One strange thing I noticed, however, is that the grid of touch sensors of the display become visible when the screen reflects off light. Essentially, they look like a screen of small dots. It isn't exactly distracting during gaming, but it does give your games a weird effect if you look at them too closely.

Stay tuned for a full rated review of the Xperia Play after we put it through our hands-on tests and do a whole lot of gaming.