Sony Ericsson prepping Android 3.0 PlayStation Phone to take on iOS gaming?

robbiealexander they have stated that the specific section for these games will start off on this phone only, and spread to others depending on the capabilities of the phone.

As far as this phone…I like the concept, but its all about the delivery. I mean…we’ve seen SE botch a good thing many times coughXperiacough

But its nice to see the gaming brands taking sides in the mobile wars. PlayStation for Android. Xbox for Microsoft (of course). If Nintendo was to ever become synonymous with Apple, I’d lose it! I mean, theyree similar in almost every aspect so I think they should do it.

Erik says:August 14, 2010 at 1:41 pm

Yea, this doesn’t seem like a device aimed at competing directly with iPhone but rather a device aimed at competing with Nintendo. Sony seems to like to do that with their gaming devices, making them overly “feature rich” which also always means overly expensive. However, if they can get phone carriers to subsidize this device they just might dodge that bullet in the competition with Nintendo this mobile gaming generation.

OneOfDaKine says:August 14, 2010 at 1:54 pm

That would be great, but what about battery life?

JH says:August 14, 2010 at 4:10 pm

The PSP GO has had a horrible sales run, because it requires rebuying games you’ve already bought. I don’t really think people are going to go for buying the same games AGAIN, much less allow the DRM / online checking to occur. If this is going to compete with Apple gaming, it’s already got a strike against it because it’s not Nintendo.

Add in the strikes for downloading it from a specialized store and repaying for things, and then the “always on” DRM fears, and that will take down gamers.

Most my PSP playing friends use hacked roms.

John "Cas" Elm says:August 14, 2010 at 4:51 pm

Ha, anyone remember nokia’s “Ngage” nice to see mobile phone gaming has come this far… Would still love to see a case or adapter with buttons for iPhone and gaming

Jerry says:August 14, 2010 at 5:39 pm

I think the best news from Engadget is that Google’s android Market will have hardware requirements for other handsets to access these games… that’s great news.. because touch screen only games suck… they are good for casual gaming .. but not psp like gaming..

TK says:August 14, 2010 at 5:52 pm