Xperia Play: PSOne Classics sales slow, Sony promises 'big announcements' at E3

What I don't get is why wait until now to release this phone? There's just way too much to compete with and its gonna get slaughtered, I love playstation but would much rather have an iphone or blackberry..

They're axing support for the Xperia Play? You don't say.

*I keed I keed

All PSOne titles finally hitting the PSN I hope.

I JUST WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE NGP DAMMIT

announcements like, "hey, in a few days we'll let you know that we're still working on the PSN and that it'll be a few more days?"

IT'S RIDGE RACER! RIIIIIIIIIDGE RACER!

Maybe if it were attached to your PSN and didn't force you to re-buy shit you've already bought once(or twice) people would care.

Should've given the Xperia Play and NGP identical specs, even if that would mean delaying the Play to Fall 2011.

I really want this freakin' phone....Come on, release in the US already!! ='(

Is it just me, or has the Xperia Play just been kind of forgotten already? It's difficult to remember this thing exists when phones like the Galaxy S II, Thunderbolt, and Atrix are available and are all more powerful than the XP.

Announcing that sales have been slow on the PS1 games right now (during this PSN outage) is like announcing that gasoline sales have dropped (while prices are over 4 bucks)...

YOU DON'T SAY?!?!?!

Destined to the same fate as the mighty PSP Go, we saw how well Sony supported that one.

Probably doesn't help that you can't find the damn phone anywhere. =/

let us use our psn downloads, and BOOM! sales will improve

It might be because nobody really cares about those PS1 games. I know I don't.

Maybe if they kept the same account carried over from PSN to this phone and didn't have to pay for the exact same games again...maybe, JUST maybe, they might see a better feedback.

Then again, I guess they would have to get their act together with PSN first...and that list of games available is laughable....Cool Borders 2.....really?

i sense a phone fail..

I live in the UK and had no idea that Xperia was out here already. Not that I want play those PS games on those glunky controls to begin with.

In terms of mobile phones, we're suddenly in the world of (good) 99 cent games while companies like Sony and Square are still trying to rock the Ngage model of business.

Hell, $5 for Destruction Derby only sounds good to us "gamers", and they already screwed that part up.

Not surprising. Plenty of good PS1 games out there but I'm sure a lot of people have played them already. I wouldn't mind having one but I prefer iOS to Android. I dunno, I guess people prefer the better Android phones that have physical keypads.

"[The Xperia Play is] a revolutionary device, it's shaking up the market, we're very pleased with it."

o_O o_O o_O

Slow sales eh? Doesn't surprise me at all. That phone could have been epic, could have been everything I ever wanted from a phone but alas I tried it once and don't want another go. It was shit.

If they had FFVII on it...

*Opens an umbrella to protect himself from the downvote rain

The main problem is that right next to the PS1 downloads on the store is an official emulator for the PS1 called FPSE which has amazing support, and allows people to use...ahem...backed up copies of games they "already own" which negates the need to purchase anything at all when you just downloa.....I mean officially backup all those PS1 games you still own.

Even if Sony were to open up the entire back catalogue for download they won't sell when there is that cheaper alternative. And the Xperia doesn't even need "jailbreaking" (called rooting on Android devices apparently) in order for it to function. None of the emulators do.

As an Xperia owner I have to say I'm impressed with the versatility of the device. It plays every game with ease and the Android games are near PSP in quality,. Especially titles like Modern Combat, Nova and Nova 2 HD. Proper PSN support would make me feel a lot better about my purchase but I'm hoping PlayStation Suite will bring something different to the table. Seeing as that will be integrated into NGP then my purchase may have some longevity.

All I can say is that based on my time with the XP I've no desire to upgrade any time soon. Something I can't say when I previously owned an iPhone and a...shudder...Blackberry.

Tip: Lower prices.

What the hell is the delay on this thing in the US? I have been waiting forever for this thing and now they are going to release it when all the dual core phones are starting to come out...........if they ever release it.

Doesn't help when its only available with one provider here in Canada

I've had this phone since Monday (unlocked/unbranded ATT 3G compatible), and coming from an iPhone 3GS this phone is so much better in so many ways. I've played with the iPhone 4 as well and I'm just not into touch games anymore. I want serious controls and this thing does deliver. They are smaller for sure and take some time to adjust to but once you get into it you soon forget about that. Playing emulators is awesome, and the new games are pretty sweet as well. The official PS1 games are just a crutch until game devs get going on more Play oriented games. But since the hardware controls are baked into gingerbread, its easy to code in for existing games.

I'm not concerned with this announcement. You guys just have no idea... wait until you get to play with one in person, I guarantee you'll be impressed.