Smartphones and emulation have certainly come a long way over the past decade, but even still! The Xperia Play is a fascinating device to look back at in 2024 😊
Yo I recommend dropping better help as a sponsor, look into the issues with data privacy and stuff, very well documented on UA-cam. Love the content tho!
@@renofumi28 it's not about betterhelp themselves wanting to misuse the data, it's the people they share that data with (Facebook (meta), etc), it promotes advertising to ppl based on their mental health problems (aka. taking advantage of their vulnerability)
@@renofumi28that’s not the point. Dude’s talking about personal information being hacked from the company, not necessarily just Denki’s but potentially everyone who used the service. Hence them possibly being a bad company to go to therapy with
@@renofumi28The issue isn't about them using the data, it's about them selling access to it to others. Some people say "Well, even fast food places sell your data these days", but there's a difference between selling a profile based on how you going to McD's twice a week and selling a profile based on mental health
this was my first ever android smartphone. Today, with my fold 5 and a clip-on controller I'm living the emulation dream that this phone gave me all those years ago.
Ah, this takes me back! This was my first smartphone and honestly, it was the best for running emulators. I had it for two solid years until the sliding mechanism gave out, and I couldn’t use the controller functions anymore. The touch analogs were top-notch, seriously perfect for emulation, and it definitely holds a special place in my heart among gaming handhelds. I really wish they’d make something similar today. I'd snap it up in a heartbeat, especially with how much mobile gaming has evolved since my high school days. It was a one-of-a-kind phone console that actually delivered on its promises. Thanks for making this video; it really stirred up some good old nostalgia!.
Loved my Xperia Play but it there were a lot of reasons it failed. For starters the specs were dated even when it was first released. CPU was okish but it only had 512mb of ram and only that amount of storage as well. Might not sound that bad but back then you couldn't even save apps on an SD card and it was such a pain to keep that tiny storage room empty. Remember having to root the phone and mess with a lot of software just to be able to add stuff to it without constantly deleting other stuff to make space. Also the damn thing was way too expensive when it launched. It was iphone levels of pricing without the performance, screen or popularity. It got price dropped almost instantly but it was already too late. It was charging flagship levels of money for a niche dated device only a handful of people would want. Still I really liked it. Gameloft supported it quite a bit and even if their games were cheap imitations of known IPs (from Uncharted and Halo to Starcraft and CoD) they were still fun and Xperia Play was the best way to enjoy them. PS1 games also for the most part played perfectly.
@@battman505 The vita had the very first mobile quad core EVER, before any phones, and it was under contract with nvidia that no other device could have that cpu in it until after the vita was released.
That microSD slot is actually an M2 slot. A lot harder to come by the 16GB versions of those... but tbh, you might be able to use one of the adapters meant for the PSP Go on that thing.
For anyone looking for this kind of form factor I would recommend the PSP go instead... Especially for EDC emulation device... It has the same form factor, extremely easy to mod, and fit in ur pocket perfectly.. The charging cable also USB compatible so you can just plug it on your power bank or ur smartphone power brick... and it can run old game up to PS1 beautifully... 👍👍👍
I ALMOST bought one of these years ago. I went to a pawn shop and they had it. I was on iPhone with AT&T at the time but I stopped by Verizon and checked out their prices. It was roughly the same as AT&T so I told them I would come back with the phone to make the switch. Went back to the pawn shop and they had sold it.
loving the retro tech videos in the modern day. Would love to see more old tech, especially those that people still somehow use today like the ipod video. Also might wanna rethink that sponsor.
My dad got me this phone for Christmas, it was incredible! I loved playing Crash Bandicoot, Minecraft & GBA games such Pokémon all utilising the gamepad.
There was a number of android games from the play store that worked great with the Xplay controls. Shadow Gun comes to mind that ran/played really well and the Asphalt series up to a point in time. I also (I don't remember why) bought a doom emulator and played through all the Dos dooms on it. I just had to import the WAD files for what ever game. I think the touch joy sticks got a bad rap because people didn't use them properly or maybe I just got used to them, IDK, but they did work just fine for some games. The aging OS and newer options really make this phone more of a collectible then anything. I used it as a music player just outside my house while grilling for a while due to the better then average speakers (for the time). I still have mine, but it hasn't aged well. The touchscreen no longer registers, the plastic volume buttons on the side keep popping off, and the coating on the thumb controls has started to scratch off. Interestingly enough the battery seems to hold a charge better then the one in this video.
I used to have one that was exactly like that one back in the day! I loved it but even then there where a lot of games that did not work. I still miss that style though. I would love to have a new version of it.
To me This is definitely one of those looks cool devices but in reality I found it way too bulky and heavy to use as an everyday phone and sold it soon after to get the much thinner and lighter Samsung galaxy s2
I had one of these 10 years ago. It is still in a desk somewhere. Played the entirety of Symphony of the Night on it during my breaks. It was good for that
I've been saying for years that Sony needs to revisit this concept. A smartphone handheld gaming console hybrid would be massively popular, if done right, that is.
I believe I still have the charging dock station for it🤔 I had the AT&T blue one and later down the line I end up unlocking it to use with other phone services.
P. S. I would recommend trying to get the AT&T version, it seems I have less problems in the Verizon version. Plus if I remember at the virtual analogs work pretty good on it for playing Grand Theft Auto III on it.
I use this phone to play NES and SNES, as well as a couple of games from PS1, the setup is really very painful, but you know for sure that this device will not call you when you play (after all, the SIM card is in your modern phone) but if If your phone runs out of power or is broken, you can insert a SIM card and make a call or send an SMS.
I had one back in 2013. Great phone for emulation and nothing else. By the time I got it mobile gaming was looking even better so this phone wasn't able to even run newer games properly. The best feature of the Xperia Play was no doubt the physical buttons, they were responsive and felt great to press. Mine broke bc of that ribbon cable and never bothered to fix it.
At this time I had a Samsung Galaxy Epic 4G. It slid out and had a full keypad with arrow keys. I LOVED that phone so much. I wish I had kept it when I upgraded. This phone reminds me of that phone a lot, but with custom keypad. I want a company to try to bring back a sliding keyboard. I feel with games as popular as they are, and phones as capable as they are, it would have some kind of market.
You just unlocked a memory of mine 😂 Gotta love these devices that tried to bridge the gap between high-end feature phone and smartphone. It's a shame the industry isn't willing to go back to it all that much
Crash Bandicoot is not an Analog Stick game. and Setting your controller to Analog Mode with a game that doesn't support it can result in non-responsiveness or erratic results.
Bro the bruce lee game i used to play on mine was sick af. The only thing that was stupid was the notification indicator was on the very top of the phone on the power button.
I remember the other Xperia phones from this time - they were honestly awesome. Way more personality than the Galaxys of the time, IMO. The Xperia Play, though... kinda felt like some Sony exec lead one meeting about synergy, a small team was tasked with taking one of their regular phones and slapping on a slidy controller, they had one or two meetings with the Playstation team, and this total compromise of a device is the result.
This idea would be such a great idea now especially since half our xbox and Playstation catalogs are already purchased online lol id love to have my home games compressed onto my mobile device but with a controller
I still have mine. I went from the X10 Mini, to this one. And I loved the keyboard on the X10 for SNES emulators. But way more on this one. I still used that phone as an emulator for a bit after I upgraded. And yes... it took some getting to work. I had to root mine to make it easier. Tho I've not booted mine for a while. So no idea how the battery is doing. But today? Heck even a PSP is a better option for SNES on the go with the firmware that has now.
Been begging for just one company to do this again with more modern hardware. The idea was ahead of the phone technology at the time and now is the perfect time for this concept to come back. Feel like it would be so much more successful
Fun fact, the Sony Xperia Play is *the* phone that Minecraft Bedrock Edition, at the time known as Minecraft Pocket Edition, was designed for. It was the first device that the game came to, and it was only later that they ported it to other Android devices and iOS devices.
I got this phone not long after it came out and had it for a couple of years. I really enjoyed it myself. I think with todays technology an actual phone brand could make a pretty successful product
I had one back in the day, was my go to phone for years. Would constantly go back to it even tho id get much better phones. Why? That controller. The convenience of having an all in 1 device in your pocket thats your phone, webbrowser and a gaming device with built in controller for me can not be beaten. Sadly as its aged, things like the browser ect stopped working. Id love to see another modern version of this. And this time dont screw it up. The messes up on this with the tiny internal memory.
I had the Xperia Play way back when it launched & loved it - I was hoping for a long time they would release an updated version that I could use for retro gaming as the original is now underpowered, but it's never happened 😔
You can root the phone and update the software with a cyanogen android or some other modded android version for a better experience and can still be used today.
Mine doesn't not have the white shell, wonder what version model you got, still a good phone enjoyed every minute of its use, and is can be a pretty good hacking tool :) as well.
Is not exactly expensive, but the extra hardware work to make this functional is not worth it. Also, sliding and hinged devices has the big flaw that flat cables are frail by nature and not easy to repair if needed (small spaces or problematic holes. Yes, I'm looking to you DS 😒)
Got this phone on launch. Returned it within two weeks. The battery life is ABYSMAL and emulators werent a thing at the time and the games for the controller were FEW and FAR BETWEEN.
I use Ali all the time, it’s good for cheap stuff. If you are going to buy a phone it will be a fake version but they will tell you that in the description
If your after emulating SNES, DS, etc, the Xperia Play is actually much better than the PSP. Get an extended battery and it will last you for days! For PSP games I just stick to the PSP Go so it pairs really well with this, not to mention the 245 PPI is much better than the PSP and even better than the Vita.
"DiSLiKe DiSabLeD bY OwNeR" oh come on! You know you did something wrong and can't bear looking at what you did? Just own your mistake and take the video down and turn BH as a sponsor down. Love your content and all, not an attack on you personally, but Better Help should NOT be promoted.
bro, i still have my xperia play and psp go. these were so niched back then. i could totally go the route of emulation but my lazy ass just didnt want to. so they been sitting in my time capsule box. i do have ff7 on my psp go lol
It wasn't that fast. It was almost obsolete when it hit the street. It had that funky non-combined memory and not enough of it. The gaming part of it was solid and I tried to love this phone. I had to hack the colonel use a custom firmware and a bigger battery. I really wish they would try again though
hey, just wanted to let everyone know of a pretty serious and annoying problem with the Sony Xperia Play. I bought one years ago and loved but little did I know how fragile the ribbon cable for the screen was. so don't be sliding the screen up and down too much otherwise you might damage the ribbon cable. and to fix it, while possible it is not worth bothering with.
Think that has more to do with your use of force than anything else. I had one and never had that issue. The device ultimately even for me wound up in the "scrap drawer" because the connected apps stopped working and I wasn't tech savvy at 17-19 years old yet.. Well not enough that I could root android anyway to really play around.
I had this phone. Id absolutely love a reimagined version of it that could take on full emulators. I hate attaching parts to my phone to play. God what a different time we lived in. I played more Crash on this than my PS1
You think way too highly of my influence if you think this video will drive prices up. Plenty of channels bigger than mine have already covered it in the past year of so...
@@Denki 2 years ago I bought it on Aliexpress for $48. You have several videos about phones with two screens. How about Vivo Nex 2 and Yotafon 2 or 3, I have all these devices and I am sure that the audience will be interested.
It’s readily available on Aliexpress for $70-85 shipped. You underestimate the Chinese/Refurbished phone market over there. They will always have a supply.
I genuinely do not understand how this form factor has not been explored more by Sony (since they own the patent for it). Specially with the industry investments in game streaming, and the overall public demand for emulation devices and external controllers for phones.
I didn't remember that Ericsson was yet part of Sony phones to smartphone era. Like I just remember seeing the old phones as Sony Ericsson but then they just disappeared at least on my sight. Even as countryside boy during that time can't say much.
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Smartphones and emulation have certainly come a long way over the past decade, but even still! The Xperia Play is a fascinating device to look back at in 2024 😊
Hey, you forgot to put the resources into the description ;) Great video!
I recall a video about a special version of Minecraft made specifically for the Xperia Play.
Yo I recommend dropping better help as a sponsor, look into the issues with data privacy and stuff, very well documented on UA-cam. Love the content tho!
He need that money
They had about millions of user. With that amount of users they surely didn't even care about one single data.
@@renofumi28 it's not about betterhelp themselves wanting to misuse the data, it's the people they share that data with (Facebook (meta), etc), it promotes advertising to ppl based on their mental health problems (aka. taking advantage of their vulnerability)
@@renofumi28that’s not the point. Dude’s talking about personal information being hacked from the company, not necessarily just Denki’s but potentially everyone who used the service. Hence them possibly being a bad company to go to therapy with
@@renofumi28The issue isn't about them using the data, it's about them selling access to it to others. Some people say "Well, even fast food places sell your data these days", but there's a difference between selling a profile based on how you going to McD's twice a week and selling a profile based on mental health
this was my first ever android smartphone. Today, with my fold 5 and a clip-on controller I'm living the emulation dream that this phone gave me all those years ago.
Ah, this takes me back! This was my first smartphone and honestly, it was the best for running emulators. I had it for two solid years until the sliding mechanism gave out, and I couldn’t use the controller functions anymore. The touch analogs were top-notch, seriously perfect for emulation, and it definitely holds a special place in my heart among gaming handhelds. I really wish they’d make something similar today. I'd snap it up in a heartbeat, especially with how much mobile gaming has evolved since my high school days. It was a one-of-a-kind phone console that actually delivered on its promises. Thanks for making this video; it really stirred up some good old nostalgia!.
same! its my first phone too, i went to the ATT store and gave my money to my dad to purchase it for me.
definitely gunna watch this when i get home, thanks for being the best ken
Loved my Xperia Play but it there were a lot of reasons it failed. For starters the specs were dated even when it was first released. CPU was okish but it only had 512mb of ram and only that amount of storage as well. Might not sound that bad but back then you couldn't even save apps on an SD card and it was such a pain to keep that tiny storage room empty.
Remember having to root the phone and mess with a lot of software just to be able to add stuff to it without constantly deleting other stuff to make space.
Also the damn thing was way too expensive when it launched. It was iphone levels of pricing without the performance, screen or popularity. It got price dropped almost instantly but it was already too late. It was charging flagship levels of money for a niche dated device only a handful of people would want.
Still I really liked it. Gameloft supported it quite a bit and even if their games were cheap imitations of known IPs (from Uncharted and Halo to Starcraft and CoD) they were still fun and Xperia Play was the best way to enjoy them. PS1 games also for the most part played perfectly.
They should’ve just put the vita chipset in there and let it dual boot android and vitaOS. Would’ve helped both the vita platform and this phone.
@@battman505It probably wasn't possible in that small chassis, vita had a bigger battery and even then it didn't have the best battery life
@@battman505 The vita had the very first mobile quad core EVER, before any phones, and it was under contract with nvidia that no other device could have that cpu in it until after the vita was released.
You got the dream job man! You're doing great with your life!
They could easily revive this idea with modern insides.. it would be great
The problem with touch input panels may be due to the fact that the phone is on charge. Unplug the cable and recheck
Nope, never worked for me period
@@Denki sad :(
That microSD slot is actually an M2 slot. A lot harder to come by the 16GB versions of those... but tbh, you might be able to use one of the adapters meant for the PSP Go on that thing.
For anyone looking for this kind of form factor I would recommend the PSP go instead... Especially for EDC emulation device...
It has the same form factor, extremely easy to mod, and fit in ur pocket perfectly.. The charging cable also USB compatible so you can just plug it on your power bank or ur smartphone power brick... and it can run old game up to PS1 beautifully... 👍👍👍
I ALMOST bought one of these years ago. I went to a pawn shop and they had it. I was on iPhone with AT&T at the time but I stopped by Verizon and checked out their prices. It was roughly the same as AT&T so I told them I would come back with the phone to make the switch. Went back to the pawn shop and they had sold it.
Well done great video!
loving the retro tech videos in the modern day. Would love to see more old tech, especially those that people still somehow use today like the ipod video. Also might wanna rethink that sponsor.
I remember back when I first got Minecraft on Android that its controls were better optimized for this PlayStation Phone than for touchscreen. XD
My dad got me this phone for Christmas, it was incredible! I loved playing Crash Bandicoot, Minecraft & GBA games such Pokémon all utilising the gamepad.
There was a number of android games from the play store that worked great with the Xplay controls. Shadow Gun comes to mind that ran/played really well and the Asphalt series up to a point in time. I also (I don't remember why) bought a doom emulator and played through all the Dos dooms on it. I just had to import the WAD files for what ever game. I think the touch joy sticks got a bad rap because people didn't use them properly or maybe I just got used to them, IDK, but they did work just fine for some games. The aging OS and newer options really make this phone more of a collectible then anything. I used it as a music player just outside my house while grilling for a while due to the better then average speakers (for the time).
I still have mine, but it hasn't aged well. The touchscreen no longer registers, the plastic volume buttons on the side keep popping off, and the coating on the thumb controls has started to scratch off. Interestingly enough the battery seems to hold a charge better then the one in this video.
I used to have one that was exactly like that one back in the day! I loved it but even then there where a lot of games that did not work. I still miss that style though. I would love to have a new version of it.
It's impressive how somebody created an actual PlayStation smartphone!
BetterHelp Placement is a big L
I wanted this so badly back in the day, such a unique gadget.
To me This is definitely one of those looks cool devices but in reality I found it way too bulky and heavy to use as an everyday phone and sold it soon after to get the much thinner and lighter Samsung galaxy s2
I had one of these 10 years ago. It is still in a desk somewhere. Played the entirety of Symphony of the Night on it during my breaks. It was good for that
You did it great on the Spiderman movie! 🥳
I bought one for my collection a few years back, turned it on once and it's been displayed ever since.
I've been saying for years that Sony needs to revisit this concept. A smartphone handheld gaming console hybrid would be massively popular, if done right, that is.
If this phone comes out with latest specs, I would buy it over any other phone out there!
Mind blowing no one else has attempted this form factor.
PSP Go: am i a joke to you
@@LouisianaBurnsna but in like a phone. The psp go was a dedicated handheld
Sony owns the patent for "slide up gaming controller on a phone" unfortunately :( They renewed it recently as well.
You can access app switcher by holding down home button
I believe I still have the charging dock station for it🤔
I had the AT&T blue one and later down the line I end up unlocking it to use with other phone services.
P. S. I would recommend trying to get the AT&T version, it seems I have less problems in the Verizon version.
Plus if I remember at the virtual analogs work pretty good on it for playing Grand Theft Auto III on it.
This was my first smartphone and it was freaking amazing!!! Legendary phone, still miss it today...
I had one of these when they came out but I remember the shoulder buttons breaking
I had one, I wish it had more ram, they should make a updated version
I use this phone to play NES and SNES, as well as a couple of games from PS1, the setup is really very painful, but you know for sure that this device will not call you when you play (after all, the SIM card is in your modern phone) but if If your phone runs out of power or is broken, you can insert a SIM card and make a call or send an SMS.
I had one back in 2013. Great phone for emulation and nothing else. By the time I got it mobile gaming was looking even better so this phone wasn't able to even run newer games properly. The best feature of the Xperia Play was no doubt the physical buttons, they were responsive and felt great to press. Mine broke bc of that ribbon cable and never bothered to fix it.
At this time I had a Samsung Galaxy Epic 4G. It slid out and had a full keypad with arrow keys. I LOVED that phone so much. I wish I had kept it when I upgraded. This phone reminds me of that phone a lot, but with custom keypad. I want a company to try to bring back a sliding keyboard. I feel with games as popular as they are, and phones as capable as they are, it would have some kind of market.
You just unlocked a memory of mine 😂
Gotta love these devices that tried to bridge the gap between high-end feature phone and smartphone. It's a shame the industry isn't willing to go back to it all that much
I wonder if we will see a shift back to physical buttons with android phones because of the popularity of handheld devices.
I have a unused handset, boxed with the og film on the back. I had one for my first contract. Every day I wish for an updated one
Crash Bandicoot is not an Analog Stick game. and Setting your controller to Analog Mode with a game that doesn't support it can result in non-responsiveness or erratic results.
Bro the bruce lee game i used to play on mine was sick af. The only thing that was stupid was the notification indicator was on the very top of the phone on the power button.
I remember the other Xperia phones from this time - they were honestly awesome. Way more personality than the Galaxys of the time, IMO. The Xperia Play, though... kinda felt like some Sony exec lead one meeting about synergy, a small team was tasked with taking one of their regular phones and slapping on a slidy controller, they had one or two meetings with the Playstation team, and this total compromise of a device is the result.
This idea would be such a great idea now especially since half our xbox and Playstation catalogs are already purchased online lol id love to have my home games compressed onto my mobile device but with a controller
I still have mine. I went from the X10 Mini, to this one. And I loved the keyboard on the X10 for SNES emulators. But way more on this one. I still used that phone as an emulator for a bit after I upgraded. And yes... it took some getting to work. I had to root mine to make it easier. Tho I've not booted mine for a while. So no idea how the battery is doing. But today? Heck even a PSP is a better option for SNES on the go with the firmware that has now.
Been begging for just one company to do this again with more modern hardware. The idea was ahead of the phone technology at the time and now is the perfect time for this concept to come back. Feel like it would be so much more successful
Fun fact, the Sony Xperia Play is *the* phone that Minecraft Bedrock Edition, at the time known as Minecraft Pocket Edition, was designed for. It was the first device that the game came to, and it was only later that they ported it to other Android devices and iOS devices.
That’s crazy, I was JUST looking to buy one of these after I saw your PSP vid.
I wish they would release something like this now! It would be epic!
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I got this phone not long after it came out and had it for a couple of years. I really enjoyed it myself. I think with todays technology an actual phone brand could make a pretty successful product
I had one back in the day, was my go to phone for years. Would constantly go back to it even tho id get much better phones. Why? That controller.
The convenience of having an all in 1 device in your pocket thats your phone, webbrowser and a gaming device with built in controller for me can not be beaten. Sadly as its aged, things like the browser ect stopped working.
Id love to see another modern version of this. And this time dont screw it up. The messes up on this with the tiny internal memory.
8:24 - GASP! IT DID!? what a crazy surprise after watching 8 minutes of this video! i never would've caught on! 🤣
Official Sony PS gaming on Android coming back would be dope.
thats the phone with the unique metal gear solid game
You are doing amazing content, GO Ken!
I had this phone. I remember it had dead space built in
I had the Xperia Play way back when it launched & loved it - I was hoping for a long time they would release an updated version that I could use for retro gaming as the original is now underpowered, but it's never happened 😔
What portable charger are you using there?
I loved my Sony Xperia Play! That phone had a lot of promising features. I wish we got a version 2 with updated specs.
They actually put the first form of Minecraft android on this
Try Sunshine on your gaming pc, then moonlight on that thing, does it work? Also 3G is shut down here, so no phoneservice for me.
The thing I love about that phone is that it has stereo speakers.
You can root the phone and update the software with a cyanogen android or some other modded android version for a better experience and can still be used today.
I hope those retro handheld company can try this kind of form factor.
I remember when this phone came out! I sold it here in Canada under the rogers network! Back then all phones was locked to there networks!
Wait the xperia play was 4g capable?
never knew dawg had his own channel
Remembered this was my dreamphone back in 2012 😅. Sad that dream didnt go as planned back then because I was still in my highschool years
You were going way too hard on the betterhelp praise. I just kept thinking "he can't be talking about betterhelp!"
i always wanted it back then but didn’t want to switch to Verizon for it
Omg Ken please drop the background you had in the intro here in the comments :O
Mine doesn't not have the white shell, wonder what version model you got, still a good phone enjoyed every minute of its use, and is can be a pretty good hacking tool :) as well.
I wonder why all those handheld companies didnt make something like this? Well I think the slidder mechanism is gonna be expensive to make
Is not exactly expensive, but the extra hardware work to make this functional is not worth it. Also, sliding and hinged devices has the big flaw that flat cables are frail by nature and not easy to repair if needed (small spaces or problematic holes. Yes, I'm looking to you DS 😒)
This gadget actually popped in my head the other day... Stop reading my mind
Got this phone on launch. Returned it within two weeks. The battery life is ABYSMAL and emulators werent a thing at the time and the games for the controller were FEW and FAR BETWEEN.
I remember i had the Nokia Ngage round about 07-09 had fifa game and little cartridges of games that i inevitably lost haha
Love the Alpha Tauri Cap! Nice to see another F1 fan!!
I owned this phone in my 20s. Thing was pretty dope with emulation.
I still got mine from back then and it was so fun to use
Fun fact, the Xperia play is supposed to be modeled after the PSP go
Hey my guy I have a question is ali express a legit site to buy phones off from im conflicted
I use Ali all the time, it’s good for cheap stuff.
If you are going to buy a phone it will be a fake version but they will tell you that in the description
Can u use the browser
If your after emulating SNES, DS, etc, the Xperia Play is actually much better than the PSP. Get an extended battery and it will last you for days! For PSP games I just stick to the PSP Go so it pairs really well with this, not to mention the 245 PPI is much better than the PSP and even better than the Vita.
"DiSLiKe DiSabLeD bY OwNeR" oh come on! You know you did something wrong and can't bear looking at what you did? Just own your mistake and take the video down and turn BH as a sponsor down. Love your content and all, not an attack on you personally, but Better Help should NOT be promoted.
bro, i still have my xperia play and psp go. these were so niched back then. i could totally go the route of emulation but my lazy ass just didnt want to. so they been sitting in my time capsule box. i do have ff7 on my psp go lol
It wasn't that fast. It was almost obsolete when it hit the street. It had that funky non-combined memory and not enough of it.
The gaming part of it was solid and I tried to love this phone. I had to hack the colonel use a custom firmware and a bigger battery.
I really wish they would try again though
hey, just wanted to let everyone know of a pretty serious and annoying problem with the Sony Xperia Play.
I bought one years ago and loved but little did I know how fragile the ribbon cable for the screen was. so don't be sliding the screen up and down too much otherwise you might damage the ribbon cable. and to fix it, while possible it is not worth bothering with.
Think that has more to do with your use of force than anything else. I had one and never had that issue. The device ultimately even for me wound up in the "scrap drawer" because the connected apps stopped working and I wasn't tech savvy at 17-19 years old yet.. Well not enough that I could root android anyway to really play around.
Nice video 🙂
I'm surprised no one tried to make this form factor / gimmick again even tho we have better hardware and more gaming phones these days
I wish I had one of these, but it's hard to find one here in Brazil lol
Random question: Can u play Cod mw4 on it??
I had this phone when i was a kid it was wild.
I had this phone. Id absolutely love a reimagined version of it that could take on full emulators. I hate attaching parts to my phone to play. God what a different time we lived in. I played more Crash on this than my PS1
I swear this channel is exactly my taste, always spot on stuff that I like!!
I'm happy that I found out about this phone and bought it before this video came out. Again after your review prices will go up
You think way too highly of my influence if you think this video will drive prices up. Plenty of channels bigger than mine have already covered it in the past year of so...
@@Denki 2 years ago I bought it on Aliexpress for $48. You have several videos about phones with two screens. How about Vivo Nex 2 and Yotafon 2 or 3, I have all these devices and I am sure that the audience will be interested.
It’s readily available on Aliexpress for $70-85 shipped. You underestimate the Chinese/Refurbished phone market over there. They will always have a supply.
i have a brand new one in my phone collection and enjoy even watching it
I genuinely do not understand how this form factor has not been explored more by Sony (since they own the patent for it). Specially with the industry investments in game streaming, and the overall public demand for emulation devices and external controllers for phones.
I didn't remember that Ericsson was yet part of Sony phones to smartphone era. Like I just remember seeing the old phones as Sony Ericsson but then they just disappeared at least on my sight. Even as countryside boy during that time can't say much.
Love this phone in concept but it was never a capable phone when it was new . Struggle to do pretty much anything but I loved it for emulator
yeaa back then but Worst the ram spoils everything!
When he said gingerbread I was sent back to the good old days 😂
I hope next year phone gaming come out like sony xperia play
this guy has the voice and face for radio
Kinda rude to say