Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play is one of Sony's big hopes in the mobile market. The smartphone comes with a much touted PlayStation Certified branding, meaning it comes with the ability to download and play PlayStation One games right out of the box.

Reports, however, state that the PlayStation branding isn't really drawing people in. According to PlayStation LifeStyle, sales for the PSOne titles already available for the Xperia Play aren't really soaring. Most of them are stuck below the 1,000 mark in terms of listed installs at the Android Marketplace.

The company is seemingly nonplussed, though. Dominic Neil-Dwyer, Head of Market Development at Sony Ericsson, told the PlayStation-focused gaming news blog that they are "very happy" with the response to the device and its games lineup so far.

"There's only a few, at the minute, PlayStation One titles there, and there's more coming on a regular basis, and there's the whole PlayStation as a content provider exclusive to the device, the story about that, that will emerge and people will see," he said.

"So, there's no concerns, it's a revolutionary device, it's shaking up the market, we're very pleased with it. In terms of getting the PlayStation Certified program out, generally, we're very happy. I think we'll make a full assessment of if it has achieved our expectations fully, further down the line, so we're very happy."

Dyer further assured Xperia Play owners that they can expect the smartphone's PlayStation lineup to grow. "We're releasing as we go, rather than telling everyone the full story," he said.

Via [PlayStation LifeStyle]

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