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N-Gage games locked to devices

May 22nd, 2008

The blogosphere is disappointed with the news that was confirmed this week by N-Gage.

Tzer2 at All About N-Gage has written that when a user upgrades their handset, the only way to keep the N-Gage games they have purchased is to ‘buy them all over again’. She lists 10 reasons why she thinks N-Gage have made an error, including punishing both N-Gage and Nokia fans which will erode loyalty, and encouraging piracy with disgruntled users finding a way to port the games to a new device. Matt Miller, The Mobile Gadgeteer, expands on Tzer2’s news by letting us know that the games will be ‘locked to a single device IMEI’.

Devin Balentina from The Nokia Guide weighs in with his opinion, as he thought purchased games ‘would somehow be linked to [his] N-Gage account’. He personally won’t be making a ‘single purchase’ until there has been a statement from N-Gage clarifying the situation for users.

What do you think? Have you got any questions in the light of this news? Jump through any of the links above to have your say.