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I miss the Xperia Play, it is best phone I ever had, I only stopped using it because the GPU broke :( All newer Android phones disappointed me, specially with

I miss the Xperia Play, it is best phone I ever had, I only stopped using it because the GPU broke :( All newer Android phones disappointed me, specially with everything glued, the Xperia Play was possible to disassemble and service myself (and the battery was super easy to change). Also many games were awesome on it. What baffles me is that Sony abandoned it right off the bat, for example my Xperia Play was imported from Italy, it couldn't download the official Wipeout version for it, because that was only available in Japan for some reason, and Sony never bothering even releasing their first party titles outside of Japan, I find that mind boggling. Also never got a single update for the OS.

Cyph0n 4y ago
Xperia Play was a magical device. I played so many emulated retro games on mine! Good times.
vel0city 4y ago
And now that many metros have near gigabit low-ish latency 5G networks, you don't even need to have a lot of games running locally. You could just stream games from the cloud our your console/PC at home if you're on the go. Having a phone that can easily be a game pad is such a fun concept. I often get <25ms pings on OpenVPN to devices at my home when I'm out and about on my 5G phone. That's enough for a lot of games to be streamed.
- 2muchcoffeeman 4y ago
  That's a terrible idea. It just pushes us further into the realm of no software ownership. It also makes gaming harder. The best implementation of Diablo 3 is the Switch version. Works offline. I can play it anywhere, any time without waiting for some network connection. And it supports local multiplayer with other Switch owners who own the game.
  - vel0city 4y ago
    > It just pushes us further into the realm of no software ownership This is why I included the statement "our your console/PC at home" as well, for those who want to own the software but still want to stream. The software running remotely can still be on a machine you own running software you own. I often have a cheap laptop with me. It's trash for gaming but gets great battery life and is lightweight. Paired with my 5G phone or a decent internet connection, I can connect to my large gaming PC at home and stream any game I can play on that anywhere I go. I was recently on a trip 1,000 miles from home. I could stream my games with very little noticeable lag on the hotel's WiFi. Pings to home were ~40ms.
  - nmfisher 4y ago
    While you're 100% right, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Streaming my own games from my PC to my own device with the Steam Link is great (network latency notwithstanding). I believe NVIDIA has an open-source equivalent too? I definitely want this to be a thing going forward - but as long as I still get to own everything.
  - Fire-Dragon-DoL 4y ago
    It also supports shared screen multiplayer, a feature nobody on PC was allowed to enjoy.
- bogwog 4y ago
  Back around the time when Metal Gear Solid V:GZ launched, I downloaded it on my PS4 at home and was able to stream it to my Vita over wifi while I was at university. It was fully playable and responsive, and the only real issue was that the PS4 controller had more physical inputs than the Vita, so some of them had to be emulated with the rear touchpad. Other than that, it was fully responsive and playable. So Sony were very much ahead of everyone back in ~2014. Not only did they implement game streaming, they even let you stream games that you physically own. They clearly have some extremely talented engineers working for them, but it seems like to save a buck they got their execs from the bargain bin.

Cyph0n 4y ago

Xperia Play was a magical device. I played so many emulated retro games on mine! Good times.

vel0city 4y ago

And now that many metros have near gigabit low-ish latency 5G networks, you don't even need to have a lot of games running locally. You could just stream games from the cloud our your console/PC at home if you're on the go. Having a phone that can easily be a game pad is such a fun concept. I often get <25ms pings on OpenVPN to devices at my home when I'm out and about on my 5G phone. That's enough for a lot of games to be streamed.

2muchcoffeeman 4y ago
That's a terrible idea. It just pushes us further into the realm of no software ownership. It also makes gaming harder. The best implementation of Diablo 3 is the Switch version. Works offline. I can play it anywhere, any time without waiting for some network connection. And it supports local multiplayer with other Switch owners who own the game.
- vel0city 4y ago
  > It just pushes us further into the realm of no software ownership This is why I included the statement "our your console/PC at home" as well, for those who want to own the software but still want to stream. The software running remotely can still be on a machine you own running software you own. I often have a cheap laptop with me. It's trash for gaming but gets great battery life and is lightweight. Paired with my 5G phone or a decent internet connection, I can connect to my large gaming PC at home and stream any game I can play on that anywhere I go. I was recently on a trip 1,000 miles from home. I could stream my games with very little noticeable lag on the hotel's WiFi. Pings to home were ~40ms.
- nmfisher 4y ago
  While you're 100% right, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Streaming my own games from my PC to my own device with the Steam Link is great (network latency notwithstanding). I believe NVIDIA has an open-source equivalent too? I definitely want this to be a thing going forward - but as long as I still get to own everything.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 4y ago
  It also supports shared screen multiplayer, a feature nobody on PC was allowed to enjoy.
bogwog 4y ago
Back around the time when Metal Gear Solid V:GZ launched, I downloaded it on my PS4 at home and was able to stream it to my Vita over wifi while I was at university. It was fully playable and responsive, and the only real issue was that the PS4 controller had more physical inputs than the Vita, so some of them had to be emulated with the rear touchpad. Other than that, it was fully responsive and playable. So Sony were very much ahead of everyone back in ~2014. Not only did they implement game streaming, they even let you stream games that you physically own. They clearly have some extremely talented engineers working for them, but it seems like to save a buck they got their execs from the bargain bin.