PlayStation Phone Video Emerges on YouTube

[Tom Goldman]

PlayStation Phone Video Emerges on YouTube


The PlayStation Phone is very real, if a YouTube user has anything to say about it.

Video has surfaced of the rumored [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/105508-Sony-Ericsson-Exec-Drops-Hints-of-PSP-Phone] PlayStation Phone that apparently proves it currently exists in some form. YouTube user "xxmajstor" somehow got his hands on the device, which looks exactly like it did in previously leaked photos.

Xxmajstor has uploaded two separate videos of the PlayStation Phone in action. One simply shows the device, made by Sony Erricson, whose screen slides up to reveal a D-pad and the trademark X, O, square, and triangle PlayStation buttons used on Sony's DualShock controllers, along with a curiously shaped area in the center that looks like it's used for something too. "L" and "R" buttons are also found on the phone's side, and it's comparable in size to the Apple iPhone and other similar smartphones.

A second video shows xxmajstor clicking on the "PlayStation" icon revealed in the first video. Entering this application brings him into a user interface very similar to the XrossMediaBar (XMB) found in both the Sony PSP and PlayStation 3. There isn't any content in the phone's XMB, but it has buttons for "Recently Played" and "Recently Added" which could refer to games.


If these videos are of an actual device and not some elaborate scam, Sony is definitely preparing an assault on cellphone gaming. When it plans to begin this assault, and with what types of games, is still unknown. The phone at least looks like it'll be able to provide the most accurate level of control to how gamers currently operate gaming consoles and handhelds compared to the purely touchscreen offerings of other cellphone companies.

Source: Engadget [http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/playstation-phone-zeus-z1-caught-on-video-again-this-time-you/]

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[Daemascus]

I dont see this working very well. If people what a cell phone that plays games they are probably just gonna get an Iphone.

 

[Flying Dagger]

I would definitely be more interested in gaming on this then on an iphone.
definitely a better strategy then just aping what the iphone is doing.

 

[Megacherv]

I dont see this working very well. If people what a cell phone that plays games they are probably just gonna get an Iphone.

Not necessarily if this is released. The reason people get an iPhine or Android phone is that they're really the only solutions.

If this plays full PSP games, this looks promising

 

[Vaccine]

I dont see this working very well. If people what a cell phone that plays games they are probably just gonna get an Iphone.

I despise Apple, and so do a lot of people, so no.

I'll be looking into one of these depending if it's real or not, and what the game lineup is like, it most certainly looks real to say the least.

 

[Daemascus]

I dont see this working very well. If people what a cell phone that plays games they are probably just gonna get an Iphone.

Not necessarily if this is released. The reason people get an iPhine or Android phone is that they're really the only solutions.

If this plays full PSP games, this looks promising

Yea, cause the PSP has such good selection of games...(<sarcasm)

 

[LeonLethality]

Wasn't the XMB also on that PSX thing?

 

[megs1120]

I dont see this working very well. If people what a cell phone that plays games they are probably just gonna get an Iphone.

Not necessarily if this is released. The reason people get an iPhine or Android phone is that they're really the only solutions.

If this plays full PSP games, this looks promising

Yea, cause the PSP has such good selection of games...(<sarcasm)

Hey, all it needs is Persona 3 Portable and Valkyria Chronicles 2 and I'd be happy.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

I dont see this working very well. If people what a cell phone that plays games they are probably just gonna get an Iphone.

Not necessarily if this is released. The reason people get an iPhine or Android phone is that they're really the only solutions.

If this plays full PSP games, this looks promising

Yea, cause the PSP has such good selection of games...(<sarcasm)

troll.

I can't wait to get my own PSPhone

 

[lostzombies.com]

Looks cool but just like any other smart phone out there.

They all fall into the 'cool but ultimately pointless' catagory for me.

 

[Digikid]

You can quote me on this.

This will fail. It looks fugly as hell and is is too clunky.

 

[tomtom94]

Well...depending on how they price this and the quality and number of games they get, I might be tempted.

However I suspect they'll get one of the two wrong.

 

[ImprovizoR]

This is the first time that I actually want a new phone since I bought my last phone 4 years ago. And since my phone is a Sony Ericsson this is even more awesome. I want this to be the real deal and not some scam.

 

[Daemascus]

I dont see this working very well. If people what a cell phone that plays games they are probably just gonna get an Iphone.

Not necessarily if this is released. The reason people get an iPhine or Android phone is that they're really the only solutions.

If this plays full PSP games, this looks promising

Yea, cause the PSP has such good selection of games...(<sarcasm)

troll.

I can't wait to get my own PSPhone

Aint trolling when its true. And I dont see a UMD drive on there so it would have to use the games for the PSPG GO, further limiting the number of games for it. And whats the point of a gaming device with no games?

 

[Kagim]

So far if i ever find a butt load of money laying around and decide to ever replace my phone for something frivolous as a smart phone it would be this one.

Well...depending on how they price this and the quality and number of games they get, I might be tempted.

However I suspect they'll get one of the two wrong.

It has the entire PsP lineup already behind it and will likely be priced as any other smart phone. So there's that.

 

[AzrealMaximillion]

I dont see this working very well. If people what a cell phone that plays games they are probably just gonna get an Iphone.

Not necessarily if this is released. The reason people get an iPhine or Android phone is that they're really the only solutions.

If this plays full PSP games, this looks promising

Yea, cause the PSP has such good selection of games...(<sarcasm)

troll.

I can't wait to get my own PSPhone

Aint trolling when its true. And I dont see a UMD drive on there so it would have to use the games for the PSPG GO, further limiting the number of games for it. And whats the point of a gaming device with no games?

I don't know about you but I'd like to end a phone call with a nice couple of rounds of Peace Walker, (which is available on the Network). Beats playing games that I could play on addictinggames.com.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

I dont see this working very well. If people what a cell phone that plays games they are probably just gonna get an Iphone.

Not necessarily if this is released. The reason people get an iPhine or Android phone is that they're really the only solutions.

If this plays full PSP games, this looks promising

Yea, cause the PSP has such good selection of games...(<sarcasm)

troll.

I can't wait to get my own PSPhone

Aint trolling when its true. And I dont see a UMD drive on there so it would have to use the games for the PSPG GO, further limiting the number of games for it. And whats the point of a gaming device with no games?

well you can download games, and I'm sure soon they'll have all the PSP games available to download for the PSPGO AND on top of that you can download PSOne classics

 

[Jumplion]

I'm inclined to believe this.

I mean, seriously, have Sony ever been good at keeping secrets? PSPGo? Leaked weeks before E3, "worst kept secret of E3", all that jazz.