Should I get an Xperia Play?

[naruball]

Bristow9091 said:

naruball said:

Bristow9091 said:

naruball said:
I got my Xperia Play on launch day and I remember it cost around £500, so I opted for a 2 year plan instead. Now it's extremely cheap and it's totally worth it.

I use it at the very least an hour a day for gaming. You can pretty much download any nes/gba/gbc/megadrive etc game and use a good emulator (I think it's legal as long as you have a copy of the game). I can't describe how awesome it is to play pokemon on the go, for like a minute or so waiting in a queue. I keep hearing childen telling their parents "look! he's playing pokemon". Though I still own an nes, I would never bother playing Super Mario Bros 3, but it's so much easier on xperia and the controls are really great.

I've tried a couple of games developed specifically for xperia, but it's not that fun to play them on the go. Backstab, Sacred, Spiderman and a few other are great, but I'd still much rather play Mario when waiting for the bus. One could argue that I could simply buy a ds/gba, but I don't like carrying any other devices apart from my phone.

So in my opinion, since you're a gamer you should give it a try (especially if a friend own it and has emulators installed) and then decide.

So it can definitely run emulators? How is the performance with these games? Does it run PS1 games okay too d'ya know? (I'd LOVE Final Fantasy IX on the go that isn't my PSP because it's a tad big), and can you use the control pad with the emulators, or is there buttons onscreen for 'em?

Play.com has good deals on Mondays. I got Child of Eden Special Edition (inluding a great t-shirt) for £11 3 weeks ago. It can definitely run emulators, as I use them all the time and (all) the games (that I played) run fine (just like on the actual consoles). I downloaded a ps1 emulator, but it  never worked and I couldn't be bothered (though I'm sure you can easily find a good one), since most ps1 games aren't for the go for me. You can either use the onscreen buttons or the pad. The pad works perfectly though, so I only use that all the time. This alone is a reason to purchase it for me (if anything happens to my current one, I won't be able to resist buying a new one just for the pad).

Here's a youtube video that shows how it works. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E15XgqB-71c&noredirect=1

Ah I see, thanks for the info, and yeah I've used Play.com before, the only thing I dislike about it is the delivery time isn't too great, but I guess that also depends on royal mail too...

Same here. I only order games I'm not in a hurry to play.