What we do know at this junction is the Sony Xperia Play is an Android smartphone with a gamepad and access to PlayStation Suite. That's about the extent of its association with the PlayStation name, as the phone got no mention during the NGP conference. So don't expect to play full blown NGP games on the Xperia Play; not with that big a difference in hardware compared to the multi-core goodness of the NGP.
The Xperia Play is more of a step up for casual gamers on the Android platform, with its dedicated gaming keys. Sony seems to be treading the thin line between the handset's gaming credentials being overlooked by casual gamers and the hardcore gamers sticking to the NGP. Let's hope it doesn't go down the same path as Nokia's N-Gage.
Xperia Play
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