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N-Gage is dead, long live the Ovi Store - full of Symbian games

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N-Gage is dead, long live the Ovi Store - full of Symbian games - read the full textNokia plans to shut down the N-Gage platform. It's all going down in September 2010 but the publishing of new games has stopped as we speak. The gaming on Nokia phones will continue evolving under the Ovi Store umbrella. The website of N-Gage along with the N-Gage Arena community will be left...

 

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off course iphone have good game because iphone os is based on mac os LoL iphone use desktop & notebook os

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  • 2009-11-01 13:59
  • PAcT

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-11-01 13:43 from UijP - click to readi wont buy a extra device just to play like the sony PSP, because i want only one all-in-one device so the iphone 3GS got everything that i need! Gaming, internet, GPS, apps, mp3 player and many more!

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  • 2009-11-01 13:50
  • 4BbB

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-11-01 12:33 from va9u - click to readyea i agree the iphone 3GS and 3rd gen ipod touch's are great mobile gaming platforms

but the PSP cost half as much as a iphone and you can play games freely by hacks even though its no legal but its still the best option

and now sony says its gonna put all the umds on PSN so you can download on the go

the iphone and ipod touch games do look great and are really fun but PSP games are much more mature, anyone whos played them can tell

but the ipod touch and iphone are surely gonna catch up to the PSP games in the future, and not to far off

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  • 2009-11-01 13:43
  • UijP

My understanding is:

- True serious gamers wouldn't settle anything less than PSP.

- Leisure gamers are probably happy with NDS, iphone, or even JAVA games

- The almighty brand already tried the N-gage twice, they all failed. Then came the Come-with-music package, which somewhat fails. How about the OVI store? Doesn't look too bright either.

Seems like the almighty brand is losing the high-end segment battle in big time with competitors like Apple, HTC, Samsung, etc...

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  • 2009-11-01 13:09
  • u{Nd

iPhone 3GS and new ipod touch with the sgx powervr graphics are the future of mobile gaming. At the moment the iPhone 3GS packs as much power as an original xbox according to game developers. And the AppStore with now close to 100,000 apps, there's no match. Sorry but Ovi store is a joke, developers have to modify each project for different screen resolutions and controls, plus no nokia has a dedicated graphics chip. And android marketplace has the potential but current android phones don't pack the graphics power the 3GS has, so developers are not gonna make any graphic intensive games at the moment.
Only 3 players. iPhone/iPod touch, PSP and Nintendo DS

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  • 2009-11-01 12:37
  • mEkg

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-11-01 12:02 from UijP - click to readNothing touches the PSP except the iPhone, iPod Touch which have over 21,000 games to choose from and all readily available directly to the device.

The PSP has around 700 games.

N-Gage who cares, Nokia don't.

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  • 2009-11-01 12:33
  • va9u

> In reply to The One® @ 2009-11-01 11:17 from PWYb - click to readits doesn't need to be a phone, its a mobile gaming system and the best there is.

Its not hard at all to carry round a psp even if you don bring your backpack the psp fits in your pocket easily and sometimes you forget its even there, N-gage 2 was fun to play but the games where basic as hell.. and when you talk about a "serious platform" its got nothing.

all i'm saying is that if you really want mobile gaming, than the difference between a N-gage 2 game and PSP is worlds apart even if you have to bring along a phone separate nothing touches the PSP.

ngage really was useless

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  • 2009-11-01 12:02
  • UijP

it is because of the graphic

almost all of the n-gage games having bad graphic :(
the games is OK , just the graphic is very worst...

but nvm... N900 coming with stunning graphic games, the bounce is the one

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  • 2009-11-01 11:50
  • uCj8

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-11-01 07:58 from UijP - click to readdude, psp is not a phone..am i rite? So its out of context in the first place. As far as winmo is concerned, i have had two htc winmo devices in the past, their games are just decent, better than java but doesn't stand a chance against symbian or ngage games. As far as iphone is concerned, their games maybe innovative but playing on touchscreen is far from convenient and enjoyable than playing with buttons..thats my point..and its also your choice. You can favour your personal likes and criticize others. But ngage games are the best in the business atleast on a mobile phone. And i guess majority of ngage gamers will agree..peace..

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  • 2009-11-01 11:17
  • PWYb

man they will provide a similar plateform on ovi...they just want to make a single area for their users...as now they have ovi and ngage they...they want their users to come on ovi so that it grows up cuz ngage community is huge...and what happens when that huge community comes to ovi...they sell their ovi products as well...man grow up you guys

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  • 2009-11-01 10:49
  • u1u6

R.I.P n-gage:(

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  • 2009-11-01 10:41
  • pkF4

ah... i'm was a supporter of n-gage when i got thier first ngage phone, until today actually still hope nk to release a good game phone.. toobad they have call it off.. will miss ngage..

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  • 2009-11-01 09:43
  • u7ng

nokia failed to produce a good gaming device...no matter games were good but there was no device from nokia that looked like something dsi or psp type.......i m shocked that such a huge company is sutting it down instead of fighting back....well if this is it...than RIP n-gage.

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  • 2009-11-01 09:35
  • u1tb

used to be number 1 in..

screen (quality, res, size)
video
smart phone os
megapixel (not that it really matters after 5)
specs (all in ones)
innovation

what has nokia lately done that changed phones...


forget nokia like it forgot us

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  • 2009-11-01 08:48
  • UijP

its all because of samsung.....
:'(
:(
why samsung i hate u

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  • 2009-11-01 08:31
  • tZtt

ngage was great and attracted most of the people......welll i hope they will come up with something better like xgage

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  • 2009-11-01 08:22
  • tZtt

why are they doing this for? we all liked ngage and there games have got really good graphics for an mobile phone,

I cant understand why they are ditssing it oh dear...

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  • 2009-11-01 07:58
  • vC%v

> In reply to The One® @ 2009-11-01 06:04 from PWYb - click to readdude i've had ngage on my n95 8gb, N78 and N85


trust me its nothing compared to other mobile platfroms, even some winmo games surpress it and iphone games are better

if you haven tried all the other mobile platforms than you're in no place to tell other to shut their month

and we're not even talking about PSP which is what you get if you really wanna make use of the time traveling on trains and busses and stuff.

mobile games are just random time passes not serious gaming

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  • 2009-11-01 07:58
  • UijP

yea i guess we all agree now, Nokia is useless, most of the diehard fans just don't care anymore and have moved on

but now its going even further towards hatred, like that one guy said 'martinkem' Nokia continue to shoot themselves in the foot and their complete lack of using the fact that they are the number 1 phone manufacture

screw nokia anyway

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  • 2009-11-01 07:53
  • UijP

lol double kill for ngage lol poor nokia.. to much talk without action from nokia. hope Symbian Foundation can make good universal gaming platform on Symbian Open Source.

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  • 2009-11-01 06:55
  • PAcT
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