Playstation Phone "Zeus" Revealed 154
tekgoblin writes with this excerpt from Tekgoblin: "A video has surfaced on YouTube which shows the new Playstation Phone now called the Zeus. Rumors had surfaced that the phone would be announced on December 9th but with this leak the rumors have now been made fact. The phone is called the Sony Ericsson ZEUS (Playstation Phone). The demo video shows the phone running Android 2.3 codename Gingerbread. The video also shows the phone with the standard Playstation buttons along with a touch pad in the center. The controller for the phone is placed normally where a physical keyboard would be."
This could actually be surprisingly awesome (Score:5, Insightful)
Of course, if anyone can screw this up, it's Sony. Their recent track record with both phones (Ericsson, ick) and portable gaming (PSPGo, double ick) is not great, so trying to do both at once could be a big bag of fail.
Still, I'll be paying close attention.
Nice video. Silent, but (mostly) clear and sharp.. (Score:4, Insightful)
Now show me one where this smug bastard [nowgamer.com] eats crow. Preferably a live crow.
CmdrTaco can join him. [slashdot.org]
Re:This could actually be surprisingly awesome (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:N-Gage, anyone? (Score:5, Insightful)
The N-Gage was a badly designed device that was neither a good phone, or gaming device. Side-talking was absurd looking, and put many people off the phone. The needs to remove the battery to switch games also did not help it.
The Zeus may not be perfect (especially as the PSP is exactly new, any more), but at least should launch as a phone that looks like a phone, with a good sized game catalogue.
Re:Prices and locked down? (Score:5, Insightful)
You're using the word 'would' a lot, as if people weren't already playing games on their smartphones. The largest single category in the iOS app store is the gaming section. I think we're past the point where we're asking, do people want to play games on their smartphones? Yes. Yes they do.