Nokia launches gaming service for mobile N-Gage

Nokia, the number one of mobile phones, on Thursday launched its gaming platform N-Gage with the hope of revitalizing the market for mobile gambling. "The announcement will be made official Monday but for you, the faithful of N-Gage, we wanted you to know that we are ready and it works!", Reported on his blog Nokia N-Gage.

This new game is one of the cornerstones of the new strategy for Nokia in Internet services, but the Finnish group had postponed the launch twice last year, citing delays in the testing phases of its software . Nokia, which produces 40% of all mobile phones sold in the last quarter of 2007, is the first manufacturer to attempt a major thrust in the area of content.

The N-Gage service is open to users of the N85 and four other multimedia handsets, the N81, N81 8GB, N82 and N95 8GB. Analysts believe that together these five phones have sold between 10 and 15 million copies ...



The market for mobile phone game has slowed down last year and many developers and analysts have questioned the lack of marketing investment on the part of operators. The major publishers of mobile games, including Electronic Arts, Gameloft and Glu Mobile, have signed agreements with Nokia to supply this platform games.

Nokia said last month that 25 to 30 titles would be available on N-Gage by mid-2008 and a similar number of games would be unveiled in the second half. The research firm Informa estimated that the market for mobile gaming has been relatively flat in 2007 but expects the sector revenues reached $ 7.2 billion in 2012, against 3.2 billion in 2007.