wraggster
February 14th, 2011, 18:14
Compatible downloads already purchased won't be transferrable to new Android handset, Sony Ericsson confirms
PlayStation owners who have previously downloaded PSN content will have to re-purchase any content they wish to access on their Xperia Play.
The new Android handset will be compatible with a range of emulated PSone software as well as Android games from a number of publishers.
"Xperia Play owners will have to re-purchase the games, so it's not totally integrated," Sony Ericsson UK and Ireland's managing director Nathan Vautier told GameSpot (http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6298836.html?tag=latestheadlines%3Btitle%3B2).
"I think the exciting thing is that there are games which people are very, very aware of."
As was revealed last night (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/43013/PlayStation-based-Play-phone-out-in-March), the Xperia Play It is a slide-open device that includes the Xperia-based touch-screen smartphone experience with the iconic PlayStation D-pad, symbol buttons and analogue sticks.
The hardware has been put together with close co-operation between the phone and gaming divisions of the electronics giant - that means classic PlayStation games exclusive for the device, with one bundled at launch.
That said, Sony Ericsson said it had lots of content from mobile games firms ready too: EA's Need For Speed, Sims 3 and FIFA 10; GLU Mobile/Activision's mobile Guitar Hero; and Gameloft's Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell games.
The device arrives globally from March.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/43031/Games-need-to-re-buy-PSN-content-for-Xperia-Play
PlayStation owners who have previously downloaded PSN content will have to re-purchase any content they wish to access on their Xperia Play.
The new Android handset will be compatible with a range of emulated PSone software as well as Android games from a number of publishers.
"Xperia Play owners will have to re-purchase the games, so it's not totally integrated," Sony Ericsson UK and Ireland's managing director Nathan Vautier told GameSpot (http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6298836.html?tag=latestheadlines%3Btitle%3B2).
"I think the exciting thing is that there are games which people are very, very aware of."
As was revealed last night (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/43013/PlayStation-based-Play-phone-out-in-March), the Xperia Play It is a slide-open device that includes the Xperia-based touch-screen smartphone experience with the iconic PlayStation D-pad, symbol buttons and analogue sticks.
The hardware has been put together with close co-operation between the phone and gaming divisions of the electronics giant - that means classic PlayStation games exclusive for the device, with one bundled at launch.
That said, Sony Ericsson said it had lots of content from mobile games firms ready too: EA's Need For Speed, Sims 3 and FIFA 10; GLU Mobile/Activision's mobile Guitar Hero; and Gameloft's Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell games.
The device arrives globally from March.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/43031/Games-need-to-re-buy-PSN-content-for-Xperia-Play