As the effect of failure in the first major services offering, Nokia Oyi has decided to close its battered gaming service N-Gage by next year. Nokia likes to get new revenues from online services as its traditional handset market matures with games and music being the first focus areas.
The mobile giant has encountered major challenges from consumers first shunning its dedicated gaming phones which went on sale in October 2003, by accompanying a major global advertising campaign. The online gaming service that opened last year, took over the N-Gage brand never moved beyond a niche audience of hard core gamers. Moreover, the sources from Nokia say that the company will no longer publish new games for the N-Gage platforms.
