New N-Gage Confirmed for this Fall

njkid1 passed on a link to GameDaily's coverage of the new, confirmed, N-Gage. Nokia's ill-fated device is returning, and this time they're already touting some big names attached to the project. EA Mobile and Gameloft, along with other (unnamed) studios are slated to bring new games to the beleaguered handheld gaming appliance. What do you think about this? Will a new N-Gage be able to pull you away from your DS?

Re:N-Gage,Xbox,Phantom...

[HappySqurriel]

Regardless of whether you like the XBox or not, Microsoft has prroduced a platform which is viable for game development which is more than can be said about most companies which have entered the market.

Now if you look at how expensive it was for Microsoft to enter the market, and how Sony survived mainly because of Nintendo's and Sega's massive screw-ups, it should be obvious why it is foolish to try to enter the market on your own. Now, it would eliminate the purpose for Nokia to enter the market (to get access to licencing fees) but I suspect the best approach would be to combine efforts with Sony/Nintendo to produce a gaming system/phone; if you had a GBA/DS/PSP phone there would (probably) be far greater consumer interest in the product than a nokia game/phone.

Why doesnt someone license the GBA

[grapeape]

Nintendo has in the past licensing their technology to 3rd parties like the Twin Famicom (made by sharp) the iQue or more recently the Panasonic Q. Why doesnt some smart phone manufacturer license the tech from the GBA and put that on a phone. I have to admit if I was looking for a phone with gaming capability I would surely take one with literally thousands of games in its library over one that has a chance of support for maybe a dozen games.