Sony denies PlayStation Phone ... again

by Ross Miller { Nov 23rd 2007 at 7:00AM }

Just as quickly as Sony Computer Entertainment co-COO Jim Ryan reignited rumors of a PlayStation Phone has Sony come forward with a denial (via CVG). "Jim Ryan was in fact misquoted by the Economic Times of India about this issue," according to a company spokesperson. "We do have talks with other arms of the Sony family about various topics but I can confirm we are not currently working together on the creation of a PlayStation Phone."

The original (mis)quote had Ryan quoted as saying, "The PlayStation is a proven success and so is Sony Ericsson. Convergence with the two arms working together is definitely plausible." How Ryan was misquoted or mistranslated is unclear.

[Via Engadget]

Tags: Jim-Ryan, PSP-phone, SCE, Sony, Sony-Ericsson

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

License to ill @ Nov 23rd 2007 7:19AM

That design looks ugly...

LAZoftheTamarinds @ Nov 23rd 2007 7:31AM

I think they should focus on their current consoles: PSP/PS3 than work on a project which might fail. And if thats the design, I doubted however, it is ugly and I don't know how you could play with that.

James @ Nov 23rd 2007 7:51AM

Yea, would be a good idea to get their handhelds and consoles competitive first.

Ihar `Philips` Filipau @ Nov 23rd 2007 8:03AM

Well. If you ask me, it's only logical.

Just like now mp3 player market is consumed by phones, same should happen to portable game consoles too.

It doesn't bother me at moment, yet mobile and DS are filling two my biggest pockets - I literally have no free space left in my jacket.

name123 @ Nov 23rd 2007 8:04AM

"PS3 outsells Wii again in Japan"
http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/11/22/ps3-outsells-wii-for-second-straight-week-in-japan/

At this rate the PS3 will sell as many units in Japan in 2 months as the Xbox 360 sold in 2 years.

License to ill @ Nov 23rd 2007 9:30AM

You're the anti-Rocker...

is @ Nov 23rd 2007 9:37AM

It would be such an obvious move to try to use the strength of the playstation brand to launch a phone to compete with the iphone. Wide screen, wifi enabled, mp3 playing already: all they need to do is slap in a touch screen (cheap, camera and the cellphone chips and its done already. Plus sony can tout the games as the extra feature that iPhone wont be avle to match

In fact, if they put in a better camera and 3g (the iphones two main hortcomings) then not only would the psp phone exceed the iphone in terms of features, but could offer some anywhere wireless online gaming/movie streaming etc. They are FOOLS if they don't do this, it would be a very sellable device.

Of course, it still wouldnt be as good as the n95/ds combination that smart people like me rock. But if you wanted an all in one device that did the lot, this would be a really good deal.

Put a second thumbstick on the new modal, btw.