OnLive Now Playing Friendly With The Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY

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Does anyone out there actually own Sony Ericsson?s handset-formerly-known-as-Playstation-phone, the Xperia Play? I?ve never seen one in the wild. Not once.

If any Play owners are out there reading: A) raise your hand, and B) know that your device learned a cool new trick today. That fancy slide-out gamepad built into your device? It?s now compatible with OnLive?s crazy gaming-in-the-cloud service.

For the unfamiliar, OnLive allows you to use your smartphone to play a rather wide selection of games (around 200, currently) that would otherwise only be playable on big ol? beefy computers. The games are actually being rendered/played on OnLive?s servers, then streamed back-and-forth to your handset with surprisingly little (but still perceptible) delay.

With today?s update, Xperia PLAY owners can use their device?s built-in gamepad to play any of OnLive?s titles. For everyone who didn?t buy Sony Ericsson?s wonky (but kind of neat ((but mostly wonky))) gaming portable, there?s always the standalone Bluetooth controller.

Onlive develops server-based video game processing, allowing games to run without game consoles or high-end computers, moving away from a system in which games are purchased and downloaded.

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Source: http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/22/onlive-now-playing-friendly-with-the-sony-ericsson-xperia-play/

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