While the general availability date for the Xperia Play is June 8, Telstra has announced it will have limited stock in its own stores from June 3. More notable than that: the outright buy price of $960.
In my review of the Xperia Play last week, I mentioned that Mark from our sibling gaming site Kotaku was not at all keen on the device. Given that the Xperia Play represents a relatively rare moment when the subject matter for Kotaku and Lifehacker collide, we figured it was worth going head-to-head to discuss the merits of what happens when an Android phone meets a Sony controller. Here’s what went down.