subject: PSP Phone: games industry is a response [print this page] Rumours that Sony Ericsson is planning to release Android phone PSP later in 2010, the gaming industry are hoping that next week when Gamescom in Cologne in Germany, whether the annual Tokyo Game Show in Japan later next month will bring a more specific message.
TechRadar polled the number of developers, developer trade association reps, PlayStation mag editors and game industry analysts to find out what initial response to the recent speculation about the PlayStation brand Android phone.
It should be clear that it was not filed under rumor right now, until we receive official confirmation from Sony and / or Sony Ericsson.
PlayStation rep served us no comment today, a similar response from Sony Ericsson.
But a senior developer declined to comment on the grounds of the NDA. And the original source of the latest round of speculation PlayStation Mobile, Engadget, rarely offers such detailed reports about new gadgets and hardware for games, unless they are convinced that there are reliable sources, providing them with information? C, so, now, for all further what you want
PSP phone rumors resurrected
Ed Barton, Senior Analyst in the game Screen Digest , told us how he had heard similar rumors that the Earlier this year, Sony is seriously considering the integration of mobile telephony in the next platform for games.
The real question is whether it is dedicated to the PlayStation brand, Sony Ericsson phone or is the next iteration of the PSP? Asks Barton.
Prices for mobile and PSP is also a major area for consideration. Konami has now started Metal Gear Solid Peacewalker to 29.99. While Rockstar sold Chinatown Wars to 5.99 for iTunes. The average price of the iPhone and other mobile games is much smaller than a dedicated handheld consoles.
So there is no Sony[] PlayStation brand in the shoot development environment, in games where the consumer expects the price to 59p 5.99
I do not think so far the story of Sonys strategy in the next handheld really behind these potentially negative effects of Android Sony introduced into space.
Andy Hartup, deputy editor of PSM3 magazine reminds us that: The idea of the PlayStation brand is nothing new phone? Rumors doing rounds C years. However, as sudden and unlikely as this story may seem there is circumstantial evidence that might is a fact.
First, the European game Gamescom fair is just around the corner. Last year, Sony used its press conference to confirm the PS3 Slim, so they have a form notice in the event of hardware.
Secondly, Sony officials went on record to say that PSPgo? C, which the new Android phone from Sony apparently resemble? C was for future hardware.
Many in the gaming industry was assumed that corporate comprising the following back-less than spectacular sales worldwide him, but todays news could put these comments in a new light.
