N-Gage Debuts New Bundle, Vows Action Against Crackers

Thanks to GameSpot for pointing out that Nokia's N-Gage 'mobile game deck' has effectively descended in price further, since the company "is letting consumers pick three game titles to bundle with the N-Gage for $299, provided they order them at EBGames and GameStop", and "those two stores are offering their own instant rebate of $100", making the N-Gage $199 with 3 games. In other N-Gage news, following the cracking of N-Gage software, a Nokia spokesman indicated they would "aggressively pursue" the perpetrators, as well as those spreading the crack online, and "...noted that future N-Gage releases are more likely to take advantage of platform-specific features that will make cracked games either impossible to play on other Series 60 devices, or at least play with a very poor user experience."

Comments

Re:N-Gage fails from lack of hype.

[Babbster]

Everybody knows what the thing's capabilities are, and certainly anyone who actually considers buying one finds them out very quickly - at the very least, it's instantly identifiable as a cell phone.

The one feature that intrigued me was the wireless multiplayer but with barely average games and the high pricetag, it just can't entice me...And considering I enjoy spending money on video gaming, don't have a cellular phone and don't have a portable MP3 player, this SHOULD be a device that sucks me in. It hasn't, and I'm thinkin' it won't...

Good Emulation

[Andy_R]

a very poor user experience

sounds about right to me