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Ok if anyone's imterested, Gamestop is selling the System for 200.00 for a limited time.. Most likely because sales have been slow, so if you wanted 1 now may be the time to pick 1 up.
www.gamestop.com .
I may get 1 , but i see another price Drop Soon , if it hits the 150.00 mark it's mine.
:cool:
AND THIS IS NEWS WHY? *The N-Gage sucks donkey balls be it at $300 smack a roos or at $199.99. Do yourself a favor and either save up for a PSP or get that Zodiac thing that supossed to play games, and suck your dick to boot. In the long run you'd be better off. How on Earth NOKIA ever figured this bastardization of a phone meets game system would ever work is beyond me? *But you never know...
MD20XX / Storm Rider
This has to be some type of record for fastest price drop after a release.
ROFL
Even at $200 I still wouldn't buy it.
I will buy one if it is $4.99. :D
Even then I'd have to think about it. The N-Gage just plain sucks. Tapwave has this thing beat hands down.Quote:
Originally posted by Lastblade
I will buy one if it is $4.99. :D
I'd hit it.
This is exactly the price point I was waiting for!
I'm getting one now! :)
If you can't get an N-Gage for free, then you're paying too much.Quote:
Originally posted by Lastblade
I will buy one if it is $4.99. :D
I swear the N-Gage seems like it should be a suprise gift from your favorite cereal.
I can see sales going up a little bit with the price drop. I still wouldn't pay that much for one...
EB just matched the price too!
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/groups/n-gage/default.asp
Don't knock the N-Gage until you've actually PLAYED it (outside of a 5 minute demo station at your local Gamestop).
hmm let me think...
GameCube $99
Xbox $179
PS2 $179
GameboxSP $99
N-Gage $199
but to be fair, lets look at it like this:
GameboxSP $99
-Killer library of great games,
-great price,
-great support
N-Gage $199
-portable online gaming
---not many people to play with
-It's a phone!
---extra cash to connect phone service
-It's a MP3 Player!
When this thing hits about $75-50 LMK
they'd have to pay me to buy it!:mr_t:
I wouldn't even pay $50 for this POS. Just looking at how the games swap out makes me laugh, and the dorky phone part is embarassing. Plus the button layout is utter trash. What WERE they thinking?!?! :oh_no:
They don't have to pay me to make me not buy it.
Or without the double negatives, they have to pay me to buy it.
Actually, pay me and I still wouldn't buy it. It'd have to be free, and then I'd auction it.
N-Gage $199 = great price point!Quote:
Originally posted by thundr51
hmm let me think...
GameCube $99
Xbox $179
PS2 $179
GameboxSP $99
N-Gage $199
but to be fair, lets look at it like this:
GameboxSP $99
-Killer library of great games,
-great price,
-great support
N-Gage $199
-portable online gaming
---not many people to play with
-It's a phone!
---extra cash to connect phone service
-It's a MP3 Player!
When this thing hits about $75-50 LMK
-portable online gaming you can't do that on GBA
---not many people to play with it's a new system...give it time! !:oh_no:
-It's a phone! a phone with a full color screen, gaming capabilities, PDA functionality, and MP3 playback. Beats buying a bare-bones color screen cell phone when you can get all this for not much more in terms of price.
---extra cash to connect phone service
-It's a MP3 Player another added bonus!
As a portable gaming device the n-gage appears to be simply crap (and the sales indicate this!). I just don't ever see myself picking one of these up. I'll stick with my GBA SP thank you.
No problem. Enjoy your GBA. To each his own.Quote:
Originally posted by Lagduf
As a portable gaming device the n-gage appears to be simply crap (and the sales indicate this!). I just don't ever see myself picking one of these up. I'll stick with my GBA SP thank you.
GBA = too mainstream for me. :)
you couldn't GIVE me an n-gage.
absolute crap. could the games BE any harder to swap? not to mention they are all cheesy rehashes of old games. i'd rather have a gasoline colonic than try to play a game on that thing.
I like this kind of comment :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by Freelancer
No problem. Enjoy your GBA. To each his own.
GBA = too mainstream for me. :)
Don't you think that there is no more mainstream comment than "too mainstream for me"?
The GBA sucks, and the N-Gage sucks even harder...
It sucks so much I think I'm gonna cum. :drool:
ROFLMAO!!! This thing hasn't even been out a month, and there's already a $100 price drop?! Floppitty-flop-flop!:make_fac:
Well, what would you rather hear?Quote:
Originally posted by Robert
I like this kind of comment :rolleyes:
Don't you think that there is no more mainstream comment than "too mainstream for me"?
The GBA doesn't appeal to me in the slightest. Yes, fine, it has the SNES and NES rehashes which I've played to death since the 1980's and 1990's? I for one do not like the d-pad and buttons on the GBA. THe screen is still too dark even with the backlighting. And the platform has a virtual monopoly on the handheld gaming market. No thanks.
Same goes for the upcoming Sony PSP. We've all seen what Sony has done to the gaming market with their Playstations, do we REALLY want them to succeed in the handheld market as well? Now, I'm not a fan of Sony systems to begin with, so the PSP is not an option for me anyway, but, I shake my head in disgust when I read about how so many NEO GEO fans (of all people) are planning to buy a PSP!
Nokia is the underdog. Their system is compelling and the few games that I've played are fun and addictive. For me and my personal philosophies, the N-Gage is the best fit as far as handheld gaming is concerned. The point is, buy what you want...don't let others dictate what you should or shouldn't buy. Chances are, they're just spouting off regurgitated comments anyway. :D
No offense, but are you actually getting paid to shill this thing?Quote:
Originally posted by Freelancer
N-Gage $199 = great price point!
-portable online gaming you can't do that on GBA
---not many people to play with it's a new system...give it time! !:oh_no:
-It's a phone! a phone with a full color screen, gaming capabilities, PDA functionality, and MP3 playback. Beats buying a bare-bones color screen cell phone when you can get all this for not much more in terms of price.
---extra cash to connect phone service
-It's a MP3 Player another added bonus!
N-Gage HUGE THUMBS DOWN. If your really going to buy one just send me the $200 instead and you still would be getting a better deal.
Not at all.Quote:
Originally posted by 2Heed
No offense, but are you actually getting paid to shill this thing?
Personally, this device is a better fit for me than what's out there currently. I travel alot and I generally prefer all-in-one devices as a convenience.
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentw.../shoephone.jpgQuote:
Originally posted by chimpmeister
I wouldn't even pay $50 for this POS. Just looking at how the games swap out makes me laugh, and the dorky phone part is embarassing. Plus the button layout is utter trash. What WERE they thinking?!?! :oh_no:
Nokia? Can you hear me?
I bought this crap thing,
Where do the games go?
Under the F&#@*ING battery!?!
OK. :roll:
GBA is too mainstream??
WTH?
Hey, if GBA doesn't have the games you want to play, I can understand.... but I don't think NGage does either. That comment makes no sense.
Does eating hamburger too mainstream for you? How about steak? So do you dine out at some obscure place that no one goes to?
That's my opinion. Don't get so worked up over nothing.Quote:
Originally posted by Lastblade
GBA is too mainstream??
WTH?
Hey, if GBA doesn't have the games you want to play, I can understand.... but I don't think NGage does either. That comment makes no sense.
Does eating hamburger too mainstream for you? How about steak? So do you dine out at some obscure place that no one goes to?
GBA is too mainstream for me. It's the Playstation of handheld gaming. Too many games with only a handful that can truly be considered must-buys.
If you like the N-Gage, that's your thing Freelancer, I respect that. But the NGage was not a well thought-out unit from the get-go. On top of disappointing sales fromt he unit, the design of the unit was not very creative and quite annoying when it comes to changing out games. Nokia kinda did it to themselves when they attacked Nintendo talking about how the Gameboy Advance was a child's system and if you want a real system, get an N-Gage.
They not only shot their foot with that comment, but they cover up their system launch failure with we a remark to the gaming press" We sold 400,000 units" which now two independant research firms have proven wrong.
The only reason they decided to market it to adults is bewcause we have a higher tolerance to deal with changing out the games and taking almost 3 minutes to do so between changes.
If it is a mainstream issue I would have to say that N-Gage is QUITE mainstream considering its whoring itself out right now in major retailers. To me thats mainstream whether it sells or not.
Really ?Quote:
Originally posted by Freelancer
Not at all.
Personally, this device is a better fit for me than what's out there currently. I travel alot and I generally prefer all-in-one devices as a convenience.
Get a GP32 then.
It does everything the N-Gage does, only better. (except phone stuff)
A handled with tomb raider, sonic, NCAA football, FIFIA soccer and splinter cell must certainly come straight from the underground.
You want a non mainstream handled, take a GP 32.
Si c'est pas beau ca inazuma, on a poste ensemble la meme reponse.Quote:
Originally posted by Inazuma
Really ?
Get a GP32 then.
It does everything the N-Gage does, only better. (except phone stuff)
i agree. i have seen like a million ads for this electronic turd everywhere.:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by NeoFight
If it is a mainstream issue I would have to say that N-Gage is QUITE mainstream considering its whoring itself out right now in major retailers. To me thats mainstream whether it sells or not.
I understand that and as I stated, the N-Gage seems like the right handheld system for me since I tend to travel a bit, like all-in-one devices for their convenience and to cut down on bulk, and I tend to concentrate on one game at a time until I finish it or tire of it, so the game swapping issue is of little concern.Quote:
Originally posted by Highlander67
If you like the N-Gage, that's your thing Freelancer, I respect that. But the NGage was not a well thought-out unit from the get-go. On top of disappointing sales fromt he unit, the design of the unit was not very creative and quite annoying when it comes to changing out games. Nokia kinda did it to themselves when they attacked Nintendo talking about how the Gameboy Advance was a child's system and if you want a real system, get an N-Gage.
They not only shot their foot with that comment, but they cover up their system launch failure with we a remark to the gaming press" We sold 400,000 units" which now two independant research firms have proven wrong.
The only reason they decided to market it to adults is bewcause we have a higher tolerance to deal with changing out the games and taking almost 3 minutes to do so between changes.
I have had the opportunity to actually use an N-Gage for a few hours, so I know what the system's pros and cons are from personal experience, not just from what Game Informer or EGM says. And no, playing Pandemonium for five minutes on a Gamestop demo station is not enough to form a real opinion of the device. Remember, this runs the Sybmian OS, so you CAN download tons of Symbian-based apps and Java games which will reside on the memory card of your choice, eliminating the need to swap cards so often. Surprised no one has mentioned that aside from the usual "games are too hard to swap" and "why is it a phone" regurgitated comments.
It's a free country. If you love the GBA, good. More power to you...enjoy it! It's just a game system...nothing to get worked up over! :)
I have honestly looked and considered a GP32 for a while now, but to me it seems like a quirky unit, particularly when you first buy it and go through the registration via the website. There were some issues that some users experienced with that about a year or so ago.Quote:
Originally posted by Inazuma
Really ?
Get a GP32 then.
It does everything the N-Gage does, only better. (except phone stuff)
C'est la fête. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by Robert
Si c'est pas beau ca inazuma, on a poste ensemble la meme reponse.
Following your logic, then I guess we could consider the Neo Geo a mainstream system too. After all, in the early 1990's you could buy it at most EB, Software Etc, and stores...which happen to be mass market retailers. And guess what...Neo Geo home system ads were being run in gaming mags too!Quote:
Originally posted by NeoFight
If it is a mainstream issue I would have to say that N-Gage is QUITE mainstream considering its whoring itself out right now in major retailers. To me thats mainstream whether it sells or not.
Perhaps you forgot all this?
:p
I've seen no one complaining about that...Quote:
Originally posted by Freelancer
I have honestly looked and considered a GP32 for a while now, but to me it seems like a quirky unit, particularly when you first buy it and go through the registration via the website. There were some issues that some users experienced with that about a year or so ago.
I think you're missing out, considering what you said you were looking for in a handheld, but whatever.
As for the N-Gage....
With the $100 price drop, I think the ones who bought it for $300 must really feel like they got ripped... Not that they really needed that to feel that way, anyway. :rolleyes:
The ngage is not a handheld. It's a cell phone.
Compare apples to apples...what other cell phone has better gaming capabilities than the ngage?
The previous generation of cell phone gaming include rivoting games like SNAKE, and PONG. Yet I never heard anyone say "DuDe, wHy'd you buy a cEll phonE? My GBA OWNZZZ it."
Some people are way to eager to jump on the bandwagon...
The N-Gage is advertised as a machine being both a video game machine and a cell phone.
Just look at it, it has the overused "Game Gear" style, being horizontal and having the screen in the middle, like many handhelds...
At first sight it looks more like a handheld than a cell phone to me...
Saying it's a mere cell phone to justify the fact it's a shitty console is a pretty lame excuse.
Well, no one at electronics botique ever tried to sell me a cell phone before. Why now?Quote:
Originally posted by chemical
The ngage is not a handheld. It's a cell phone.
Compare apples to apples...what other cell phone has better gaming capabilities than the ngage?
The previous generation of cell phone gaming include rivoting games like SNAKE, and PONG. Yet I never heard anyone say "DuDe, wHy'd you buy a cEll phonE? My GBA OWNZZZ it."
Some people are way to eager to jump on the bandwagon...
Good point.Quote:
Originally posted by Shapermc
Well, no one at electronics botique ever tried to sell me a cell phone before. Why now?
Video games shops don't sell cell phones...
They will.Quote:
Originally posted by Inazuma
Good point.
Video games shops don't sell cell phones...
Before PS2, Electronics Boutique never tried to sell you a DVD player either.
Now they have racks of pre-owned DVDs.
Technology integration.
Not all shops do that, at all...Quote:
Originally posted by chemical
They will.
Before PS2, Electronics Boutique never tried to sell you a DVD player either.
Now they have racks of pre-owned DVDs.
Technology integration.
It just depends on how much they're specialized in video games, or if they "expanded" their shop to other stuff.
Actually EB only tries to sell Xboxs now, literally.
have you seen the actual ads? it doesnt mention anything about it being used as a cellphone.Quote:
Originally posted by Inazuma
The N-Gage is advertised as a machine being both a video game machine and a cell phone.
I read about it on sites and news papers etc, but did not really pay attention to the actual ads coming right from Nokia.Quote:
Originally posted by dullbuoy
have you seen the actual ads? it doesnt mention anything about it being used as a cellphone.
Anyway, that just proves my point. :D
I think that if it was advertised as the best gaming PHONE available it would have done at least 10X better.Quote:
Originally posted by dullbuoy
have you seen the actual ads? it doesnt mention anything about it being used as a cellphone.
"This is where I got the furthest with Laura..." :help: