Electronista - For a device that's supposed to embody the PlayStation image, the Xperia Play comes across much more as a Sony Ericsson phone that happens to have PlayStation roots than the other way around. That's sometimes a good thing: closed, you'd never know from a casual glance that it was a gaming phone. You can be a responsible-looking adult and only show your love of games when you're ready. It does maintain a slightly generic Sony Ericsson look, though, evincing the same black skin, chrome-effect swoops and other traits you'd find in the Xperia Arc, Neo, and Pro. And the need for the gamepad controls also leads to a relatively fat design.
Engadget - Okay, so maybe physical keyboards were a bigger deal back in 2010 when this thing was filed, or maybe -- just maybe -- we'll one day see an Xperia Play smartphone with both a gamepad and a full QWERTY counterpart. A patent for such a contraption was just granted to Sony by the USPTO, which stakes its claim for a device with two sliding mechanisms in addition to the display.
MobileBliss: Sony have teamed up with Pixelbite, a full-size RC maker, to re-create a game of Reckless Racing 2 with "real" cars.
Engadget - Earlier this month, the good folks at OnLive released apps for both iOS and Android, granting mobile access to its cloud gaming service. However, its implementation was incomplete -- there was no support for the Xperia Play's slide-out controls.