Thursday, October 23, 2003

Nokia says N-Gage is a success...but...
Posted by White_Pointer @ 22:06:50 AEST
Most of you would know about the Nokia N-Gage, the new system released just this week by Nokia that is a mobile phone and portable gaming system in one. Early analysis of the system predicted it would not sell well, but Nokia have come forward and claimed that the launch of the N-Gage was an international success with about 400,000 units sold worldwide in its first week (according to Nokia's figures). But was it really a success? Well, apparently not. Arcadia Research, an independent research firm, is reporting that Nokia's N-Gage sold less than 5,000 units across the entire United States during its first week of release. Other analysts say that Nokia's reported 400,000 units figure isn't an impressive number for a worldwide sales figure, and it's easy to see why. In comparison, Nintendo's Gameboy Advance sold more than 540,000 units in the US alone in its first week.

Has the N-Gage been doomed to fail from the start? We'll see.