The first PlayStation phone, Sony Ericssoin's Xperia Play, is not affected by the massive data breach of PlayStation user accounts, the phone maker said. Late in April, Sony Corp warned that hackers had stolen names, addresses and possibly credit card details from almost 80 million users of its PlayStation online network, in one of the largest ever Internet security breaches.
A Sony Ericsson spokesman said the problems were not affecting the handset maker -- a 50:50 venture between Sony and Ericsson -- which in March started to sell Xperia Play, the first PlayStation phone.
The spokesman said, "Sony and Sony Ericsson data reside on different servers". PlayStation Suite, the mobile arm of PlayStation network, is set to be opened later this year. Analyst Neil Mawston from Strategy Analytics, "Sony's PlayStation fiasco will be both an opportunity and a threat for Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play. It is a threat because a wave of negative headlines is tarnishing the valueable PlayStation brand".
Mawston said, "But it is also an opportunity to upgrade further the back-end security of PlayStation Suite over the next few months and to make sure the new service launches with improved security for financial transactions and the like".
Other analysts said the impact on Sony Ericssion and Xperia Play would be limited. Geoff Blaber from CCS Insight said, "I think its impact in the near term is minimal, but its undoubtedly unwelcome negative publicity just as they are starting to take PlayStation to new devices".
The spokesman said, "Sony and Sony Ericsson data reside on different servers". PlayStation Suite, the mobile arm of PlayStation network, is set to be opened later this year. Analyst Neil Mawston from Strategy Analytics, "Sony's PlayStation fiasco will be both an opportunity and a threat for Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play. It is a threat because a wave of negative headlines is tarnishing the valueable PlayStation brand".
Mawston said, "But it is also an opportunity to upgrade further the back-end security of PlayStation Suite over the next few months and to make sure the new service launches with improved security for financial transactions and the like".
Other analysts said the impact on Sony Ericssion and Xperia Play would be limited. Geoff Blaber from CCS Insight said, "I think its impact in the near term is minimal, but its undoubtedly unwelcome negative publicity just as they are starting to take PlayStation to new devices".
