The PlayStation Phone images that have appeared on the internet have been hotly debated, and Sony has waffled while commenting on the device. While Sony Computer Entertainment of America senior VP Peter Dille wouldn’t say whether or not the PlayStation Phone was real, he did note that the lack of a constant 3G data connection may have held the PSP back.
“The PSP is a Wi-Fi device,” he said. “People are used to having always-connected devices.”
While the home PlayStation consoles have had a ten-year life span, Dille notes that “the portable market moves so fast. Since the PSP launched in 2004, the iPhone has released and changed portable gaming forever with the App Store.
Still, Dille doesn’t think the iPhone offers what core gamers really want. “These are largely time-killers. Gamers aren’t satisfied with that.”
Dille also noted that the PSP is not always connected to the PlayStation Network, a key online gaming and entertainment hub for Sony. “I don’t think we fully realize that vision with a Wi-Fi device,” said Dille. “If it’s not connected [to a cell network] then it does sort of limit people.”
Source: CNN
