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Mario Maniac

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« on: September 29, 2004, 06:34:20 PM »

"General News
9/9/2004

One million game decks have been shipped around the world since the launch of the N-Gage platform eleven months ago. The sale of one million N-Gage and N-Gage QD game decks marks a significant milestone in the world of portable gaming, placing the N-Gage platform at the forefront of the mobile gaming world. Combining a pocketable gaming platform with powerful smartphone features, the N-Gage gives gamers a chance to experience mobile multiplayer gaming in a revolutionary way.

The N-Gage Arena is the worldwide mobile gamer community where members can communicate with each other, compete against gamers across the globe, and enjoy exclusive content, events and activities. Members can connect to the N-Gage Arena via their game deck, Arena-enabled game or the Internet. There are now 100,000 registered members of the N-Gage Arena.

With a growing portfolio of exciting games, the N-Gage offers consumers the possibility to play exclusive N-Gage only games as well as some of their favorite brands from publishers like Activision, Electronic Arts, Gameloft and THQ. The 2004 holiday season will see the N-Gage portfolio expand even further, with eagerly anticipated games such as Pathway to Glory, Pocket Kingdom: Own the World, FIFA 2005 and others."
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This has been taken from the N-Gage website, www.n-gage.com

It took Nokia this long to sell 1 million N-Gage units! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Nintendo DS will (hopefully) sell one million units in one week!
People who like video games should also like Nintendo. People who don't like Nintendo obviously don't like video games.

MEGAߥTE

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« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2004, 08:58:20 PM »
And the keyword there is "shipped" as opposed to sold.  Most of them are probably still sitting on store shelves.

Lizard Dude

« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2004, 11:21:46 PM »
The second sentence says "sold"?

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Mario Maniac

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« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2004, 01:53:24 PM »
Still, it took Nokia one full year to sell one million N-Gage systems... That is pathetic.
People who like video games should also like Nintendo. People who don't like Nintendo obviously don't like video games.

TEM

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« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2004, 02:56:56 PM »
They can be "sold" to the stores, "but" not necessarily "bought" by "consumers".

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Edited by - TEM on 9/30/2004 3:39:12 PM
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« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2004, 05:04:16 PM »
Also, they never said it sold them yet. It could mean if they ever do sell the million sitting on the shelf,it would be impressive, even though it wouldn't.

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MEGAߥTE

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« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2004, 06:29:35 PM »
Umm actually it says "sale."  However, that might be clever marketing speak.  Notice how the second sentence isn't actually dependent on the first sentence; they might have just put it there to make you assume that.  Yes, 1 million in sales is a milestone, but that doesn't mean they've reached it yet.  They only actually said they've shipped 1 million.  In any case, neither milestone brings them to the forefront of anything.  Especially when it took TWO models to even get where they are.

Mario Maniac

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« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2004, 08:26:29 PM »
From what I read, Nokia has shipped over one million N-Gage units to retailers, and has sold one million of them since the original launch in 2003... Pathetic.
People who like video games should also like Nintendo. People who don't like Nintendo obviously don't like video games.

MEGAߥTE

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« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2004, 08:50:21 PM »
... which is how they want you to read it even if it's not true.  That's what marketers are paid for.  Of course, you can only make bad news sound so good, so even if they really have sold 1 million, it's fairly inconsequential.

And you posted this in the wrong forum to start with.

Edited by - MEGAߥTE on 9/30/2004 7:51:06 PM

Luigison

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« Reply #9 on: October 01, 2004, 06:23:05 PM »
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Mario Maniac

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« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2004, 12:45:35 PM »
So MegaByte, if you're saying that Nokia lied about their N-Gage sales, then any other game company can lie about their sales as well...

That's basically saying Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony can lie about their game sales and fool the public into believing them.

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Edited by - Mario Maniac on 10/2/2004 11:47:11 AM
People who like video games should also like Nintendo. People who don't like Nintendo obviously don't like video games.

MEGAߥTE

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« Reply #11 on: October 02, 2004, 01:31:43 PM »
Umm duh.

Except it's not exactly lying... just misleading.

Eclipsed Moon

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« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2004, 02:52:14 PM »
Retcon!
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