The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, more commonly referred to as the Playstation Phone, has broken cover again, this time thanks to some leaked marketing materials. It’s been spotted in an official display stand, as well as in its first-ever commercial. The latter is most interesting: Sony seems to be ripping Android apart. It’s pretty gruesome, but all the more exciting for it. Read on, and gorge your peepers!
Sporting the motto, “smart phone, smart gaming”, these leaked Xperia Play demo booths show how hard Sony Ericsson will be pushing the Xperia Play, once it’s announced at Mobile World Congress this month. As the latest handset in the Xperia line, the Playstation Phone will be focused on raising the bar in terms of what we expect from smartphone gaming. But keep scrolling, it’s the Xperia Play advert you’ll really want to see.
A Norweigan Android website got hold of the first Xperia Play commercial. The video, which you can see below, begins with a man running through a factory, where he uncovered an Android bot undergoing surgery. Human thumbs have been attached. It’s all a bit weird and dingy, but certainly has us excited about a shift in Android’s focus, from communicating to gaming.
Overall, we’ve seen quite a bit of coverage on the Xperia Play “Playstation Phone” over the past few months. We’ve covered the new PlayStation ecosystem at length, and if Sony Ericsson and Sony Computer Entertainment can get this right, it could kick new life into the Android platform. Based on what you’ve seen of the Xperia Play, are you convinced by Android’s shift to gaming?
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