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In the early 2000s, gamers were increasingly carrying around both a cell phone and a Game Boy, the most popular handheld game system. Nokia spotted an opportunity to combine these devices into a more handy unit. The company also packed in multiplayer, Internet, and PDA-like features into the system.
Despite the large amount of attention gamers gave the system before it was launched, it has not been as commercially popular as Nokia estimated. Most gamers blame the sales performance on the poor selection of games compared to those available to the handheld-leading Nintendo Game Boy Advance while still costing more than twice as much. In addition to its problems as a game system, it also faces problems as a cell phone. The N-Gage is only carried by one or two mobile phone providers.
N-Gage games
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