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Nokia Declares N-Gage A Failure

Posted by Zonk on from the not-a-very-good-platform dept.

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."

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  1. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    ngage sucks anyway. like time!

  2. Wow by gcnaddict · · Score: 3, Funny

    NGage a failure? What a surprise *rolls eyes*

    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!

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  3. obligatory by munehiro · · Score: 5, Funny

    The best innovation in human usability

    http://www.sidetalkin.com/

    i guess it's not completely unrelated to the bad results of this cellphone

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  4. Nokia Declares Mobile Television A Failure by awch · · Score: 5, Funny
    Nokia is concentrating on mobile music for the rest of this year, and next year's main push will be on driving mobile television."
    ...to be followed by the 2007 Slashdot article titled, "Nokia Declares Mobile Television A Failure."
  5. The sad thing by Kortec · · Score: 2, Funny

    The really depressing part about this headline is that it probably took eight or nine senior market analysts a full quarter's worth of work to figure this out, and all they had to do was Ask Slashdot (tm). Ah well; guess they have to make their Christmas bonuses somehow.

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  6. HO Gauge is clearly superior. by ScentCone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Much more pulling power, anyway, and the little fake trees scale better.

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