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During the 2008 Nokia Games Summit which took place in Rome, Italy, Pocket Gamer’s Stu Dredge had a chance to talk to EA Mobile’s Peter Parmenter, who shared his mixed feelings for Nokia N-Gage.
In a nutshell, Peter said EA Mobile is ready to support the platform and release its games to the N-Gage users, but Nokia doesn’t make it easy for developers to play. He went on to say: “We need to work together on the economics. I think it’s easier to get an audience with the Pope than it is to get a game through certification at Nokia.”
At the same time, the mobile game publisher said they’re making more money publishing games for the iPhone.
“As a publisher, we will make twice the revenue from selling an iPhone game in Italy than we will from selling an N-Gage game at the same price,” he added.
But it’s not all dark for the N-Gage. EA Mobile knows there are many, many more N-Gage compatible devices than iPhones out there. They “genuinely want” to get on board as they (and the whole industry) believes Nokia has created a great ecosystem for the distribution of high-quality games. Parmenter added “There’s a lot of free games, and we don’t know if the market will be able to sustain that. Time will tell. However, from a customer experience perspective, everyone’s in agreement that they’ve created something very special, and it’s shaken things up.”
Personally, I believe Nokia’s onto something with N-Gage. The sheer amount of devices available on the market gives the Finnish giant a unique position no other player in the industry has. What they seem to lack is a more open approach to reach more developers and make existing ones publish more games for the platform. Any thoughts?
[Via: PocketGamer.co.uk]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
