Originally Posted by qwazix

Classic Nokia! Good idea, bad marketing...

Originally Posted by sjgadsby

Actually, I believe I saw several times more marketing material for the original N-Gage than every other Nokia product combined. There were ads in magazines, floor-standing displays in stores, and more--everything Nokia doesn't do in the United States for other products.

Nokia actually tried to market N-Gage. One of its major problems then was product design. The much lampooned "sidetalking" killed the devices as phones, and the placement of the game cartridge slot behind the battery (plus a weak game lineup) killed the devices as portable game systems.

Additionally, during the time of the N-Gage devices, gaming wasn't as socially acceptable for adults as it is now. At the same time, people weren't yet commonly purchasing mobile phones for children. So, there wasn't much of a market.

Now, gaming on mobile devices is considerably more socially acceptable (at least for casual games) and support for it on devices has become a given. I can't see a clear need for a gaming brand on a given set of phones, unless you're bringing an established name over from the gaming world: Xbox or PSP Phone, for instance.

Nokia needs to provide a good gaming experience on their devices, particularly the highish end ones. They also need to gather a good line up of titles. What they don't need is N-Gage.

Originally Posted by danramos

Wasn't OviStore supposed to solve that? How's that OviStore workin' out for ya?

Statistics
as of: October 28, 2010
Content

* There are 2.7 million downloads a day with an average of 2.6 apps downloaded per visit
* About 90% of the daily traffic to Ovi Store converts to downloads
* 85% of the signed in visitors to Ovi Store are repeat visitors
* Each active user is averaging 8.5 downloads per month
* Active users in 190+ countries
* Games continue to be #1 for paid downloads and apps continue to be #1 for free downloads
* 90% of mobile consumers now have Ovi Store in their local language
* Publishers from more than 90 countries are distributing their content through Ovi Store

Devices

* More than 135 devices are supported, 80 are Symbian devices
* 6 of the top 10 downloading devices are touch devices: 5800 XpressMusic, N97, N97 mini, 5530 XpressMusic, 5230 Nuron, and X6 where available
* Prominent Eseries devices included E63, E71 and E72
* The 5130 XpressMusic and 2700 classic are the top downloading Series 40 devices

Markets

* The most active countries in alphabetical order are: China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Turkey, UK and Vietnam
* Over 80% of these consumers can purchase from Ovi Store using their local currency
* In countries where mobile billing is available, more than 2/3 of customers choose this payment option
* With support for 30 language variations, 90% of Ovi Store visitors are using their local language when available

Originally Posted by danramos

Because it's a discussion point. I demand you shut your face hole and speak up!

Originally Posted by Radicalz38

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And last... Battery issues You bought a phone you don't want it to loose battery life always because of gaming

Originally Posted by TiagoTiago

I was reading about the Playstation phone the other day and i was thinking, Nokia should revive the N-Gage brand

Originally Posted by maluka

The OVI store's download growth has actually been phenomenal. It's download rate is growing faster than any app store right now. It also has a broader global footprint than any other app store.

Here's some stats

Originally Posted by atilla

yeah they are all fixed.
no one is buying there any more.....