Brief: Looks like N-Gage isn’t going live until 2008, for anyone
By Stefan Constantinescu on Thursday, December 20th, 2007 at 11:51 PM PST In Nokia
Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s N-Gage software platform was unveiled in August of this year with a promised launch date of November. It has since then been pushed back to December with only owners of the N81 being privileged to trial it. Now the official Nokia N-Gage blog is saying no one will get it until 2008 because of a bug that they don’t give any information about.
The only reason this is late is because Nokia was confident enough to give a release date all the way back in August. If they shut their mouths and just delivered when it was ready then the world, and this editor especially, wouldn’t be as upset.
I don’t mind as long as its worth the wait and they really are fixing things up.
i don’t mind the wait either, but it is making them look bad for announcing a date and then not hitting their targets.
Making them look very bad really, the reaction this has garnered around many forums is pretty bad (and yes, that is understatement).
I don’t mind the wait too much, as long as its worth it. Ocarina of Time was delayed several times and well worth the wait, and while I don’t think NGage will reach the same gaming pinacle, from the play around I had at Nokiaworld it looks like it will satisfy my mobile gaming needs.