Originally Posted by gerbick

Not 100% true. It's basically a method for you to play another OS's games on your non-supported phone. It's not the same given the fact that you will not buy those games via the OVI Store.



It still sucks. Over and over I've stated my dislike for emulators - thus my usage of the word "modern" and the fact that I've never paid for the frequently updated Angry Birds on my Android Phone and only 99 cents (one-time fee) on my iPhone and yet folks have had to pay for each update for the N900 isn't exactly fair nor has that come up in this thread.

It should.

It's not the same across the board by a long shot. And if I wanted... let's say Cut the Rope or Street Fighter IV or one of the Need for Speed games, can I get it for the N900? No... I'll have to wait for a game to either get ported, come out in an approximate version or just play the umpteenth version of Sudoku or some game from 1992.

I don't call that modern nor all that fun. I've already played those games on my SNES or Sega Genesis (Mega Drive for the rest of the world) as well as my Neo-Geo and Sega Dreamcast... and Playstation and even TurboGrafx - on a much bigger screen and with my friends... legally.



The Linux ported games are... horribly boring for the most part.... Tux Racer excluded perhaps.

The lack of gaming on Maemo is pretty obvious if you look at a typical customer's point of view. If you want more games, you have to either emulate (old ****), install Easy Debian (and play those games, some are unoptimized) or find games that may/may not run due to dependencies.

No exaggeration necessary. Modern gaming, combined with the overall lack of social gaming platforms - OpenFeint, Crystal for instance - it's a sad situation that never was addressed.

Gaming, lack of a proper PIM, wonky methods to create playlists (DoubleTwist is a much better option) and other issues plague the N900. Sure, you can hack the everliving **** out of it; but hack what in the end? Is it worth it that you might miss a phone call whilst hacking your phone?

Perhaps that's just me. Either way, make sure that whatever phone you do buy, works for you. If you convince another person, they either see what you saw in that platform or they were just that easy to convince.

And I'm still selling a bridge for those types of folks...

Originally Posted by Daneel

It should also be also that you are preaching your own mantra with zero objectivity to the real situation.

The existance of preenv and playstation emulators(which impresses the pants off of the majority of people) makes HUGE difference

Most real gamers don't like the 2 minute style iphone games.

My iPhone owning friends mostly play gameloft style of games which are available via preenv anyway(oh yea, on OUR unsupported platform)

Originally Posted by zdanee

So did you convert anyone?

Originally Posted by JamesBond@ge

Criticise.

Criticism.

Originally Posted by gerbick

So... let's answer this: Does Nokia sell WebOS games?



Not to me. Perhaps to you. Please don't project. I'm trying not to - notice my verbiage. I kept it rather egocentric on purpose.



Most real gamers rather play on televisions or screens bigger than 3.5 inches via modern gaming systems or capable computers - and let's put it out there, WebOS isn't exactly the strongest mobile gaming platform out there. So to go upstream to one of the weakest gaming platforms is quite telling.



Glad to hear that. Again, I'd love to hear where you're obtaining these Gameloft games. I'm sure they'd love to hear that too if it's not directly from them. If it is, kudos. I'm sure they appreciate that purchase from you.

Originally Posted by Daneel

Anywho, big chunk of software on my n900 doesn't come from the OVI repo.

If i had the option i'd always play on a big screen TV with the console of choice but when i go snowboarding with my friends the N900 is gold for them.

I've tried only 2 preenv games on my N900, N.O.V.A and Asphalt.
I have both on my Pre.
I don't see the relevance of piracy in this discussion though.

Originally Posted by gerbick

Thanks for at least answering that question. If it doesn't come from the OVI store, then it has to come from somewhere. If it doesn't come from the store... then where?

The problem is, that you're seemingly unwilling to answer is that basically... if you want modern games on the N900; you have to look elsewhere.

That was the point I was making.



My Samsung Captivate was the big hit this last trip. So we differ.



It is very relevant. To play games that you'd like - even the aforesaid games you currently play - on the N900, you have to find a way to play them.

Not just purchase them, you have to locate them and then find a way to make them work. Thus, my original statement stands... if you want modern games on the N900 you have to look elsewhere.