The Xperia Play is a smartphone with elements of a handheld game console produced by Sony Ericsson. With the marketshare for dedicated handheld game consoles diminishing into the 2010s due to the rapid expansion of smartphones with cheap downloadable games, Sony attempted to tackle the issue with two separate devices; a dedicated video game console with elements of a smartphone, called the PlayStation Vita, and a smartphone with elements of a handheld console, the Xperia Play. Originally rumored to be a "PlayStation Phone", the device shed the "PlayStation" branding in favor of the Xperia brand, running on the Android operating system.
A rather broken Sony Ericsson Z770prototype found in e-waste in 2023, this device suffered extensive damage along with water damage. At this time it doesn't function.
The Sony Tablet S was released in 2011 around the same time the Xperia Play 2 was cancelled, much like the Xperia Play 2 the Sony Tablet S was also PlayStation Certified meaning you could download PlayStation Portable games.
Sadly an update to the PlayStation Store made the tablet unable to download & purchase PS One Classics.
Soviet Strike is a helicopter-based shooter game developed and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation in 1996 and the Sega Saturn in 1997. The game is a sequel to the Strike games which began on the Sega Genesis with Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf.
