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Rumour: HTC to launch PlayStation Certified devices second half of 2012

By on February 14, 2012 at 8:43am in Mobile News


HTC might be the first manufacturer outside of Sony to have their devices receive “PlayStation certification”. A report from Pocket-lint states that HTC will be making an official announcement sometime later this year, but might come as early as 2-weeks at Mobile World Congress.

Sony’s PlayStation certification program started last year and gives manufacturers a chance to bring PSOne games to Android smartphones and tablets. Kaz Hirai, Sony’s forthcoming president and CEO, stated last year that the PlayStation certification program “expands the PlayStation experience beyond the PSP border. It is the first cross-platform endeavour”.

HTC declined to comment on the rumour and it’s believed that we could see a device(s) – not known if new or existing – with PlayStation games by the second half of 2012.

Source: Pocket-Lint

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Discussion

8 comments for “Rumour: HTC to launch PlayStation Certified devices second half of 2012”

  1. That would be one of the best moves HTC has made since 2010. I’m a huge fan of HTC, but I have moved to Samsung for now due to HTC’s recent lack of vision. The major sales drivers in the mobile market recently has been better displays, bigger and more powerful screens, HD gaming, videos, etc – all visual experiences. HTC’s answer? Beats earphones. Underwhelming.

    If true, this is a step in the right direction. From a design stand point they are still my favourite.

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    Posted by Mark | February 14, 2012, 8:50 am
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    • I love HTC, but like you, I made the move to Samsung as well, but after being underwhelmed with the Galaxy Nexus, I’ll be going straight back to HTC, especially after this announcement.

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      Posted by Boojay | February 14, 2012, 11:33 am

    • Most of their phones look alike… yea so much for design.

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      Posted by saffant | February 14, 2012, 1:42 pm

  2. Given that the Xperia Play was underwhealming I don’t see the point of this. This will be like the Beats certification. Won’t mean much to most people.

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    Posted by bob | February 14, 2012, 9:23 am
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    • You need to have vision.

      The mobile gaming industry:
      2006 – $2 Billion industry
      2010 – $10 Billion industry
      2015 – over $100 Billion industry by some estimates.

      Doesn’t mean much to me either. But being a market leader in gaming before this rocket blasts off is huge. It will be the key feature of the buy / don’t buy decision for many people in the coming years.

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      Posted by Mark | February 14, 2012, 9:43 am

  3. This would entice me to consider buying an HTC phone. As a Telus customer, we don’t really have much access to Playstation certified phones (as for the moment at least).

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    Posted by Al | February 14, 2012, 10:21 am
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  4. So I can play Playstation One phones on my smartphone? Sounds alright I guess if you’re bored, but I don’t see how that’s so enticing. I like real games (PC, even some console games), never had the urge to play games on a 4 inch screen.

    How’s about this instead HTC. Make Sense less bloated, throw in some beautiful AMOLED displays, get ICS on all your handsets and have them running Tegra 3 or Snapdragon S4 SoC’s and I’ll buy your phones.

    You can keep your Beats and Playstationy gimmicks.

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    Posted by Dalex | February 14, 2012, 10:35 am
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    • @Dalex because you really need that Tegra 3 chip or the S4 chip. It’s all a marketing buzz. The current dual smartphones run just fine. And I like HTC sense they way it is. I don’t care that sense doesnt score 32932092023 points in some benchmarks like Samsung does. I care more about functionality than some scores.

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      Posted by Gniok | February 14, 2012, 3:26 pm

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