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N-Gage No Longer Relevant

Posted by Zonk on from the what-if-they-threw-a-console-and-no-one-came? dept.

Spong.com (via Kotaku) has a story discussing a dire portent for the N-Gage. The Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association sales charts will no longer reflect N-Gage sales. From the article: "The N-Gage chart, though still produced, is of little interest to anyone. Sales of the machine and its software have failed to make any impact on the market at all. We still keep sales charted and are available on monthly, quarterly and annual reports, though we have dropped the platform from the ELSPA chart following a lack of interest."

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  1. The truth hurts I guess... by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    ...but "No Longer" suggests they once were.

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  2. Correction by checkitout · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shouldn't the title read: N-Gage, Never Relevant

    1. Re:Correction by Dr.+Evil · · Score: 3, Funny

      And oddly, it's "stuff that matters"

  3. This is all because... by aznxk3vi17 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...they took out sidetalking.

    I mean, COME ON! That was the best feature!

    1. Re:This is all because... by nkh · · Score: 2, Funny

      More information here (a Nokia ad can be downloaded from the same site).

  4. To Sum: by holzp · · Score: 4, Funny

    The N-Gage is not EN-Gaging.

  5. Netcraft confirms! by krbvroc1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Netcraft confirms it is not relevant. Meanwhile, on Slashdot, its irrelevancy is featured on the front page.

    Irrelevant News for News. Stuff that doesn't matter anymore.

  6. Re:Premature post-mortem? by OverlordQ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well Netcraft hasn't confirmed it, so I'd be wary of this story.

    *grin*

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  7. Penny Arcade said it best... by MLopat · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think this comic from Penny Arcade pretty much sums up how much we all care about N-Gage

  8. Re:Premature post-mortem? by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'd heard that a new version of the N-Gage hardware will be introduced before Nov. 2005

    Let me guess... it will be called the "HO-Gage".

  9. N-Gage? by Fr05t · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's an N-Gage?

  10. Choo Choo! by SuperKendall · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let me guess... it will be called the "HO-Gage".

    Well, then it sounds like it would be perfect for Choo Choo Rocket!

    Or perhaps a port of Railroad Tycoon.

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  11. Oh my god!?! by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 4, Funny

    What about the Atari Lynx, please tell me they didn't drop it from the charts!

  12. An interesting story by The_Whole_Fn_Show · · Score: 5, Funny

    My brother was telling me about a friend of his that works for GameStop (in the Cleveland, OH area).

    Apparently, they were the leading store of N-Gages sold, with 1. It caught some guy's eye as he was walking out of the store, so he decided he'd buy it on a whim. That guy returned it a week later.

    So, with one returned unit, that store still had the most N-Gage sales in the Cleveland area.

  13. HO Guage is better. by XB-70 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've been a fan of HO gage since I was about thirteen (I'm now 47). N-gage was always too small and the trucks seemed too big on most of the rolling stock that I looked at. So, I'm really glad to hear of it's demise. Oh... I just read a bit of the other comments. I found that some of the consoles that some of the other model railroaders used were not very good either. Anyway, keep up the good work in reporting all the latest. It's a real help to be tapped in and know what's going on.

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  14. N-Gage No Longer Relevant by Refrag · · Score: 4, Funny

    Doesn't the title falsely indicate that the N-Gage was at one time relevant?

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