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Formerly Sony Ericsson, now Sony Mobile, has had a feature spotted in its soon-to-be-released Sony Xperia SP handset – access to a PlayStation controller.

This has been reported by Sony mobile news title Xperia Blog, which has noticed native support for the DUALSHOCK 3 PlayStation 3 controller.
It was seen under the phone’s setting menu, and under the xperia category.
From there, ‘DUALSHOCK 3 wireless controller’ menu option was found.
To access this feature, you will need a USB-OTG cable – where after that has initially been setup, the controller and phone can be connected through Bluetooth.
That only needs to be done the once, as holding down the PS button on the controller will automatically pair the two – according to the publication.
All of this means that Android and PlayStation Mobile games can natively be played from this accessory, and without the need to root the device or to use any other additional software.
The article ends in stating this is a long time coming, where using a controller of this nature is a preferred mechanism – over the touch screen, for playing games.
It is unsure if this is a feature that will be rolled out to other mobile phones, but we expect it will be a popular one and existing Xperia users could demand it

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Sony has released its financial results for fiscal year 2012 today as expected and they’ve made a profit.

The company has been combining the numbers for PS3 and PS2; and PSP and PS Vita, so we don’t have accurate numbers of how much they shipped.

The PS3/PS2 totals are at 80.4 million compared to Xbox 260′s 77.2 million. It’s not clear how much the PS2 shipped but if it did less than 3 million then the PS3 has officially surpassed the Xbox 360 in worldwide sales.

However, that is insignificant now. Sony is expecting increased sales for the next fiscal year due to the introduction of the PS4. The operating income will be flat YOY because of research and development, and marketing expenses for the new system.

Sony shifted slightly less software this fiscal year compared to the last one but the drop isn’t that big which shows that consumers are still buying a lot of PS3 games and it’s still a viable platform. The PS3 hardware and software sales along with PS4 sales should offset the expenses generated due to the next-gen shift.

The company has made $458 million in net income for FY 12 mainly due to sales of assets.

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