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December 8th, 2011, 23:11 GMT · By

Xperia arc and Xperia acro Get PlayStation Store in Japan

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A while back, Sony Ericsson started to offer to the owners of Xperia PLAY devices the possibility to access new games via its PlayStation Store, and more devices can now enjoy the same feature.

Xperia PLAY was the only Playstation Certified smartphone at the time, but more devices from the company have received the certification, and they can now benefit from access to content available via the said storefront.

Sony Ericsson Japan has made the PlayStation Store official on more devices, though only to users in the country.


Starting today, those who own an Xperia arc (SO-01C), Xperia acro (SO-02C), or Xperia PLAY (SO-01D) smartphone on the airwaves of NTT DoCoMo are able to access the said portal and the games available through it.

At the same time, Sony Ericsson made the storefront available for Xperia acro (IS11S) devices on KDDI’s network.

To benefit from access to these titles, users will have to install two apps on their devices, namely the Playstation pocket and the PlayStation Store. They can be found on Sony’s website here and here, respectively.

The deal is even sweeter, as Sony Ericsson decided to make the GOLF 2 game for free for all Xperia arc and Xperia acro users until February 8th next year.

For the time being, it appears that only users in Japan have access to these apps and to the associated service, though it might not be too long before more of them benefit from the feature.

The guys over at XperiaBlog note that the list of games currently available for Xperia arc and Xperia acro devices via the PlayStation Store includes:

Adi Occasion Gifts, Arandora, Arc the Lad, Bearufaresu, DEPTH, Destruction Derby, Which Which Mecha (extremely well), Ganbare Morikawa Kimi No. 2, Haven to Gannazu, IQ Intelligent Qube, Jet Moto, Jumping Flash! Funky Daisakusen Volume of Baron Aloha, KulaQuest, Magical Dice Kids, Medieval Hero Garomea revived, Everybody’s GOLF 2 (Free until February 08 2012), Phyllosoma PHILOSOMA, story Popolocrois, Rally Cross, Tiny Bullet, Wild, Wild Arms 2nd Ignition, XI [sai]

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Comment #1 by: Julia on 09 Dec 2011, 01:42 UTC reply to this comment

Wow, Awesome news man. This is really great, specially to men like me who really love's gaming plus planning on getting a Sony Erickson, But, is this phone can really promise the quality and capability of being able to play PlayStation rather than Pc that definitely needs an online computer support? I imagine being on the road or anywhere else and pulling out my mobile phone and rocking a game in that instance.

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