Xperia PLAY Becomes Gameloft’s Best Performing Android Platform

While the Xperia PLAY did suffer various launch problems, from a “freight issue” to a mobile provider pulling out from the launch due to bugs, the platform’s biggest publisher, Gameloft, has announced that the phone is “already a top device” in terms of game sales, beating out tough competition from other Android phones.

[Sev]

Man, hurry up and release this thing stateside. I need one. Glad to see that there's already such support.

[doctorstrange]

In the full interview, you'll see Gameloft are planning long term for the PLAY, so it'll definitely have legs.

[zootang]

I got one (uk) and I love it! Best phone i've had for a long time. Would like more PSone classics, choice is limited at the moment. Also could do with more news on upcoming games and if PSP games are coming.

Can't reply need bubbles!

[Stealth20k]

just get a ngp. Youll be able to play all these shovelware mobile games plus actual portable games

the windows phone hasnt really taken off. Neither will this

@ below personally just give me a regular cell phone. And decent games is being very kind.

I thought the prices were leaked at around 600 dollars . Not cheap

[BigWoopMagazine]

...but... you won't be able to call people.

Which is primarily the point of this, I think, to serve those with different needs. Some people like me just need a phone, which can offer decent games during random down time. Other people need a portable gaming console, which will focus all it's resources on providing stellar gameplay. I don't really game outside the house unless I'm really, really bored, so I would go with a phone that can offer something better than Tetris, but is still primarily a phone first and foremost. Hopefully it's also cheaper, more durable, has longer battery life, and other similar benefits that come from foregoing all the bells and whistles.

[TotalPS3Fanboy]

because both devices meet different needs. One is a smart phone, the other is a handheld.

Just because I have a handheld doesn't mean I won't need a smart phone too.

[Spinal]

Exactly what BigwoopMag just said. Its like Stealth don't understand that there are people Who don't want the NGP/3DS.

We want a phone that can game with controls too. Hence the xperia Play, I'm buying mine tomorrow!

[silvacrest]

im sure stealth knows that for well, ALL his previous xperia play comments have ALL been negative

he keeps trying to pedal the ngp as a superior device, which it is.....for gaming and only gaming, that's all

and as for "Youll be able to play all these shovelware mobile games plus actual portable games"

where's your proof? no one at the playstation meeting mentioned anything about android games coming to the NGP

anyone interested in this device, dont listen to stealth, hes expressed no interest in this phone since before launch and only comments to be negative, my advice is to go to a local phone shop and try it for your self, dont listen to some guy who cant even must one good word about it.....plus he has one bubble for a reason lol

i actually have this phone (i live in the UK) and its great, emulators and official games are surprisingly decent and run well, plus all the android apps make it pretty sweet

[TheTwelve]

Yeah, all this good news and I'm just watching. Release in the U.S. please.

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[negroguy]

Cant wait for this phone. Id love for some good RPGs on the go from the PS certified side. Might not happen but I can hope and overall the phone looks solid.

[Trroy]

Well.. presumably everyone who bought this phone was planning on buying games for it, which is not the case for other phones, really.

Still, its good to hear that it pushes gaming so well on Android.

[joinsideke]

Man, no thanks, I'll just get the Ngage.

[maniacmayhem]

HA!

[Spinal]

Cant wait to get mine tomorrow! ohhh looking forward to playing emulators on this with actual buttons! and it makes Calls!! lol xD

[silvacrest]

nice, you wont be disappointed, i wasn't

my advice as far as emulators go is to get FPse (PSone emulator) and rom finder, use from finder to get the bios, run the bios with FPse, use rom finder to download whatever you want, map the plays hardware keys in the settings....enjoy

[Spinal]

Ah nice! you got it alrdy! you looked into rooting the xperia play yet? I see xda devs got a rom dump on there forums. What is a rom dump??

[silvacrest]

a rom dump is just the entire xperia play OS, zipped which in theory means you could install that os on other phones but it does work like that
but basically developers can learn things from the dump and extract individual things from it like wallpaper, apps etc

[silvacrest]

im just glad it wasn't DOA like the trolls wanted it to be

how does that crow taste stealth?

[Spinal]

lool stealth is still tryna tell people to buy an ngp lool such a loser.