The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is coming next month in the U.S., but what about the games? How much are you willing to pony up to play old PlayStation 1 games and new downloadable games on the Android-powered smartphone/gaming handheld device? No more than $5? Maybe sling some birds at those poor pigs in  Angry Birds and call it gaming session? In an interview with Sony Ericsson UK’s head of marketing, David Hilton says that games on the Xperia Play will range from $1.50-$16. Downloadable games on Sony’s PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable are currently priced roughly the same with most games coming in at $10-$15, so Hilton’s estimate doesn’t sound completely unheard of. Keep in mind that Hilton is from the UK, so pricing could be a slightly different when the Xperia play reaches your neck of the woods.

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