PS Phone images "definitely fake"

By Robert Purchese Published 27 October, 2010

UPDATE: Sony comment retracted.

Update: NowGamer, the website responsible for the original report, has pulled the Sony-attributed comment stating that the pictures were "definitely fake".

The website now tows the standard line Eurogamer heard earlier today: that Sony doesn't comment on "rumour and speculation".

Original story: Sony Europe has declared that the PlayStation phone images that appeared on the internet overnight are "definitely fake".

A spokesperson dismissed the evidence when presented it by NowGamer.

Strangely, however, Sony Europe told Eurogamer that it couldn't comment on "rumour and speculation". We're attempting to clarify.

Sony Ericsson, in turn, refused to comment on "rumour and speculation".

Ericsson has wanted to incorporate the PlayStation brand into mobile phone handsets for a while - much like the company did with other Sony technologies Walkman and Cyber-shot. Sony, however, held back PlayStation from Ericsson, deeming the mobile manufacturer's output of a quality level not yet satisfactory for the valuable gaming brand.

Picture of Robert.

About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

Read more articles from Robert by visiting the Robert Purchese archive page.

You may also like...

Comments (20) Latest comment 1 year ago

Comments threads automatically close after 30 days, but please feel free to continue chatting on the forum!

  • Ignatius_Cheese #1 1 year ago

    So that's to be confirmed next week, right?

  • el_pollo_diablo #2 1 year ago

    I hope they're fake. They did nothing for me.

  • sfp_noodle #3 1 year ago

    It wasn't a joint statement. They just confirmed its real then. Whenever someone refuses to respond to rumour and speculation, you know shit just got real.
    Edited by 1 at 27/10/10 @ 11:00

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #4 1 year ago

    Apologies for the repost from the other thread, but

    That site got an official No Comment from the people making it, and a slightly out of character comment from a 'spokesperson' at an affiliated company which may or may not have been involved in its development.

    The images are quite convincing to me that they are a real device. If they're fake, then somebody has built this thing, and that seems an awful lot of effort to go to, translucent jelly face buttons, slide mechanism, convincingly SE styled fascia and all. If it is real, and there are pictures of it, it must have been leaked, and if's been leaked it's likely to have been carried out of the office in someone's pocket, whereupon it would have got all linty.

    It's possible that this is a product that Sony Ericsson are pressing ahead with developing this in the hope that it will prove to be good enough for SCE (in Japan, not Europe) to approve it.

  • Ignatius_Cheese #5 1 year ago

    Deal with Ericcson? It's a joint venture. They part-own Ericsson!

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #6 1 year ago

    Why do they deal with Ericcson at all if they consider them so shit?

    There have been rumours of them pulling out of the partnership altogether in the past, but it seems a lot has changed with the success of the X10 as a flagship Android device in Japan.

    And also, Sony have very publicly jumped into bed with Google to put their TV version of Android into tellies.
    Edited by 1 at 27/10/10 @ 11:06

  • CrumpledPaper #7 1 year ago

    'Please buy our recently price-dropped PSPGos. Of course this is fake!'

    *cut to CES 2011*

  • geeza2020 #8 1 year ago

    RAAARGH SONY SMASH!!

  • richarddavies #9 1 year ago

    It could just be a prototype. Companies make protos of items all the time. They might just be denying it as it might be at a stage where there not sure it will even see the light of day.............Or it could just be complete bull,whichever you prefer the sound of.

  • clarkec321 #10 1 year ago

    NowGamer have just completely reworded their story, so everyone should be under no illusion that they just make shit up for hits, people have always suspected it, but now they've confirmed it themselves. Shame Eurogamer got caught up in their bullshit and contributed to their hits.

    Basically site like nowgamer are the reason games journalism has zero reputation

  • drxym #11 1 year ago

    It would make a lot of sense to produce a PSP phone, especially one running android. Better yet would be to consider cosying up to Google and making a PSN / PSP gaming platform for android that any manufacturer, not just Sony can licence and pack into their devices. Set some minimum specifications for performance, controls, security requirements etc. and throw open PSN to all comers who meet those requirements.

    It's something that would benefit Sony and Google and other manufacturers. A single gaming infrastructure and quality programme is something which is conspicuously absent from the Android and it would benefit the platform enormously to have one especially since Microsoft and Apple are rolling out their own.
    Edited by 1 at 27/10/10 @ 12:04

  • AidyD #12 1 year ago

    Its not strange at all for sony to 'not comment on rumour or speculation' - Its a blanket statement they use for everything, that has come true or false.

  • cherryuk #13 1 year ago

    it's iphone 4 all over again! It does look like a cheap Chinese bodge job!

  • Mkwone #14 1 year ago

    Picture 10 in the previous article proves it's fake.

    A to continue and B for back when below it you've got the normal X, O triangle and square.

  • arcam #15 1 year ago

    That just proves the software isn't finished, which is unsurprising.

    If it was faked, they'd surely just use a standard Android screenshot - that isn't one.
    Edited by 1 at 27/10/10 @ 13:09

  • moriss #16 1 year ago

    one word: PROTOTYPE.

    How else would Sony be able to say that SE's hardware isn't meeting their standards, unless SE had produced hardware (in prototype) and Sony didn't like it?

    It's a prototype.

  • FutureDave #17 1 year ago

    Wot Moriss said.

  • AHiFi #18 1 year ago

    Yup, sounds like NowGamer got the 'no comment' line and ran it as 'definitely fake' until they were caught out by Sony. You can't trust the smaller games sites and you can't trust the bigger ones...

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #19 1 year ago

    http://ww w.engadget.com/2010/10/27/the-p...

    "Srsly, it's for reals", says Engadget.
    Edited by 2 at 27/10/10 @ 22:18

  • scoop #20 1 year ago

    it's a prototype.

    next week we'll be arguing that the latest BMW photographed covered in bin liners isn't going to sell...