Xperia Play With HDMI Output Spotted?

As we all know the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play does not come with a HDMI output, a feature I am sure most gamers would like to have, perhaps playing on a huge HD television would prove to be more entertaining than playing on the device’s smaller screen. However in the picture above it seems that the Xperia Play has been hooked up to a television via the HDMI output, so what gives? Photoshop? Next generation?

Turns out the device was actually a developers version of the Xperia Play, hence the HDMI output which is said to be in preparation for E3. Was the HDMI output built into the device just for the event so that Sony could show off their new titles or will this be the next generation of Xperia Plays that we will see hitting the market that will feature HDMI output? Either way current Xperia users probably can’t be too happy about that, seeing how they managed to build in a HDMI output, so the question they would be posing is why didn’t Sony Ericsson do this to begin with?