O2 have reduced the price of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play down to just £149.99 on Pay As You Go.

The gaming smartphone continues to tumble in price and is certainly a tempting proposition at this price-point. The price-drop is likely to have happened ed due to the launch of the Playstation Vita, which is the successor to the Sony PSP.

The Xperia Play is a great gaming smartphone because it has a sliding game-pad which has a d-pad, 4 face-buttons , a track-pad and shoulder buttons. It's also the only mobile in the world to carry Playstation certification and benefits from many exclusive mobile games !

The Xperia Play has a 4 inch touch-screen. has a 1 GHz dual-core processor and a 5 mega-pixel camera. It also supports both WiFi, 3G and Bluetooth for mobile gaming !

When purchasing the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play on O2 you get 6 games pre-loaded which include Fifa 12, Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit.

You can view all the available Xperia Play deals on O2 by clicking here.