Official Nokia N-Gage Thread

[Shin Johnpv]

Originally posted by sggg
I'll agree on the price. If it costs $300 I would not even think about it personally (tho I will still hope it does well!).

I think it depends on how they plan on selling it. If it is marketed and sold like a mobile phone then even a high price tag may not be so bad. It's quite common to get $200-300 phones for free for signing up for certain plans and whatnot. My g/f got a $200 phone for free with no long term commitment or contract, for example.

Something creative like that could take the sting out of a high price point.

Plus, you will be getting a lot more than just a game machine for the price. You're getting an mp3 player and a phone. So, it stands to reason that it should cost more than a GBA. It's worth a lot more.

ok if your marketing it as a phone then its not going to make nintendo stand up and do anything

because its not going to effect the GBA market at all

people keep talking about some real competion for the GB well this isnt going to be any competition for the GB at all
if its marketed like your thinking then nintendo isnt even going to see this on their radar and nor will most gamers who would spend the money on the software that would make it successful for 3rd parties to publish titles on it

[sggg]

Originally posted by Shin Johnpv
im not saying the games that would come for it would be bad or that the games they play now on it are bad


i just dont see the purpose of combining the 2 technologies in this way, I dont know from my PERSONAL experience

when ever you take and combine 2 things into 1, one of two things happen either

a. it does both things shitty
b. it excells at one and the other is kinda meh

but like i said its my personal opinion

its like those fax copiers printers in one, every one of those things ive had to use for different reasons has always sucked at something
id rather buy a seperate copier, printer and fax cause one of those combined units will never do everything i want that a stand alone one will

look at the PS2 and Xbox sure for MOST people they do fine as DVD players and game systems for me i dont like the playback on either one of them and one could get a dvd player for 75 bucks with more dvd features than either of those 2

Id rather see nokia release a portable gaming system that used their Cell phone technology to make it a online portable multiplayer system

instead of a handheld/cell phone in one

but thats me

The difference is you only have so many pockets so convergence of portable electronics is a really attractive thing for many people.

Unless you are carrying a giant purse..... I think a lot of people would rather carry an N-Gage with them than carry a mobile, an mp3 player, and a GBA... (to say nothing of other things like PDAs and wallets) even if you could potentially get a better phone or mp3 player.



Besides, the games might be higher quality than GBA anyway. Seen just said something about it being more than PSX?! It has other videogaming advantages over GBA already: D-pad, screen, ergonomics, wireless multiplayer...

[Tracer]

Originally posted by Shinobi128
i'll pick it up when it hits the bargain bin two months after its release...

HA!

Ok, this isn't a toy that's going to plumment in price if it doesn't sell. It's a phone - phones don't drop in price so quickly. It's also an MP3 player/Radio AND it plays games. The fact that it might not sell well on games is beside the point I think. There is no bargin bin for this kind of a SERVICE based item.

[seen]

Originally posted by sggg
Besides, the games might be higher quality than GBA anyway. Seen just said something about it being more than PSX?! It has other videogaming advantages over GBA already: D-pad, screen, ergonomics, wireless multiplayer...

It certainly is more powerful than the PSX and the GBA and has more Ram than both. There are links to videos running some 3D games and puzzle bobble in my previous post, no SonicN though. The frame-rates are pretty smooth. That's probably going to bait a lot of the PC game developers... yuck.


seen

[Josh]

Originally posted by sggg
I would never buy a DVD player myself...

Weirdo.

[Jeremy]

Sggg, you can get a good DVD player for $50. I've got a fantastic KLH DVD player that only cost $50. It's got MP3 playback, MPEG playback, JPEG viewing, and all sorts of other fancy shit.

[bandit]

Here are my opinions..

#1. This item wont be cheap. I just paid $300 for my Nokia 7210. This item will not go lower than $250. This N-Gage can probably hit the $500 mark. Its half cell, half handheld.

#2. Its Tri-Band, so even if it doesnt get released here, you can still bring it over, just like my Nokia 7210.

#3. The Puzzle Bobble VS sounds great, but if the price of the cell/system, is too pricey, who are you going to VS with?

#4. What mobile service will have the N-Gage for sale with their service? My Nokia 7210 is UNLOCKED, so I can insert ANY mobile service SIM card into my phone. Getting a UNLOCKED phone is pricey, so imagine the N-Gage.

#5. I dont know how good it would look with me walking down the street and holding it to my head. Maybe I should go out right now, and walk around in public with my GBA and see what kind of reactions I get. Im already getting heads turned when I got the FM radio on my phone on the speaker, or me talking to friends on the speaker as if i have a Nextel 2-way.

[Andy]

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories...910373,00.html

Looks like Tomb Raider is running better on the N-Gage than the PlayStation version. GS also said the control and comfortability is very good, and Nokia said the system and games will be competetively priced with GBA, and that it is a games system first, and a cel phone second. Eat it, PV

[sggg]

Originally posted by Jeremy
Sggg, you can get a good DVD player for $50. I've got a fantastic KLH DVD player that only cost $50. It's got MP3 playback, MPEG playback, JPEG viewing, and all sorts of other fancy shit.

I have no interest whatsoever in buying a DVD player. I would not buy one for $20. I don't own any DVDs and I don't plan on buying any.. but if I do pick up a few or rent something once a year I am quite content to play them in my PS2.

I don't have a VCR either.

Thanks tho'.

[bandit]

Originally posted by Andy
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories...910373,00.html

Looks like Tomb Raider is running better on the N-Gage than the PlayStation version. GS also said the control and comfortability is very good, and Nokia said the system and games will be competetively priced with GBA, and that it is a games system first, and a cel phone second. Eat it, PV

If they say that is gonna be competitively priced with the GBA, than imma get it. But to me, i think it would only be worth it, if you can find someone to play against, especially Puzzle Bobble VS. I need some competition. Its no fun when I keep winning in PB types of game.