subject: The Motivation Behind Sony's Delivering Playstation App [print this page] You may have already familiar with PlayStation, with officially abbreviated PS. This brand is a series of video game (http://www.pickegg.com/wholesale-video-games.html) consoles created and developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Spanning the fifth, sixth, and seventh generations of video gaming, the brand was first introduced on December 3, 1994 in Japan and consists of a total of three consoles, a media center, an online service, a line of controllers and a handheld as well as multiple magazines.
And recently, Sony announced that it will soon deliver an official PlayStation application for Apple's iPhone, iPod Touch, and most Android handsets. The launching will hopefully before the holidays. You may get excited, for which will enable you to see your PlayStation Network friends that are online, gloat over your trophies, and read up on new games which you can then share through Facebook, Twitter, or e-mail. There are still a lot of features that PlayStation owners would like to see, like live chat with friends who are online. However, the app is only launching in Europe first: UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands, still, this is a good start. Also, they have no immediate plans to support BlackBerry, and I have a feeling webOS will be left out too. So far as we know, the PlayStation phone will have Android 3.0, a 1GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, a screen between 3.7 and 4.1 inches, and sport an 8 GB microSD memory card.
Although most CEOs tend to be firm on not talking about unannounced products, Sony Ericssons Bert Nordberg is totally fine being coy about their upcoming PlayStation phone. Sony Ericsson has been tying their phones in closer with their gaming console, and the PlayStation apps is no doubt the first step. And, I think it will be showed to us as soon as the PlayStation app for iPhone and Android go live. Honestly, Sony's assumption of tying their phones has really taken Sony Ericsson long enough to capitalize on their existing foothold with consumers elsewhere in the world of electronics. However, the reasons for Sony plug into the PlayStation phone, it is not because they have gaming console, but also have TVs, stereo systems, and access to celebrities through their music label. They have thought they should use any of these to create their magic.
Microsoft is being smart by connecting Windows Phone to Xbox Live, the phone is setting a high bar for coupling big screen with small screen by way of native Xbox functions on their handsets, but the war is far from over. Unless Nintendo decides to make a phone any time soon, Sony and Microsoft are uniquely positioned for console/phone gaming communication. LG and Samsung could definitely work their magic directly with TVs in the long run, but thats still a ways off from being commonplace.
