History of video games/Platforms/Xperia Play

__NOTOC__ Introduction With the rise of the Smartphone came the rise of Smartphone gaming, a phenomenon that was recognized as posing a serious risk to handheld gaming consoles.The road ahead in mobile games https://venturebeat.com/2011/07/10/the-road-ahead-in-mobile-games/ 5 February 2021 VentureBeat 10 July 2011 The Xperia Play was a mobile phone game console hybrid concept that sought to bridge the two, leveraging the strengths of dedicated gaming hardware with the flexibility of a smartphone. While the Xperia Play was far from the first device to try this concept, it was the first Android Smartphone to try this concept, as well as the first gaming smartphone to use a major console brand in its promotion. History Launch In 2011 the Sony Xperia Play launched as a gaming oriented Android 2.3 3G smartphone that was gaming oriented and could play classic PlayStation games. The critical reception of system was mixed, with reviews either tending to be lukewarm notes of a device held back by its shortcomings,Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Review - IGN https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/05/28/sony-ericsson-xperia-play-review 4 February 2021 en or containing beaming praise for the potential of the device.Hanlon Joseph Sony Ericsson Xperia Play https://www.cnet.com/reviews/sony-ericsson-xperia-play-review/ 4 February 2021 CNET enChester Edward Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Review https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/sony-ericsson-xperia-play 4 February 2021 Trusted Reviews en The device was available in black as well as "Stealth Blue".AT&T launches Sony Ericsson Xperia Play with Gingerbread, blue color option https://www.engadget.com/2011-07-12-atandt-launches-sony-ericsson-xperia-play-with-blue-color-option.html 5 February 2021 Engadget en Legacy Little is known about the market performance of the Xperia Play. However a followup device was never released.A brief (and depressing) history of gaming phones https://www.engadget.com/2018-06-09-a-brief-and-depressing-history-of-gaming-phones.html 5 February 2021 Engadget en In late 2020 images of a potential Xperia Play 2 were leaked online, but could not be verified.Vincent James The sequel to Sony’s PlayStation Phone apparently leaks, eight years too late https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/23/21452167/sony-xperia-play-2-playstation-phone-prototype-concept-leaked-images The Verge 30 October 2020 en 23 September 2020Minkov Radoslav This PlayStation Phone was ahead of its time – Odd Phone Mondays https://www.phonearena.com/news/playstation-phone-xperia-play-was-ahead-odd-phone-mondays_id133527 29 July 2021 Phone Arena Technology The Xperia Play uses a 32 bit single core ARM Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon clocked at 1 gigahertz, with a Adreno 205 clocked at 266 megahertz, and a Hexagon DSP clocked at 256 megahertz.Sony Ericsson Xperia Play review https://www.engadget.com/2011-03-28-sony-ericsson-xperia-play-review.html Engadget 30 October 2020 enList of Qualcomm Snapdragon processors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Qualcomm_Snapdragon_processors Wikipedia 30 October 2020 en 22 October 2020 The Xperia Play has 512 MB of LPDDR2 RAM. While this matches the amount of RAM used by Sony's PlayStation Vita,Yin-Poole Wesley Sony: why PS Vita has 512MB of RAM https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-18-sony-why-ps-vita-has-512mb-of-ram 5 February 2021 Eurogamer 18 August 2011 en this was fairly standard in what Android phones typically offered in 2011, with several higher end phones offering a bit more RAM or even double this amount.PM Elias Samuel 01/11/11 AT 2:18 Is Motorola Atrix 4G first smartphone to feature 1GB RAM and longest battery life? https://www.ibtimes.com/motorola-atrix-4g-first-smartphone-feature-1gb-ram-longest-battery-life-253455 5 February 2021 International Business Times 11 January 2011 Xperia Play optimized games Crash Bandicoot - PS1 Port and pack in.Review: Sony Ericsson Xperia Play https://www.wired.com/2011/05/sony-xperia-play/ Wired 30 October 2020 en-usHanlon Joseph Complete list of Xperia Play optimised games https://www.cnet.com/news/complete-list-of-xperia-play-optimised-games/ CNET 30 October 2020 en Wild Arms MediEvil Gallery Console Hardware Promotion of the Xperia Play Photos taken with the Xperia Play External Resources Xperia Play Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Archived version of the official website in 2011. References 2 100% __NOTOC__