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I doubt any gamer who's into portable gaming takes the N-Gage seriousily.
Even though they claim t have shipped/sold 1 million units worldwide, the
system will be long forgetten by years end with the DS and PSP releasing.
Video gaming and phones don't mix in other words.
"Mike Tyndall" <Mike_Tyndall_1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > Has the Nokia Ngage flopped yet?
> > > It seems rubbish compared to the Gameboy Advance SP
> >
> > Come back 6 months ago. Bashing the Ngage wore out slightly after they
> sold
> > their first unit last month.
> >
> >
😉
> >
> > Nah, but seriously... I've seen the Ngage in action in two places: a
> display
> > model with a holographic sticker on the screen at the mall's Nokia
> station,
> > and as product placement on One Tree Hill (a dumb show, IMHO... but
> there's
> > sometimes worse on). I have yet to see a real teen use an Ngage, PERIOD,
> and
> > don't expect him to be bashing his GBAsp-playing friend while he squints
> at
> > Tony Hawk made of three tiny triangles.
> >
> > As the old argument went, the Ngage does many things very, very poorly.
>
> Even though they just released the N-Gage QD, Nokia is apparently also
> working on an "N-Gage 2". Maybe their next attempt will be better, but I
> don't think they'll have a chance; the DS, the PSP, and their own
reputation
> will precede them.
> --
> //mike tyndall
> C++ programmer and game designer (not professionally)
> See my 329-game collection:
>
http://users.ign.com/collection/MikeTyndall
>
>
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