Is this the last N-Gage game?

[digitalpress]

SSX: Out of Bounds is supposed to be released today. If you check most online retail outlets you'll find that there isn't another title due for the N-Gage until March.

Link to Gamestop N-Gage "coming soon" list:
http://www.gamestop.com/default.asp?sect=1265

With the trouble the system is having, do you think SSX will be the system's last release?

[Oobgarm]

I think it will make it through March. WWE is too big for them to just totally drop. It's been tough for them to admit defeat.

[Cauterize]

Ive played the Beta version of SSX for Ngage and its a nice little title for when your on the way to college on the bus!
The WWE one is okish as well, nothing special, very fiddly thou due to the amount of buttons used....

[dbiersdorf]

Whoa, whoa, you guys Nokia shot down those rumors.

NOKIA SLAM N-GAGE D-CEASED RUMOURS

Rumours abound that the gaming mobile phone might be headed to the big pocket in the sky - but Nokia deny it all

15:43 Rumours spreading across the internet have suggested that Nokia's N-Gage gaming and mobile phone unit may be about to get killed off - but Nokia has told us that they're not hanging up on N-Gage just yet.

"Nokia have no intention of shutting down the N-Gage," we were told by a spokesperson for N-Gage today. "We are completely committed to the platform. It's not going anywhere."

The speculation arose when technology website The Inquirer reported that Nokia are planning to shut down the N-Gage R&D and production facility in Germany amongst a number of budget cutbacks. Quoting sources close to Nokia's HQ, The Inquirer suggested that the closure meant the N-Gage was N-Trouble.

"These rumours are completely without foundation," we were told.

The N-Gage, which was developed in house at Nokia and combines the functions of a handheld console and a mobile phone, limped onto the scene back in 2003. A number of design faults - including the need to dismantle the unit to change games and a mouthpiece that required you to hold the phone sideways against your head - turned both gamers and mobile phone fans against the system.

Nokia managed to regain some credibility by releasing the vastly improved N-Gage QD last summer. A smaller unit and sleeker styling certainly made the unit more appealing, but sales remained light.

But Nokia see a bright future for their platform, even with terrifying competition just around the corner in the shape of Nintendo's DS and Sony's PSP. "We're looking at the strongest line-up of games yet for N-Gage," said the spokesperson. "There's been so much money and effort poured into the system we're not going to pull out now."

There are indeed a few interesting N-Gage titles on the horizon, with WW2 strategy sim Pathways to Glory receiving favourable reviews and MMORPG Pocket Kingdoms gathering buzz.

Nonetheless, earlier this month N-Gage was dealt an embarrassing blow by software chart compilers ChartTrack, who delisted the platform from the weekly multiformat sales chart citing "a lack of interest" among gamers. Nokia claim that N-Gage software sales are still being calculated for the monthly chart, but admit that sales are low in comparison with other formats...

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php(que)id=114014

[digitalpress]

Yeah, I saw the "Nokia Denies" news last week. But surely you know they're in trouble. I'm not asking about the games because of the previous news but rather as that being the beginning of the end... how much longer do you think before the REAL end?

[thegreatescape]

Well theres always Snakes-
http://www.n-gage.com/snakes/

Its already the 25th here damnit and I WANT SNAKE! :-P

Im gonna stick my neck out and say the n-gage will make it to at least mid 2005- WWE, X-Men, roots, WWP and ONE will all be released but everything else (LSL, Civilisation, etc) wont. Glimmerati I'm on the fence for.

[yoursisterspretty]

Yeah, I saw the "Nokia Denies" news last week. But surely you know they're in trouble. I'm not asking about the games because of the previous news but rather as that being the beginning of the end... how much longer do you think before the REAL end?

I think this will be the last year for the N-Gage. Obviously it's just not doing too well. I think Nokia's giving its last big push right now. I also think they're working on the 'Gage 2 that solves all the originals & QD's problems. I believe the basic idea of the N-Gage is sound, it was just porely implemented. So here's to Nokia giving it another shot...

[yoursisterspretty]

Yeah, I saw the "Nokia Denies" news last week. But surely you know they're in trouble. I'm not asking about the games because of the previous news but rather as that being the beginning of the end... how much longer do you think before the REAL end?

I think this will be the last year for the N-Gage. Obviously it's just not doing too well. I think Nokia's giving its last big push right now. I also think they're working on the 'Gage 2 that solves all the originals & QD's problems. I believe the basic idea of the N-Gage is sound, it was just porely implemented. So here's to Nokia giving it another shot...

[Geddon_jt]

I'm optimistic.
Got King of Fighters: Extreme last week and am really enjoying it.

And, remember, SNAKES comes out tomorrow. For those of you who don't know, apparently this is an N-Gage exclusive remake of a popular Nokia phone game with spiffy 3d graphics and supposedly wicked gameplay. The screenshots I've seen remind me of something like Tempest, but with Snakes. Nokia seems to be hyping it up quite a bit, too.
Best part? It's a free download.

I thought Xanadu: Next was scheduled for Feburary 25? Last I checked ebworld, I thought that was the date... hoping that, Worms, X-Men Legends and Rifts can all make it out.

[AB Positive]

I think by the end of this year we'll be takling about the last NGage game... in one respect I'm looking forward to it, I'd like to try to get a complete collection. In another regard, I'd hate to see the system die. I still need to get a damn system itself as well.

-AG

[Cauterize]

Well theres always Snakes-
http://www.n-gage.com/snakes/

yet another one i have a Beta for! ;)