Nokia Declares N-Gage A Failure 216
chrisbtoo writes "Nokia's VP of corporate strategy has admitted that the company's ill-fated N-Gage was not the success they'd hoped it would be, and they won't develop the platform further. The device sold 2 million units in 3 years, against projections of 6 million. They'll continue to build the gaming software into their Series 60 phones, but gaming won't be a priority for them until 2007." From the article: "The company launched the N-Gage in 2003 but sales have been disappointing and, according to the company's roadmap, mobile gaming will not be a focus until 2007. Nokia is concentrating on mobile music for the rest of this year, and next year's main push will be on driving mobile television."
first post (Score:0, Funny)
Wow (Score:3, Funny)
seriously though. It wouldnt have worked even if they tried. No game system is ever supposed to have a screen taller than it is wide, especially in first person shooters. no one's going to snipe you from the top. theyll all use a chainsaw on you from the side!
obligatory (Score:5, Funny)
http://www.sidetalkin.com/ [sidetalkin.com]
i guess it's not completely unrelated to the bad results of this cellphone
Nokia Declares Mobile Television A Failure (Score:5, Funny)
The sad thing (Score:2, Funny)
HO Gauge is clearly superior. (Score:5, Funny)