So you're saying that someone here thought that cattle-prod strip was funny???

Yes, but not as funny as some of their other work. Fruit ****er and Clawshrimp come to mind. Even Divx. You have to really keep yourself educated in gaming news to get some of the comics, but if you are, they provide amusement 3 times a week.

Back on topic, any more reviews of the N-gage? Tycho said that they talked to some local retailers who sold around 3 units.

Are you serious? Cartoon jokes are far from universal. If you don't know anything about a policitian, or world events a political cartoon you read isn't going to make sense at all. Likewise, if you don't know anything about video games you probably won't get most of the jokes at Penny Arcade.

... back on topic... How about that N-gage? Woo.

What does everyone see the N-Gage as (not as a POS, but a phone or gaming device?)

I think most see it as both, or more specifically, as a poor attempt to integrate the two together as it's poorly designed both as a gaming platform and a cell phone.

Primarily it's got to be a gaming system. That's how it's marketed (extensively). Certainly, there are a lot better, cheaper mobile phones on the market so the gaming aspect has to be their focus.

I don't see the point in getting two half-assed products in one. I will stick with my separate whole-assed products.

The futon of the gaming world.

Actually, more like the spork of the gaming world. It works and all, but deep down, wouldn't you really have a fork and a spoon?

Wouldn't the spork analogy work better if said spork was only half the size of a regular spork, and you had to hold it with your feet to properly use it?

futon - By day an uncomfortable couch. By night, and even more uncomfortable bed. :)

That's why futon's are for guest rooms. :D

So we should make our in-laws use N-gages (n-gagi?)? I'm so confused.

Yeah make them use them while sitting on the futon and eating with a spork. That should get rid of them for good. :D

Decker's right on the money! :lol: the Spork of gaming!
http://elvine.org/albums/Photos/spork.jpg

So if the e-gage is a spork, what's the new PSX?

:lol::up: Man, somebody should mail that to Nintendo.

EB has sold 100 N-Gages on the first day. Total. In the entire US.

:lol:

rotfl

That can't be true though. It has to be in the thousands. Even the 3DO sold better than that.

3DO was a better system!

Isn't that girl from an iPod commercial? :D

She's from a Mac commercial. Rumored to be high on something, but I think she claimed she was a bit spacey because of some cold medication.

Hmmm...I wonder what kind of "cold medication"? Her commercial is hilarious. :lol:

Just letting everyone know Tony Hawk came out today for N-Gage and it is AWESOME! If anyone has a chance to try this out, DO IT!

No Hawk reviews yet (as of my writing this) at gamerankings.com
http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrank...fault_nge/1006

But man, I've never seen so many bad reviews for games.
From the front page (recent reviews:)

MLB Slam! GMR Magazine 3/10
MLB Slam! GameNow C
MotoGP Electronic Gaming Monthly 4/10
Pandemonium GMR Magazine 5/10
Pandemonium Gamespy 3/5
Pandemonium IGN 6.6/10
Pandemonium GameSpot 4.4/10
Pandemonium Game Power AU 6/10
Pandemonium GameNow C
Puyo Pop Electronic Gaming Monthly 3/10
Puyo Pop GMR Magazine 4/10
Puyo Pop IGN 5/10
Puyo Pop Game Power AU 5/10
Puyo Pop GameSpot 6/10
Puyo Pop GameNow C-
Puzzle Bobble VS Electronic Gaming Monthly 2/10
Puzzle Bobble VS GMR Magazine 1/10
Puzzle Bobble VS IGN 2.2/10
Puzzle Bobble VS Game Power AU 2/10
Puzzle Bobble VS GameSpot 1.4/10
Puzzle Bobble VS GameNow D+
SonicN Electronic Gaming Monthly 4/10
SonicN GMR Magazine 5/10
SonicN Gamespy 3/5
SonicN IGN 6/10
SonicN GamePro.com 1.5/5
SonicN GameNow B-
SonicN Gamer Feed 1.5/5
Super Monkey Ball Electronic Gaming Monthly 7/10
Super Monkey Ball Gamespy 3/5
Super Monkey Ball GMR Magazine 6/10
Super Monkey Ball IGN 6.6/10
Super Monkey Ball GameNow C
Tomb Raider GMR Magazine 4/10
Tomb Raider Deeko.com 4/10
Tomb Raider PXDN Gamer 1/5
Tomb Raider GamePro.com 1.5/5
Tomb Raider Game Power AU 8/10
Tomb Raider GameSpot 5/10
Tomb Raider GameNow B+
Tomb Raider DigitalBackSpin 70/100
Virtua Tennis Electronic Gaming Monthly 5/10
Virtua Tennis GMR Magazine 4/10
Virtua Tennis GameNow D

:lol:rotfl:lol:

It's funny IGN usually reviews systems before they are released, but I can't find their Ngage system review. You don't think it's because of the all the cashe= Nokia stuffed in their pockets to plaster they site with Ngage propaganda do you?

The GBA has 3 versions that have been out for ages.. they're also AWESOME!

:wave:

N-GAGE
When you need unplayable versions of 5 year old games, accept no substitutions.

The Tony Hawk games for GBA are 2D, the N-gage is 3D (just like the PSX versions).

...if your PSX was hooked to a TV screen the same size and shape of a postage stamp.

BTW Gamespot has their THPS review up.

"The somewhat sloppy components of this port have rendered the final product pretty unimpressive overall"
Score 6.8 -- Fair

I think Gizmo is going to defend his purchase for a while, and I can't say I blame him, what with how much it cost.

But it doesn't look good for the n-gage. In fact, I think it looks downright bad. I read an article that said in its first week of release in Britain, it sold less than 500 units! In all of Britain!

The games make the system; so if better games come out, maybe it will survive, but from all I've seen, there is not a single game that has gotten good reviews overall from a variety of reviewers.

Methinks you will have an expensive curiosity of bad technological planning (or just a paperweight) ere too long.

The numbers for America are just as dismal, less than 5,000 units sold in the first week.

Quite frankly, I'm suprised they sold that many. Looks like you are part of the few Gizmo. Enjoy it.

http://www.1up.com/article2/0,4364,1358051,00.asp

Its a dead system. I'm sure they will drop the price steadily over the next few months to clear out the inventory, but don't expect much in the way of games for it. There are probably some in development, but I doubt many companies are going to want to make games for it. By this time next year it will be a memory.

I was browsing through the magazines at the japanese book store and noticed there was an N-Gage magazine talking about it getting released in japan. I didn't know it was coming out over there, though it'll probably do just as bad as over here or worse considering cell phone games in japan are about 10 times better than whats on the N-Gage and cheaper.

BTW, DOAXVB is coming to N-Gage. I'm not lying. Graphics aren't quite what they used to be, doesn't really have the boob factor anymore so thats too bad considering it was one of the key elements to the game ;).

Nope, not going to 'defend' my purchase. I like the system, deal with it.

All I meant was that most people who buy a new gadget/gizmo/toy tend to have a honeymoon period with it. I was the same way with my Palm, and my GBA, minidisc player, etc. People's attitudes change over time; let's see what happens.

But, if you get snippy about it, that will only support my "defending your purchase" statement.

Ouch...now where are those people that told me this would be a bigger success than the EyeToy? :)



N-Gage Moves Under 5,000 Units
By David Smith
10/20/2003

Less than 5,000 units of Nokia N-Gage hardware were sold in the United States in the system's first week of release, according to independent research firm Arcadia Research. That figure takes into account all retail locations that sold the N-Gage, including both videogame specialty retailers and cellular phone retailers.
Nokia has not released official figures regarding how many N-Gages were shipped to retail, or how many pre-orders were placed by customers in advance. However, Arcadia's figures indicate that fewer consumers purchased N-Gages than placed pre-orders for the $299 "mobile gaming deck," which combines a cellular phone, videogame player, MP3 player, and PDA.

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When contacted for comment, Nokia representatives could not confirm or deny the above-mentioned sales figure.

Disappointing sales of the N-Gage in the United States would neatly coincide with early figures from the United Kingdom, however, where market research firm Chart-Track counted approximately 500 N-Gages sold at videogame specialty retailers in the UK during the system's first week of release.

For a rough historical comparison, Atari's famous failed Jaguar console also sold approximately 5,000 units in its first week of release, at a $249 prince point. However, it racked up those sales solely in the metropolitan New York area, where Atari initially released it to test the market.

Another rough comparison would be to the Game Boy Advance, which sold 540,000 units in its first week of availability in the United States. Its price point was significantly lower than the N-Gage's, however, which certainly accounted in part for its stronger sales.

N-Gage software sales figures have not become available as yet, but once those arrive, we'll be better able to gauge the system's overall performance in its first weeks of release. Expect further updates soon.

Well when a system screws up the simplest game of all time (Puzzle Bobble) what did you expect?