Sony teases Android video gaming aspirations, yet not a brand-new Xperia Play

With Android video gaming on a significant increase since late, Sony is preparing to introduce brand-new “video gaming equipment” that regrettably still doesn’t appear like the Xperia Play follow up we’ve been waiting on.

In between significant video game launches like Telephone call of Task Mobile, Fortnite, Peak Legends, and also complete AAA video games in cloud streaming solutions like Stadia and also GeForce Currently, there’s never ever been a much better time to be an Android player. And also while Android-based video gaming phones have actually existed for several years currently, video gaming phones and also devices are starting to end up being extra conventional.

Today, Sony came to be the most up to date phonemaker to toss their hat right into the Android video gaming ring, uploading an intro video clip for a brand-new item in the Xperia line. The 15-second intro reveals an eSports gamer holding a smart device, avidly touching away at a video game. Throughout, the firm claims this brand-new item is “produced professional players and also banners.”

For some — specifically my associate Ben Schoon — this intro has actually stimulated hope that Sony can launch a follower to the Xperia Play in 2011. That phone, which was substantially in advance of its time, had the ability to move the display approximately expose a lot of the conventional PlayStation-themed controls you’d require for video gaming.

Sadly, from the brief video clip shared today by Sony, this does not appear to be the long-awaited follower to the Xperia Play, as it’s only portrayed in the conventional rectangle-shaped form of a smart device. Actually, it’s not totally clear whether this intro is also for a phone or merely a device for current Xperia phones. In the video clip’s summary, Sony Xperia merely describes the upcoming item as “video gaming equipment.”

Over on Twitter, eagle-eyed fans of Sony items have actually found resemblances in between the video clip and also the “cooling system” that was initially teased for the Xperia 1 IV. Based upon that earlier intro, the air conditioning device would probably grasp around your phone while a follower would certainly draw the warm away, permitting longer video gaming sessions and also possibly far better efficiency. In addition, it appears to include some density to your phone, which can permit an extra comfy grasp.

Sony teases Android gaming ambitions that probably won't revive the Xperia Play

Whatever Sony has in shop, it’s amazing to see the firm behind PlayStation remain to take mobile video gaming seriously. Past the historical initiatives to make PlayStation video games readily available on mobile via Remote Play, Sony additionally just recently partnered with Foundation to develop a PlayStation-branded variation of the Foundation One controller for apple iphone.

We’ll find out more concerning the upcoming Xperia video gaming item when it’s officially introduced on September 12 at 1pm Japan Criterion Time (September 11, 9pm PT).