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obsixx
Joined: Oct 22, 2003
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@ super g
In the end it's all about substance, gamers right threw the gimicky ngage. It's god aweful design flaws (ie. to change games you must first disassemble ngage, uncomfortable as a phone, etc..). Ngage graphicly higher than gba, I'll give you that. As far as content ngage is on the cutting edge of mediocracy.
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Super G
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On 2003-10-24 14:23:58, obsixx wrote:
@ super g
As far as content ngage is on the cutting edge of mediocracy.
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Well, I remember the time when PS2 was launched with a couple of games only... and not all that good  Not that N-Gage compares to PS2 (far from that), but just to say, that there will be numerous titles to come. And I've honestly been positively impressed by the games on N-Gage vs what I've played on GBA before. The first titles launched were not perfect but they are very tasty appetizers. |
Krubach
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I've never seen such a huge amount in stock for other phones one Expansys.
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=N-GAGE
They're not selling it as they expected, period.
For a comparison of stock amounts:
http://www.expansys.com/other.asp?man=NOKIA
N-Gage >= Flop
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Super G
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@ Krubach
Just check the right hand side of your screen when going on Expansys, the one that tells "Top Selling All Nokia Products". Period.
1. Nokia 6600 (Light Grey)
2. Nokia N-Gage Wireless Gaming Conso...
3. Nokia 7600
4. Nokia HDW-2 Bluetooth Headset
5. Nokia 6310i (Silver) Tri-Band + Bl...
6. Nokia 6220 (Dark Grey)
7. Nokia 8910i
8. Nokia 7250 (Blue)
9. Nokia 6100 (Dark Blue)
10. Nokia 7650
11. Nokia DKU-5 Data Cable (Nokia Pop ...
12. Nokia 6650
13. Nokia 3650 (Grey)
14. Nokia Wireless Car Kit CARK112
15. Nokia 3650 (Blue)
16. Nokia 7250i (Blue)
17. Nokia D211 GPRS WLAN Card
18. Nokia 6800
19. Nokia 8910 (Natural Titanium)
20. Nokia 6600 (Rose)
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sn3ipen
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Sorry, but i have to  about N-gage. A normal game consol use to be outsold the first week but N-gage is selling so bad and Nokia trying to convince uss that N-gage is a bestseller. So we will think its a cool product and go buy one.
belive me its not.
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obsixx
Joined: Oct 22, 2003
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@ Super G
Ps2 had something ngage doesn't, bankability of the ps name. Fans knew what they were getting right out of the box. When xbox lanched microsoft put out halo and blew most peoples minds. If they lanched with a port of the 5 year old tomb radier where do you think they'd be? My point is if nokia was serious about ngage being more than a novelty they would of stepped up to the plate alittle more.
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Krubach
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On 2003-10-24 15:43:39, Super G wrote:
@ Krubach
Just check the right hand side of your screen when going on Expansys, the one that tells "Top Selling All Nokia Products". Period.
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It's look more like a "We-wish-this-would-be-the-Top-Selling-All-Nokia-Products-'cause-we'd-make-a-lot-of-money" kinda list.
If you look you can check this list:
http://www.expansys.com/d_gsm.asp
And you'll notice that P900 is on 3rd, Z1010 is 6th, SX1 is 9th.
So the top selling lists mean nothing...
Just by pre-ordering stuff it doesn't mean that you'll buy them.
Nokia 6600 is the top selling and it's not even out yet.
N-Gage >>>>= Flop
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Super G
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To correct you 6600 is out and selling. Besides the site ranks top selling Nokia products. No matter how you wish to twist what the site claims to fit your opinion, it still says N-Gage is the 2nd best selling Nokia product on Expansys. You can't argue about that.
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moood
Joined: Jan 13, 2002
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A normal game consol use to be outsold the first week but N-gage is selling so bad and Nokia trying to convince uss that N-gage is a bestseller. |
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Remember that it took a while before the Xbox started to selling in big numbers. And thats a Microsoft product. So you can't really say that the N-gage is a flop just after a few weeks.
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obsixx
Joined: Oct 22, 2003
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@ Super G,
I took your advice today and went to the local Gameshop to try the ngage. They had 2 on display, one of which was inopperable, while the other would not run the game. I am try to keep an open mind, but now I have to add unrealiable to the list.
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Miss UK
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Err... N-Gage aint selling to well cos of the price, compare it with a gameboy advance thats cheaper, Nokia have to reduce it if its ment to sell
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Super G
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I don't think one can judge the reliability of any device based on one on display. Though i understand your impression. But it has happened to me quite a few times to test something on display that wouldn't work (ps2, tv, cameras)...
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Flying Finn
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You know it's funny... The N-Gage is extremely cheap for a phone/multimedia device if you look at its features. But very expensive for simply a gaming device. It's hard to convince people that it's more than just a gaming device. People sort of.. want to pay a low price for the gaming features.. and get all the other things (a tri-band phone, Internet, MMS, MP3, Radio, Symbian apps) for free.
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sn3ipen
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N-gage cant do a sh*t compared to other phones at that prize. |
Flying Finn
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Well non-Symbian phones cant do shit compared to Symbian phones, and its the cheapest Symbian phone |
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