apparently):

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5019/5455669163_229d245558_o.jpg[IMG]

[IMG]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5259/5455669161_c562c4bd47_b.jpg[IMG]

does it come with a dock?[/QUOTE]

I posted this in the reveal thread, but no one cared. :(

From their Facebook page, it appears it is sold separately.

[QUOTE=blitz64]I'm interested in Tetris for this and there's an image from engadget

[IMG]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5054/5457214596_058a6e5691_z.jpg


Does anyone know what version this is? Is this the ipod EA version? or the android version if there is one.
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Probably the iPod version which was ported to PSP Minis? It's definitely EA though.
 
Shambles said:
If you guys thing non-subsidized phones are hella expensive it must make you wonder how much more you pay on top of that by getting locked into expensive 3 years contracts. (In this country at least anyways). They don't give you a phone cheaper to be nice.
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do you live in North Korea ?

3 years and phones not cheaper ?
 
Amazon.de has changed the price from 649€ to 599€. Another 50€ down and i'll bite (if o2 germany doesn't get this phone and i don't have the chance to get it cheaper).
 
I'm really interested in this phone, mainly for the potential of homebrew/emulators. Would a unit bought in the US sans contract work with a UK simcard? in the UK, obviously? Play.com has it listed at over ÂŁ500, I'm certain that a US unit would not cost that much after conversion rates...
 
JWong said:
I'm pretty sure UK would get this before us... Europe always gets phone before North America.
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I was specifically asking in regards to price, not the release date. I do NOT want to pay over 500 quid for a phone but may have to i suppose...

There's no way I'm gettin a contract. I've gotten by fine on giffgaff which give free data on pay as you go and i have only topped up twice in over a year. Yes, I'm very thrifty.
 
rpgb46 said:
I was specifically asking in regards to price, not the release date. I do NOT want to pay over 500 quid for a phone but may have to i suppose...

There's no way I'm gettin a contract. I've gotten by fine on giffgaff which give free data on pay as you go and i have only topped up twice in over a year. Yes, I'm very thrifty.
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Then wouldn't there be some vendors who may be selling unlocked GSM phones? There's plenty of those stores in my area.

Rogers would be your best bet, but someone will have to unlock it anyways.
 
Ridiculous. They are competing for people who already own a psp and iPhone or causals who would much rather buy a NGP.

What's the appeal of the play reallly?
 
thoughtspeak said:
Ridiculous. They are competing for people who already own a psp and iPhone or causals who would much rather buy a NGP.

What's the appeal of the play reallly?
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There is no appeal, it will die.. probably within a month of release.
 
thoughtspeak said:
Ridiculous. They are competing for people who already own a psp and iPhone or causals who would much rather buy a NGP.

What's the appeal of the play reallly?
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I already have a PSP go and i love it, and i'll probably get a NGP sooner or later, too. But i want the Xperia Play because i always have my cell phone in my pocket and i can play games with it whenever i want to, without having to use a touchscreen to play a game. The PSP (or NGP in the future) on the other hand, is mostly used during longer travels, but i don't carry it with me every day.

So yeah, i'll get the Xperia Play and i can't wait for it to finally arrive.
 
Mithos said:
And this is why I have a phone from when man invented the wheel. Prices are CRAZY HIGH on new phones!
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$200 on contract for a device that doubles as my 2nd most used mp3 web browser, my main mp3 player other then my ipod classic in my car, my main portable gaming/entertaining device? its a fucking bargin to me
 
JWong said:
That is interesting given MGM's current situation.
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MGM got refinanced, and their principal debt holders have given them a stay of execution to get their most profitable IPs out on the market (Hobbit x2, Bond) while dumping the rest of their unprofitable line up.
 
It'll appeal more to casual gamers I think - as the iPhone is carving a niche as a casual game phone, if the Xperia Play is priced cheaper, they could have a decent sales opportunity - Android + PSP > IOS

I also read that the SDK will be available on the Android Market, so there's a chance that we can also play PSP games on any Android phone powerful enough to run the platform. I'd probably still buy the Play though, as I hate gaming on touchscreen :-\
 
The xperia play will be very hard to root compare to HTC devices. It is based on the xperia series. The xperia X10 which came out over 1 year ago has not been rooted yet.
 
Kuran said:
There is no appeal, it will die.. probably within a month of release.
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You're kind of forgetting that this is a phone. Think about how many different phones come out, from multiple companies, all with near similar features. This won't be sold at a loss with the hopes of software being the driving source of income like dedicated consoles.

I've been waiting for a PSP phone for some time now so I can't wait for it. I need Tetris with a dpad.
 
BabaJii said:
The Xperia Play is only going to be good for one thing. Emulators.
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and playing ps1 games? and having an actual controller. and andriod.

those are pretty much the reasons why im considering jumping ship.
 
Donos said:
do you live in North Korea ?

3 years and phones not cheaper ?
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He means that although the 3 year contract gives you a cheaper phone day1, you will still end up having paid more after 3 years.
 
Sony Ericsson Spain confirms Xperia Play for €649 on April 1st
Apparently in an effort to reduce confusion and settle the situation once and for all, Sony Ericsson's Spanish outpost has taken to the wires today to clarify the pricing and availability situation of the Xperia Play there: €649 off contract and unlocked (which works out to roughly $907) on April 1st.

That more or less lines up with what we've been hearing in other European locales, though in Spain, Vodafone will have a 15-day exclusive on the white model -- other carriers will only have access to black at first, and none of the carriers have come clean with on-contract pricing details just yet. Clearly, $900 is an enormously tough sell, but a weak dollar never helps these situations -- we'll need to wait for word on the US retail picture before we've got the whole story.
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If this costs 499.......then PSP2 will do that to. I cant imagine they can ask a lower price than for a phone.
 
Cyborg said:
If this costs 499.......then PSP2 will do that to. I cant imagine they can ask a lower price than for a phone.
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The phone is obviously gonna be cheaper with a plan. No one goes out and drops 500 on a phone, no one sane.
 
Cyborg said:
If this costs 499.......then PSP2 will do that to. I cant imagine they can ask a lower price than for a phone.
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Phones are always sold to make profit. It isn't like consoles at all minus Nintendo's business.
 
I've been waiting to get a smartphone forever already. If this gets good reviews I might get it. My doubts are mainly on the touch buttons that make up for the analog sticks. Has there been any positive hands on impressions on them already?
Also, although im a complete android noob, what version does this run on? Is it going to get old fast?
 
bytesized said:
I've been waiting to get a smartphone forever already. If this gets good reviews I might get it. My doubts are mainly on the touch buttons that make up for the analog sticks. Has there been any positive hands on impressions on them already?
Also, although im a complete android noob, what version does this run on? Is it going to get old fast?
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It runs on Gingerbread Android 2.3, which is the latest.

Sony ditched a UI element that was hindering being able to update, so they should be good to update to any future version unlike the Xperia X10.
 
Looks much better than I thought it would, and $400 without contract bodes well for contract pricing. Plus its Android. Nearly sold here.
 
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