PlayStation Suite tablet coming September for $500
Sony has announced pricing information and loose release details for its Tablet S and Tablet P devices, the two devices compatible with the new PlayStation Suite.
Sony will be releasing the first of its PlayStation Suite-compatible tablets in September, the company has announced. The Tablet S will release in September, starting at $499 for the 16GB model. A 32GB model will also be available for $599. The device will be able to download and play PlayStation games, with customizable controls for ease of use.
GamesIndustry.biz reports that the Tablet P, a clam-shell design with two smaller screens, will follow in November. As previously announced, both are Android-powered with 3G capabilities. The Tablet S includes one 9.4-inch screen, while the P sports two 5.5-inch screens.
"We want to prove it's not who makes it first that counts, but who makes it better," said Sony president Howard Stringer at the IFA conference.
Comments like that, and the creation of these tablets to begin with, are a shot across the bow of Apple's bustling iPad market. Sony has priced their devices for parity with the iPad, and offering classic PlayStation games is an interesting way of challenging the wealth of content on the App Store. Of course, we doubt the PlayStation classics will hit at a buck apiece.
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Sony has announced pricing information and loose release details for its Tablet S and Tablet P devices, the two devices compatible with the new PlayStation Suite.-
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Does anyone else think that it's a bad idea for Sony to split their attention across what now looks to be three portable gaming devices? There's the Vita, the phone, and now this tablet.
I mean, odds are they're going to drop support for one or more of the devices when one or more of them flops. Who wants to be the one that bought the wrong one? For that matter one of them is a phone which is a more significant lock-in investment than the other two.-
odds are they're going to drop support for one or more of the devices when one or more of them flops. Who wants to be the one that bought the wrong one?
Absolutely spot on. They've created a bevy of great new products and dropped them in a consumer minefield; no thanks. PSP still receives support 6+ years later--so Vita should be the safest--but it's still ridiculous for potential buyers to have to worry about that. -
I just bought the Play (phone). They're going to drop this motherfucker as soon as possible. Good thing none of that matters since emulators exist.
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They are kind of schizophrenic. They have great hardware and make some very bold and cool decisions. But then they just jump off the deep end and go totally wacky other times. I think part of it comes from the fact that the company seems to be too big and disjointed for it's own good. The different arms of the company don't seem to communicate with each other and sometimes even contradict each other.
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Sounds like the dual screen one is an attempt to get some 3DS games crossed over but it won't work.
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I'm pretty sure the screens are identical.... "two 5.5 inch screens" the idea of that model is to turn the bottom touch screen into a virtual game pad. DS imitation aside, it makes some sense because they can get more screen real estate without making the device cumbersome to hold for gaming (which is how the Tablet S looks to me). I really don't know how well virtual buttons work though. I don't know what they'll do about shoulder buttons and stuff.
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