Sony Xperia Play - bringing PlayStation games to the Android market.

In my previous post I posed the question will the Nintendo 3DS be a success or a flop? Well in today’s post I would like to talk a little more about video games on hand held devices (such as the iPhone, iPod Touch, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo 3DS, Playstation Portable), but take it in a slightly different direction. You might have noticed that the odd one out in the list I just mentioned is the iPhone/iPod Touch – well even though you can play games on them they’re not really games consoles and neither is Android, but… *drum roll please* the Android has a surprise in store!

Why the drum roll for the Android? Well, after the discussion about all the video games that are already available on the iPhone and iPod Touch and whether that creates stiff competition for the new Nintendo 3DS, today I found out that Sony are starting to release some of their PlayStation games on to the Android market.

According to droidgamers, the following games have just been officially released on the Android mobile phone market:

• Syphon Filter
• Destruction Derby
• MediEval
• Jumping Flash
• Cool Boarders 2 – I used to love that game!

Now, I’m not sure of the exact pricing details or release schedule, but droidgamers suggests the games are available for $6.38US each and are paving the way for the launch of the Sony Xperia Play (Sony’s PlayStation Phone).

I think this is pretty exciting news, but do you think the graphics of the old PlayStation games will be able to hold their own against other handheld/mobile games optimised for today’s capabilities?

Who cares, just release it in Australia ASAP!