Nokia’s next attempt to conquer the market of mobile games
They were already two. These are, of course, half-well-known telephones, half the N-Gage and N-Gage QD gaming consoles, released in 2003 and 2004, respectively. But the Finns are badly miscalculated with these gadgets. And sales were unsatisfactory (only 2 million pieces worldwide, plus 50 games for them), and the market is not ready (Tomi Huttula, Nokia’s product manager called N-Gage a device ahead of time). But now everything has changed. And the Finnish “mobile” giant is taking the third step towards entering the mobile games market. Launching the N-Gage service, which gives users of popular smartphones on the Series 60 platform the opportunity to download games and play with each other over the Web.
According to Nokia, owners of phones capable of launching N-Gage software will have the opportunity to play with friends, buy games online, recommend them to other users and participate in major tournaments. In addition, the Finns attracted to the project design office Ideo. Together with the Americans, Nokia came up with a carriage and a small cart of features for a new mobile service. This provides the user with information about who and how he plays this or that game (points scored, rating, help in choosing an opponent), and providing a trial period for using the game without the need for a purchase. It is also interesting to see which friends installed some games and indications on their phones if they (friends) are online.
Implementing these company plans is not so difficult, especially considering that Nokia occupies 37% of the global mobile phone market. A series of smartphones based on Series 60 sold more than 125 million units (compare with just over 2 million original N-Gage and feel the difference). However, at the time of launching the service, N-Gage software for certain reasons will not be installed on all models of smartphones. But Nokia plans to expand the service by the end of this year (apparently, to rewrite the software) so that it can be operated from any Series 60-based smartphone.
via The New York Times
According to Nokia, owners of phones capable of launching N-Gage software will have the opportunity to play with friends, buy games online, recommend them to other users and participate in major tournaments. In addition, the Finns attracted to the project design office Ideo. Together with the Americans, Nokia came up with a carriage and a small cart of features for a new mobile service. This provides the user with information about who and how he plays this or that game (points scored, rating, help in choosing an opponent), and providing a trial period for using the game without the need for a purchase. It is also interesting to see which friends installed some games and indications on their phones if they (friends) are online.
Implementing these company plans is not so difficult, especially considering that Nokia occupies 37% of the global mobile phone market. A series of smartphones based on Series 60 sold more than 125 million units (compare with just over 2 million original N-Gage and feel the difference). However, at the time of launching the service, N-Gage software for certain reasons will not be installed on all models of smartphones. But Nokia plans to expand the service by the end of this year (apparently, to rewrite the software) so that it can be operated from any Series 60-based smartphone.
via The New York Times
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/13629/
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