Nokia's N-Gage Officially Launches

Thanks to Reuters for their article summarizing the "mixed response" to today's launch of Nokia's N-Gage 'mobile game deck'/phone hybrid. According to the piece, "The Finnish firm said it aims to sell between six and nine million units between now and the end of 2004 as it seeks to break the grip on a market dominated by Nintendo's GameBoy", but many are less convinced, with CNN Money suggesting "N-Gage might sound great on paper, but it's a disaster in execution", an earlier San Jose Mercury News piece criticizing the N-Gage as "...a hopeless muddle - lacking in quality games, too confusing in regards to service plans, too expensive and crippled by a series of stunningly bad design decisions", and GameSpy advocating a "wait and see" approach, although they also have the inevitable contrarian view.

Comments

Killer App!

[oldManSquad]

Hey all you naysayers, once the N-Gage's killer app is released you'll all be wanting one. You'll all be walking around talkin' to your buds, looking like mr Blonde's mickey mouse, with shit-eating grins on your faces, leaving a trail of loosened batteries and battery covers

Says who? Romero J.

Dont forget this dev is onboard the good ship N-Gage. No doubt he'll be trying to make people "his bitch".

The only thing that is strangly missing from the N-Gage travesty is Minter. Surely somewhere during R+D a protype crossed his hairy palms.