Comments on: What Is 5$ Worth?

By: Aditya Singhvi

Aditya Singhvi — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:11:22 +0000

I agree with Sandy… The thing to remember about the Ngage is that it is a great platform allowing convergence of two varied platforms- communication and gaming. But unfortunately Nokia did very little market research when it launched it. This is evident for unfriendly pricing and a general high handed behaviour when it came to making it accessible.

As for pricing Ashu, you talk of 7% of your monthly salary for a game, How many $500 earners do you know who have a compatible phone? How many will buy a Nseries to play Ngage? And those of who have Nseries phones, how many of them will pay 7% of their salary to play a game on a phone?

the problem with Nokia in India is that it is moving up the consumer chain too fast. Too many models with similar features will only confuse the average buyer who looks at his budget first then the features!

If Nokia wants the Ngage to succeed in India, its second largest handset market in the world, it will have to drop prices and increase the spread. Playing on volumes is probably the best option in India.

By: adityasinghvi

adityasinghvi — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:11:00 +0000

By: What is $5 worth? « Aditya Singhvi’s Phones

What is $5 worth? « Aditya Singhvi’s Phones — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:06:22 +0000

[...] Tagged Dotsisx, ngage, http://www.fivedollarcomparison.org, http://www.symbian-guru.com Hello there people… its been really long since my last post. I have been busy with college…anyways, On the 20th of August, Dotsisx on Symbian Guru, posted an article about the Ngage game pricing structure. you can find the link here. [...]

By: Aditya Singhvi

Aditya Singhvi — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:49:16 +0000

Thanks :) for starting the fire!!!

By: adityasinghvi

adityasinghvi — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:49:00 +0000

Thanks :) for starting the fire!!!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:33:06 +0000

@ ashu, the thing is not so simple. A man might have saved penny by penny to pay for his dream phone, and may not have the resources ready every time for a game. And another aspect is getting the games, which Aatif mentioned. What’s this? How many people use credit cards? And how many of them are interested in online transaction, which can be intercepted by 3rd parties? And Nokia’s views regarding this platform is not to restrict N-Gage to $500 earners, it’ll be for all in future, then, your theory will automatically fail. If you can get the platform on a 7K INR handset, paying almost 400 for a game may be too high.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:33:00 +0000

By: Aatif

Aatif — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:27:01 +0000

cant n-gage have like one nokia service centre in every city where u can physically buy n-gage games, maps, guides, etc?
because if we could pay in cash, 5$ isnt too much even when converted to rupees (around 210).
its mainly the credit card thing.
oh and being able to take n-gage games with u when u change a phone could help too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:27:00 +0000

By: Aatif

Aatif — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:24:22 +0000

its not only about the money.
n-gage is a GAMEing platform.
who plays GAMES?
KIDS.
kids being people 12-20.
when KIDS play GAMES, adults frown.
waste of time, do something productive, blah blah.
how many kids have their own credit cards??
and what are the chances of adults LETTING them buy MORE games?