Analyst: Sony's Xperia Play Could Beat Out 3DS

[beema]

LOL
Jesse Divnich is out of his gourd if he seriously believes this. A run of the mill Ericson android phone with a flip out d-pad beating out Nintendo's next-gen portable? Sure, that will totally happen.

If anything the NGP will beat it out.

Mrs. bereba

 

[pulse2]

I don't think Xperia Play has a chance against 3DS, NGP on the other hand may do so. If they release a version at the same price point as 3DS, with options that make it exciting to play and use, have a Monster Hunter 4 game ready at launch and have a Ridge Racer as well as Locoroco touch amongst others, Sony's NGP COULD potentially beat out 3DS.

PSP has already proven it sells well in Japan and could do the same in the western world if there is less piracy bringing down its reputation this time around.

 

[pulse2]

Yeah they were optimistic of the PSP too but it was like the Titanic hitting an ice cube, if they took from nintendo's market share, no one noticed.

Without having a 3DS in my hands it would be impossible to declare that this is going to be "IT" for pure portable gaming. but the 3DS has allot going for it, the huge momentum of the DS for starters, unbelievable 3rd party support, backwards compatibility and the same awesome touch screen design and classic clamshell portable look.

It is REALLY tough...really really tough to break out fresh in the hand held market, nintendo has always backed up their chips with the wide arsenal of its predecessors success. Sony is going to be fighting with a limited clip of ammo when it comes to games despite having the hardware.

It's going to be tough to knock the 3DS off its perch, even with its higher price point. its not impossible but company's really need to stop swaggering that their toy is 'better' just because of its hardware. Nintendo has thumped every competitor because of their crushing game library and something for everyone user base mentality.

Of course the hard core gamer always wins, even if the sony stuff doesn't become the next big thing, its still awesome hardware and there are bound to be a few awesome games.

Win win if they both succeed.

The problem I have with 3DS is that Nintendo released so many versions of its DS over the course of the years that many of the parents I've asked have no plans on buying it for thier kids, at least not until christmas this year if they are considering it, I think that's because they may have bought a DS already recently. Take my sister for example, I did try to convince my mum to wait and get her a 3DS instead, but in her rush for christmas presents, she bought a DSiXL in quite an irresistable bundle, now even despite seeing what 3DS is capable of, she can't find the motive to invest in a 3DS for my sister. Which is a real shame to be honest, because I was looking forward to toying around with it, using my sister as an excuse to play with it.

I'm buying NGP myself.

 

[viranimus]

NGP perhaps, Xperia? no.

I dont get the notion that the equivalent to the current/last generation of handheld with a phone shoved up its backside is really fair competition for nintendos handheld that has greater system specs.

Dont get me wrong, the idea is good. Meshing horsepower of smart phones and the ARM architecture with actual physical controls is a great idea.

I have said it before and Im sure Ill end up saying it again. If Sony will allow me to install linux on it and get rid of their mind numbingly restrictive software and all that android clap trap, Ill consider buying it. Until then, I think I will stick with open source handhelds. Sure they dont have the same degree of horsepower, but horsepower is a small price to pay for freedom.

 

[HapexIndustries]

I'm getting a little sick of these misleading article headlines. The analyst said "Sony could beat out the 3DS" in the same way that you might say "the sun MIGHT not rise tomorrow." GTFOH.

 

[Saelune]

Does it have glassessless 3D? If not, then the point is moot. I want a 3DS cause it could help push 3D tech to something beyond tacky movies. Sony is stuck in the 80's with their glasses which is a bad thing.

 

[Tiswas]

Xperia? Never heard of it. Next week? They need to start doing some advertising then. Will probably end up like the N-Gage.

Since the 3DS came/is coming out it seems everyone is desperate to have a dig at the system.

 

[sosolidshoe]

"I think that there are two possible outcomes, either Nintendo's abundance of content will keep them on top, or the technology of Sony's new handhelds will win out." - yes, those are indeed the two possible options when discussing whether Sony's new handheld will overtake Nintendo's.

Wow, where can I get a job where I'm paid to simply state the fucking obvious, and then be hailed as an Oracle for my prescience and insight?

"Analysts" are a joke.

 

[Aeshi]

"Could" being the key word here.

 

[Gormers1]

I doubt it, but the ads for the phone have indeed been so awesome.
experia is a pretty well known brand, btw.

 

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

Really? Sony beating Nintendo because it has superior tech. I feel like this race has been run before. Oh wait it has the psp stomped all over the DS hard ware wise, yet totally bombed. I see history repeating it's self.

it sold well, but the software just never came as frequently as it did for the DS. It survived the competition of the DS, but only due to the fact that it was SONY backing it.

 

[2up]

Please stop posting stories about "analyst" predictions. They are a complete joke. However, I give them credit for finding a way to get paid to fortune tell.

 

[Uber Waddles]

It wont.

Its a phone. That is being carried by ONE phone company, Verizon.

And no matter what, thats not going to change the fact that Verizon has you pay monthly. As all phone carriers do.

It will not beat the Nintendo 3DS, which carries with it the first console to run 3D without glasses, boasts no monthly fee, and has a backing of devs out the ass making stuff for it

 

[Zer_]

I still think Ericsson should have let the Xperia be named PSP2 and let Sony merge NGP and Xperia into one project. That would have been a killer.

Imagine PSP2's dual analog sticks on it...

That would have made for an extremely expensive phone. The Xplay is already pretty pricy.

 

[Elvoret]

I really don't think it will. Not that that means anything...

Anyhow, the 3DS has momentum and 3rd party behind it. I think it'll do alright.

 

[escapador]

As others have said, wisely, it's all about the software. Should Nintendo deliver like it did on the DS, the 3DS has already won. I say this because lately, Sony is making some bad decisions (PSP Go?). Let us hope, for common videogame prosperity, that they don't botch the PSP2 and that the 3DS has a run for its money.

 

[Zer_]

Seeing as how the PSPhone has two separate markets, one being the Android Market, the other is Sony's own market, you should expect the games library on the thing to be pretty plentiful.

 

[CrystalShadow]

Really? Sony beating Nintendo because it has superior tech. I feel like this race has been run before. Oh wait it has the psp stomped all over the DS hard ware wise, yet totally bombed. I see history repeating it's self.

And The Sega Game Gear... Atari Lynx... Wonderswan...

In fact, this is the history of pretty much every competitor Nintendo has had in the handheld market. ever

It's never worked before, why would this be different?