This would actually make me get into mobile gaming. If it had a decent price, that is. I'm sure a two-screen phone can't be cheap. That said, I don't really see anything like this succeeding. It's probably going to cost too much for what it offers, and people aren't probably going to like a two-screen 'monster' too much. It's fine for me, but probably not so much for others.

yea that is a decent concept, especially for the smartphone gaming crazy japanese market

personally I might still prefer magnetic attachments as those can have real buttons/sticks and a more ergonomic design, but this concept has better ease of use and therefore a better chance to get acceptance from the mass market

I'd buy it.

You just described PSP GO

You lost all credibility thanks to your poat......

To OP; i sure as hell hope this remains a concept. 

They are ranked #9 in terms of revenue in 2015. MS was ranked #6. These are all big boys, and include boring as fuck companies like Foxconn which is ranked #3. Anyways, one to grow on!

This may blow your mind but Sony still is one of the largest tech companies in the world, the make more revenue per year than eg Intel.

A directional pad using the screen, no thanks, as we have all tried on our phones compared to actual buttons they suck

Seeing this increases my desire for a sony xperia play 2.

There has never been a that kind of phone. If what you are talking about is slide out qwerty then sure, a slighe our phycial qwerty keyboard does not seem to have a viable market any more, evne though I would buy one tomorrow if one came out in my price bracket. I hate using onscreen keyboards, and they take up screen real estate.

But this is two screens. And IMO there's plenty of scope to convince people that 2 screens>1. And if both screens can be edge display, then it's even possible to get a single image almost seamlessly across both screens, so when you want to watch a TV show or movie on your phone you end up with a tablet sized screen and a much better experience.

I think it's only cost that is likely to be a deal breaker. If they can make a phone at a reasonable high/high-mid range price it could work for them.

Something like this that ran on a mobile version of the PS4 OS, and had physical buttons may be ok, but I think they would be better off just making a standard smartphone with DS4 support on the PS4 OS, and another very similar to the Vita but with r2/l2 & r3/l3.

If Sony ever wants to make a dent in the mobile market they have to get of Android, and build a mobile platform that is integrated into the PlayStation ecosystem. As long as they are playing me too on android they will continue to loose sales and make nothing for their efforts.