PlayStation Phone rumours trashed

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 23rd November 2007
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Did you want a PlayStation Phone? Keep on dreaming then, fool!

Did you want a PlayStation Phone? Keep on dreaming then, fool!

The rumours have been going around the internets like a wildfire for the last 24 hours and, in an effort to bring you only the solid facts, we've stayed out of all this 'PlayStation Phone' business - until now!

Speculation that Sony was developing a PlayStation Phone first arose when a story was published in The Economic Times of India earlier this week, which quoted Jim Ryan, SCEE co-chief operating officer, as saying:

"The PlayStation is a proven success and so is Sony Ericsson...convergence with the two arms working together is definitely plausible. It is hugely intellectually seductive to have a console oriented phone."

Ryan was later quoted as saying that the device would have primarily been designed as a games machine, with phone functionality added-on as an extra. Personally, I don't think such an idea would take off - it certainly didn't work very well for the N-Gage.

Not that it matters anyway, Sony has now confirmed to Next-Gen.biz that Jim Ryan was misquoted and there were never any plans to develop such a device at all. The comment puts an end to the speculation on fansites and rumour-mills.

Ah well. If Sony had come up with a PlayStation Phone, would you have bought it? What features would you have been looking for? Me, I don't care what it might have had feature-wise as long as it didn't use UMD discs. Let us know what you think in the forums.
Quote 500mph 23rd November 2007, 07:07
aw. i want to at least see one. i dont think i'd buy it
Quote DougEdey 23rd November 2007, 07:38
Just because they denied it, doesn't mean it isn't in development.

Remember Home? Remember Kotaku? REMEMBER THE HUGE CAJONES!
Quote Paradigm Shifter 23rd November 2007, 09:54
As much as some people like everything possible in one device, I prefer separate devices for different purposes. That way, if one breaks or the battery dies, I'm not totally without entertainment/audio/contact/whatever. :) But yes, it does increase the amount carried. A phone and a games console in one doesn't sound like it'll catch on... NGage style. If I'm gaming, I don't want to be bothered by my phone ringing. :)
Quote Blademrk 23rd November 2007, 10:09
I know the idea of a mobile phone/PSP hybrid (and a set of tech specs) were printed in T3 magazine quite a few months back (Think I made a thread on it at the time).
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Originally Posted by DougEdey
Just because they denied it, doesn't mean it isn't in development.

Remember Home? Remember Kotaku? REMEMBER THE HUGE CAJONES!

I agree, but with Sony, it could also be a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing [shrug].
Quote Henk 23rd November 2007, 10:48
Oh man, that picture! Reminds me of the ridiculous way the N-Gage was held when talking with it
Quote DXR_13KE 24th November 2007, 10:51
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Originally Posted by Henk
Oh man, that picture! Reminds me of the ridiculous way the N-Gage was held when talking with it

yeah.... people called it "dumbo talkin" around here...
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