Comments on: N-Gage update – it’s good news!

By: tyoto

tyoto — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:19:31 +0000

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By: rooperi

rooperi — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:41:33 +0000

Not all gaming platforms support transfer of games (e.g. Nintendo Wii with its virtual console games). On the other hand, you might want to buy new handsets more often than consoles.

So essentially there are several choices.. make games so cheap that this is not a problem (i.e. include to the price), or make it possible to transfer games to new phones.

Anyway, tradition seems to continue. First N-Gage was ridiculed by ’side talking’ feature (check http://www.sidetalking.com), this next generation N-Gage by this game transfer issues.

By: afrus

afrus — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:09:46 +0000

Hopefully this will be a re-activation type thing, and not a log-in whenever you want to play type-thing because that would completely alienate people who are not on Data plans (ie, any of the casual gamers interested in one of these devices apart from hardcore users)

By: Ratkat

Ratkat — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:07:56 +0000

Quote “The interesting thing now is that this will be a change for mobile gaming. More often than not, games and apps are tied to a specific device and can’t be transferred to a new one.”

Not really a first though as most S60 apps and games can be transferred by contacting the developers and asking for a new code, it only really Java games bought OTA that were tied to your phone.

By: Ricky Cadden

Ricky Cadden — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:39:56 +0000

Thanks for digging deeper, it sounds like I’m safe to buy my games now.

By: krisse

krisse — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:39:35 +0000

Hurrah! Well done Nokia, we knew you’d get there in the end.

You can expect lots of support from All About N-Gage for this swift decision.

By: J-P

J-P — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:15:36 +0000

The link in the post seems to be broken.