Xperia Play = “$900”
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Feb 21, 2011 11:45 JST
- Tags: Comparison, Keitai, Marketing, PSP, Sony, Technology
Sony Ericsson’s newly unveiled smartphone-cum-PSP the “Xperia Play” (otherwise known as the “PSPhone”) has been revealed to have a nearly $900 price-tag.
The uniqueness of the Xperia Play stems solely from its PSP Go style slide-out controller pad; much like the PSP Go it also has no disc drive and is apparently dependent on downloading games.
The actual phone is a completely standard Android 2.3 offering, which, like all modern Android smartphones, is also soon to be capable of playing PS1 and PSP games sold over Sony’s new Android-centric “PlayStation Suite.”
The up-front cost of the device has so far only been confirmed as €650, or about $900; monthly plans using the phone have already been announced, but not priced.
That it is to be 3 times the cost of superior handhelds such as the 3DS or NGP, and outclassed as a phone by any recent iPhone or Android offering has served to put more than a slight damper on any enthusiasm remaining for it after it turned out to be so ugly…
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buy both psp and a Sony Erricson phone is much cheaper then this Xperia Play..
$900.. are you kidding me..
I in fact do. w508i and a 1001.
Sure its cool to have a psp and a phone all in one but what about the battery life eh?
It's less capable than the PSP as far as games go. It's software is pretty standard otherwise too.
Geh not impressed only thing it can do is play ps games and knowing apple 1k phones or 999.99 could happen sooner than later
$900 for that!? Who do they think they are? Apple? Even then its severely overpriced on Apple's standards!
If they were Apple, people would pay the price and brag about how the others are inferiors. Oh, Apple supporters...
Bear in mind this rumor is from a Japanese source which likely translates to Japanese prices.
3DS officially is $300 dollars in Japan but only $250 every else.
Which is why the price was said in euros and dollars amirite? We still don't have a price for it in yen.
This is not about Apple. Stay on topic.
It's about overpricing so referencing Apple is just natural given that they, well, sell overpriced shit.
I'm an Apple guy but I definitely don't fall into that crowd that Apple user stereotype doesn't hold up to well these days anymore, maybe a decade ago...
still an idiot i see.
i can even buy a i5 core laptop with dedicated video for that price, THEN download the games and play it on emus, its much cheaper, bigger screen and huge library of games!!
let's see them react when the wife/boss calls and they're in the middle of a final boss battle/stage. hahaha I know hand held phones are to be innovative, but this is a bit too much and at $900 I'd very much spend it on a gaming PC as well.
yah i no i wold rather get a laptop and buy games with that and if ppl start complaining about phone calls then just use some money and use skype to call phones and to txt, there a website that allows you to txt peoples phones with the name you want to use
With $900, you can probably get a future proof computer that will last a good 6-7 years and have TERABYTES of harddrive space and a gaming graphics card that would last you a few generations of gaming..
Nothing is future proof. If you mean you could buy a PC with that 900 USD and that it will last 6 - 7 years including some serious gaming (if it's still not broken)? No, it's not possible, computer technology is constantly evolving, especially in a period of 6 - 7 years. In that kind of time(frame) there are already 2 or 3 generations processor (including motherboard) coming out, just like last time, Intel Core2, Nehalem, and now Sandy Bridge (AMD: Athlon64, Phenom, Phenom II). But I admit with that kind of money you can buy really nice things.
@21:34
Herp Derp that is known as future proof in the PC world. Jesus........
Anyways yea I would be able to afford a sick ass gaming machine for the price of this. Hell my current system cost $635 after everything and it's future proof. With $900 I'd be laughing with Triple SLI, a Core I7, 8-16GB of ram, fuck I'd be happy!
Sony if you ever think I will spend that goddamn much on any of your equipment after what you have done to us hackers on the PS3 you better give me the ability to install linux, play PS3, PS2, PS1, PSP, N64, xbox 360, Xbox, Wii, DS, SNES, PC, and gamecube games as well as give me the ability to play in 2560 X 1600. Which is impossible.
So basically fuck you I will never pay that goddamn much for a fucking phone.
Sony are out of their damn minds.
Eh? My Pentium 4 3.0Ghz lasted 6 years. Actually, it still works perfectly, and the only thing I replaced after all that time was the graphics card, which didnt cost me more than $120. The current generation of games eventually caught up with that old hardware... Kinda. Sure, nothing is future proof, but I get where Shippoyasha is coming from. With $900 you can put together a rig that will last you 6 years easily. Specially considering today's hardware is way ahead of today's software.
But thanks to consoles, there isn't such a pressure to update as there was a few years ago..
01:15 fuck the consoles. Shitty ass hardware. Buy a PC and make it to where you can get easy upgrades and it will last through at least one console generation without major hardware changes. Hell my old computer right before I bought this one lasted through 1 and half console generations.
So don't give me the console is better BS.
Hell I could replace my current Macbook with a new Macbook and it would still be cheaper than that ($799).
Not really. An unlocked iPhone 4 can go for that much. With a plan, this thing might be $300-400.
Errr, could it be the cost without a package service?
Who do they think they are? THE GURREN LAGANN BRIGADE?
You do realize the typical Android phone retails for 500-800US (similar in Euro). After you add the contract and other subsidies then the phone becomes 100-300. Even the Iphone at $199 is typically 600-800 retail.
This is basically just a typical Android phone with a slide out controller and a Sony name. They have other similar phones out already without the slide out controller.
Nothing new or special here.
100 USD = 73 Euro, yeah that's similar.
Really the price on US market will be arround 650$... all te company are using a $-€ convetion 1:1... So if the price on europe is 650€... it's sure that is 650$ on the US market...
But that's still a high price...
This is just too expensive...PERIOD...
expensive indeed.
Lesson, people:
Don't like it? Don't like the price? Don't like the "Contracts"?
Don't BUY it.
Don't "Vote" in pretty much the only way you can, with your dollars, for ridiculous markups for "Slave made goods FLom Amiable Venelable Cathay" that are tax-subsidized by YOU at the cost of jobs you could do.
Don't BUY it.
Corporate welfare only goes so far. Don't BUY it. They might get most of the manufacturing cost made up by stealing Social Security and having loans taken out in our names, but not all. Don't buy it, they'll need to make some money somehow.
And in a year or so the stores will be flooded either with cheaper, better versions -or- the same Chinese makers will flood the markets with stolen knock-offs of the same product for even less the price...
If you BUY it sooner than later you'll give them enough money to:
1. Continue investing in "Slave made goods FLom Amiable Venelable Cathay" for ridiculous markups and paid for by tax dollars.
2. Shipping jobs overseas.
3. Aggressively attacking any "Pirates" or rather "3rd parties" who want to make their OWN software for their expensive pieces of crud without paying them extortion money, excuse me "Licensing Fees".
Don't buy it...
I have a game:
Every time Barbarian of Gor says "Don't buy it," take a drink.
Yes, I doubt anyone around here is planning to buy it. We are just laughing at how stupid they are by releasing this shit at that price.
I gotta laugh at your stupidity for failing to realize that all unsubsidized smartphones are at this price.
and this €650. Doing the conversion is pointless; that's not how it works. It'll be around $600 on Verizon, but that won't really matter because no one will have to pay more than $200 (maybe $250).
they're more like 500-600 dollars
Lol. You could still buy a phone and a PSP separately and get a cheaper price.
10bucks say the phone will be hack in 1 month
20 say it will be hacked in less than that.
I think I'd rather get an Evo 4G or IPhone...and leave the games to the 3DS and NGP...
LOL That's right!
haha, overpriced, epic failure
Hmm this is strange. Since from what I know the White Limited Edition would cost around US$700. And some say that normal edition would cost around US$400.
Is there any source or insider that could confirm this US$900 tag?
Since it's a euro based price that got converted it's most likely tons cheapers. Could have around 20% of VAT already included in its pricetag.
Hm...this whole situation is a lot like...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Nokia_N-Gage.png
Errr so Sankaku is just going to report $900 without a source?
Because I'm pretty sure it's €400.
Correction, his filthy, Japanese-cum-filled mouth.
is your ass red yet from all that dick riding?
WTF are you talking about? My dream does not include living in a place that's both xenophobic and expensive.
Just because I watch anime doesn't mean I'm a Japanophile, unlike 99% of the people here.
Aren't all phones actually $300 - $500 but you only pay $0 - $100 for the phone if you take up a contract with the company?