Sony has introduced that it’ll host an occasion on 12 September (9.30 am IST) at 1 pm Tokyo Time. While the corporate has but to disclose what the occasion will likely be about, a teaser video reveals that it’s an “Xperia Announcement” for professional players and streamers. The social media publish asserting the occasion used the hashtag “BorntoGame”, which hints that the corporate could launch a gaming smartphone.
The devoted gaming smartphone market is a distinct segment during which solely a handful of manufacturers reminiscent of Asus ROG, Nubia and Lenovo Legion compete. In India, we do not need Lenovo’s Legion collection of telephones or Nubia’s Redmagic collection of telephones, besides the Asus ROG Phone collection, the one model within the gaming smartphone section, although extra mainstream manufacturers often launch gaming-oriented telephones such because the Poco F3 GT. will do.
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— Sony | Xperia (@sonyxperia) September 7, 2022
While Sony is but to substantiate whether or not it plans to launch a gaming cellphone in the course of the occasion, it will not be a primary for the corporate if it occurs. In 2011, Sony launched the Xperia Play, an Android smartphone with PlayStation-like controls that reach out from the cellphone horizontally. Originally rumored as a PlayStation cellphone, the Xperia Play was Sony’s try to handle the declining share of transportable gaming consoles because of the rise of Android and iOS smartphones and video games.
Sony’s cellular division was initially included in 2001 as Sony Ericsson, a three way partnership between the Japanese conglomerate and Swedish telecom firm Ericsson. According to the BBC, Sony Ericsson was the fourth cellphone maker on the peak of its reputation in 2007, when it had a 9 p.c market share. But since then, the corporate’s market share waned and Sony purchased out Ericsson’s share within the three way partnership. According to CNBC, Sony Mobiles accounted for lower than 1 per cent of the worldwide market share in 2017.
But in latest occasions, Sony mobiles have seen some kind of resurgence. Even although it hasn’t captured the market share it as soon as did, a few of its newest flagship Xperia telephones have acquired some crucial approval for that includes top-end specs and options geared toward lovers. Its newest Xperia 1 collection of smartphones, for instance, inherit many options from Sony’s Alpha and Venetian collection {of professional} picture and video cameras respectively.
If Sony enters the gaming smartphone section, it’s potential that the corporate could incorporate some unique options from its PlayStation ecosystem to make the system stand out in opposition to the competitors together with the Asus ROG Phone 6.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
