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Posted: Dec 28th 2007 9:32PM (Unverified) said
Delayed? Maybe Sony is developing the testing software.
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Posted: Dec 28th 2007 9:46PM MrHashbrown said
Wow I am just totally sick of DelayStation jokes.
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Posted: Dec 28th 2007 9:47PM (Unverified) said
It was the last Delaystation joke of 2007... I promise.
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Posted: Dec 28th 2007 10:02PM Abuzar said
You just can't help it can you? lol I just sold my year old Wii and bought a brand spankin' new PS3! I'm lovin' it, maybe it's not better than the Xbox 360 but it's pretty damn good.
Note: If you like the Wii, go ahead. I personally don't like it, but that's what opinions are for.
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Note: If you like the Wii, go ahead. I personally don't like it, but that's what opinions are for.
Posted: Dec 28th 2007 10:26PM (Unverified) said
You sold your Wii for a Ps3?
Sorry but what for? Why you didn't wait for MGS4 or at least the DMC4 bundle?
I'm buying a PS3 sooner of later but not before MGS4 and when it gets better exclusives.
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Sorry but what for? Why you didn't wait for MGS4 or at least the DMC4 bundle?
I'm buying a PS3 sooner of later but not before MGS4 and when it gets better exclusives.
Posted: Dec 28th 2007 11:57PM (Unverified) said
i was gonna make a joke about Home too. damn fernando for beating me to the punch :(
of course, speaking of delaystation, the wii's had some setbacks too
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of course, speaking of delaystation, the wii's had some setbacks too
Posted: Dec 29th 2007 12:00AM LaughingTarget said
Last anything of 2007 doesn't do much good when 2007 is over in two days.
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Posted: Dec 28th 2007 9:40PM (Unverified) said
I don't understand how a company convinces itself that something like this is a good idea. Is (was) there any way that they could ever turn a profit with a business plan like this? I mean, it boggles the mind. I don't understand how anyone was able to get enough people to buy into an idea like this, especially when a nearly identical service fell flat on it's face, BY THE SAME COMPANY!
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Posted: Dec 28th 2007 9:48PM MrHashbrown said
Actually it wasn't a service, it was a device. And yes it was horribly pathetic.
But this is the first unified mobile platform for games in the US and I'm fairly confident this will turn out much better than former methods.
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But this is the first unified mobile platform for games in the US and I'm fairly confident this will turn out much better than former methods.
Posted: Dec 28th 2007 9:55PM (Unverified) said
Yeah, but it still carries the name, and people instantly associate that with a neutered gaming platform, don't you think?
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Posted: Dec 29th 2007 12:01AM LaughingTarget said
Nokia has sunk way too much money into this already. They pretty much have to finish and sell it to recoup some of the losses. There will be a few people foolish enough to buy this thing, so why not bank on it?
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Posted: Dec 28th 2007 9:43PM MrHashbrown said
Despite delays, I'm still pretty excited for this. This is the first major step for mobile gaming in the US and, over time, could rival Japanese mobile gaming.
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Posted: Dec 28th 2007 9:50PM einhanderkiller said
The N-Gage is the greatest handheld gaming device ever created.
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Posted: Dec 28th 2007 10:28PM (Unverified) said
Phff nothing is greater than Shaq Fu.
(I liked the Ngage and I always wanted one,too bad it failed.No I never got one but I remember how ba dI wanted one of those.)
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(I liked the Ngage and I always wanted one,too bad it failed.No I never got one but I remember how ba dI wanted one of those.)
Posted: Dec 28th 2007 9:52PM hvnlysoldr said
Mobile gaming works in Japan since the area of coverage is the whole country. It's hard for coverage of even the largest cities in the US. Also the phones in Japan are much more capable in graphics and battery life.
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Posted: Dec 29th 2007 1:06AM MrHashbrown said
Which is why I think the N-Gage platform will be a catalyst for improving mobile gaming and maybe even the way cell phones are manufactured.
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Posted: Dec 28th 2007 10:19PM (Unverified) said
N-gage won't take off in the US, if for no other reason than Nokia phones in general don't do very well here. They have maybe a 10% market share, and that's mostly on low end phones.
No, the only way mobile gaming will take off in the US is if either A: there is a gaming platform across all major phone manufacturers and a game download store available on all carriers; or B: Either Nintendo or Sony makes a phone that can play existing DS or PSP games. By that I mean that the cartridges/UMDs fit into the phone or can somehow download their content onto the phones internal memory.
Of the above scenarios, the most likely is that Nintendo will make a DS phone that can accept DS cartridges. I will put the probability at 5%.
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No, the only way mobile gaming will take off in the US is if either A: there is a gaming platform across all major phone manufacturers and a game download store available on all carriers; or B: Either Nintendo or Sony makes a phone that can play existing DS or PSP games. By that I mean that the cartridges/UMDs fit into the phone or can somehow download their content onto the phones internal memory.
Of the above scenarios, the most likely is that Nintendo will make a DS phone that can accept DS cartridges. I will put the probability at 5%.
Posted: Dec 28th 2007 10:39PM (Unverified) said
Why the fuck do we want mobile gaming to be successful? Do we want Valve, ID, Epic, and other talented American devs to start focusing on cell-phone games like frigging Square-Enix is?
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Posted: Dec 28th 2007 11:46PM (Unverified) said
Just because you never leave your house doesn't mean the rest of us don't. I ALWAYS have my crackberry on me, no matter where I am. If I could play great games on it, why wouldn't I?
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Posted: Dec 29th 2007 12:04AM (Unverified) said
i'm with jeff here
i use my cell phone for calls when i'm out and about. the people who need more complex devices like blackberries for business are generally too busy using it for business to game (my dad included)
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i use my cell phone for calls when i'm out and about. the people who need more complex devices like blackberries for business are generally too busy using it for business to game (my dad included)
Posted: Dec 29th 2007 1:08AM MrHashbrown said
Well you have to look at mobile gaming like portable gaming. The best portable games are ones you can play in short sessions and for businessmen and women that's exactly what they need to kill some time.
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Posted: Dec 29th 2007 7:55AM ThornedVenom said
@Jeff
We want mobile gaming to broaden the casual market and to create new jobs for the game development industry.
But back to the point, if you believe that those American devs are really all that good, then you should be able to enjoy their games regardless of the platform.
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@roxxxo
Seems like you never had to wait for your next flight to X city for a conference, with nothing to do on your hands but wait... as a businessman.
Mobile gaming is popular because it really is gaming on the go: you bring your cell phone everywhere, but not necessarily your portable console (unless you have extra pocket space and aren't too afraid to attract attention from curious strangers).
It's a normal step to technological convergence. Gaming is not really defined by how powerful your machine is, but by how entertaining the product.
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We want mobile gaming to broaden the casual market and to create new jobs for the game development industry.
But back to the point, if you believe that those American devs are really all that good, then you should be able to enjoy their games regardless of the platform.
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@roxxxo
Seems like you never had to wait for your next flight to X city for a conference, with nothing to do on your hands but wait... as a businessman.
Mobile gaming is popular because it really is gaming on the go: you bring your cell phone everywhere, but not necessarily your portable console (unless you have extra pocket space and aren't too afraid to attract attention from curious strangers).
It's a normal step to technological convergence. Gaming is not really defined by how powerful your machine is, but by how entertaining the product.
Posted: Dec 29th 2007 12:04AM (Unverified) said
Continueing to use the Ngage name is going to be detrimental to their efforts here. Since this is entirely different from the Ngage, they should give it a different name. This would be like Nintendo calling their new portable the Virtual Boy.
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Posted: Dec 29th 2007 2:34AM (Unverified) said
I don't understand. With the DS and PSP, why is there such a market for cell phone games?
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Posted: Dec 29th 2007 10:06AM (Unverified) said
Wow, with all the DS's out there and you don't know one of them? Jesus Christ get out of the house NOW.
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Posted: Dec 29th 2007 2:45AM (Unverified) said
well, this new Nokia gaming service may go the way of the Ngages, but at the very least, I've got a Nokia 6133 and for a mid-level cellphone it's spectacular.
Got a PDA to cover my mobile gaming needs. Should that need evolve, I'll get a DS.
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Got a PDA to cover my mobile gaming needs. Should that need evolve, I'll get a DS.
Posted: Dec 29th 2007 4:43AM (Unverified) said
I would rather them delay the phone and make it worth buying instead of giving us a sh*tie phone...again
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Posted: Dec 29th 2007 6:26AM kenofthedead said
If the delay makes the service good and works to advance mobiles in North America for gaming, I'm glad they will do it.
The rest of the world needs to catch up to Japanese phones and thus mobile gaming.
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The rest of the world needs to catch up to Japanese phones and thus mobile gaming.
Posted: Dec 29th 2007 9:15AM (Unverified) said
Why don't they give us something we'd like instead?
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Posted: Dec 29th 2007 12:00PM DonaldMick said
I won't use the service, but that phone looks sexy.
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Posted: Dec 29th 2007 3:24PM (Unverified) said
lol @Chaos320
this service is avaiable on other Nokia handsets aswell you know, like the N95, and that isnt at all a shite phone....
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this service is avaiable on other Nokia handsets aswell you know, like the N95, and that isnt at all a shite phone....
Posted: Dec 29th 2007 5:21PM (Unverified) said
"We found one more issue which had to be solved before we could open the service."
Yea, most likely that issue is "It still sucks".
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Yea, most likely that issue is "It still sucks".
Posted: Dec 29th 2007 5:33PM kenofthedead said
You lot do remember they aren't making an N-Gage portable system, just a service right?
Software, not hardware.
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Software, not hardware.
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