In 2006, the joint company took its first steps
into mobile phone gaming in America.
Sony has long attempted to enter
into the mobile phone gaming arena with the first step being Xperia Play.
Not exact matches
Pictures taken by a player's
mobile phone camera are transferred to the
gaming console, where they turn
into a virtual jump board.
Cho: We are not currently looking
into virtual / augmented reality, but some of our key members were pioneers for the
mobile gaming industry (games for feature
phones) so we are very open to new technologies.
Many commentators have singled the PS Vita out as a barometer of the state of the games industry, arguing that the rise of
mobile phone gaming is eating
into its traditional base and suggesting that Sony's replacement for the PSP could struggle as a result.
A 3 - screened
phone would certainly hold up to be a fantastic content consumption device, and when paired with an interface like Razer's own «Serval» Bluetooth game controller, you could have a
mobile gaming platform like no other being born
into the space.
Phones and tablets may not be quite up to par with PCs, Xboxes, and PlayStations when it comes to
gaming, but high quality games you can sink your teeth
into are becoming more common on
mobile platforms.
With so much competition at the top end of the
mobile market, and flagship handsets already offering great screens and a whole lot of power for
gaming, the Razer
Phone is a bold play from a firm well known for its
gaming laptops and peripherals, and which is now hoping its legions of fans will buy
into its latest device.
There's also a Gamepad Moto Mod launching in the summer, which will transform the
phone into a
mobile gaming console by adding physical controls, along with an integrated battery.
But we aren't stopping there — the Moto GamePad, coming this summer, transforms your
phone into a
mobile gaming console by adding physical controls, an integrated battery, and more.
As you would expect with a
phone from one of the most popular PC
gaming peripheral companies, Razer hasn't pulled its punches with its first
mobile phone, going all out across the board with this device, even fitting the word «insane»
into the presentation more times than I thought possible.
While the brand has been prolific in the
gaming peripheral market for a while, it has only recently started to make its way
into the
mobile device market, most recently with the launch of the Razer
phone in late 2017, and now with the compatibility between a popular home automation brand and its own Chroma lighting system.
Borne out of Razer's acquisition of smartphone startup Nextbit, the Razer
Phone is meant to carry Razer's
gaming gravitas
into the
mobile world.
So after eating
into wrist - watch, camera, and PMP sales;
mobile phones might make the standalone handheld
gaming devices obsolete in the future too!
In 2004, Nokia attempted to merge
mobile phones and
gaming into one product with the N - Gage, but it appeared that people still preferred keeping the two separate.
Moto said it was working on a
gaming add on for its
phones at
Mobile World Congress in February as part of a push to release more Moto Mods out
into the world, but E3 was the first chance we had to actually try out the Moto GamePad.