Nokia Gaming platform Gage to be closed next year by players

Tencent Science and technology news Beijing time October 31, according to foreign media reports, Nokia next year will close its operation is not ideal game service gage, recognition of the service is not successful. With its traditional mobile-phone market becoming saturated, Nokia has been hoping to increase revenues by providing online services, and gaming and music services are its primary concern. Nokia's mobile games, however, face a number of important challenges, first and foremost because consumers do not recognise the special game handsets they launched in October 2003. Nokia has launched a massive global promotional campaign for the phone.　　The Gage online game, launched last year, has never been sought after by gamers. "We will no longer release new games for the Gage platform," Nokia said in its Gage blog. This is unfortunate news for Gage fans.　　"This blog also said that users can buy these games before the end of September 2010, and the gaming community website will be open until the end of 2010." "This shows that Nokia has taken a more pragmatic approach," said Tero Kuittinen, analyst at MKM, a marketing research firm, Quittining. It's time to stop the business and focus on future business. He added that Nokia has many opportunities in other areas, such as location-based services, microfinance services and mobile email.　　Nokia's leading position in the mobile phone market has attracted all top mobile game manufacturers to create special games for gage, including art, Gameloft, Glu Mobile and digital chocolate. Nokia will continue to sell mobile games on its Ovi store after shutting down the gage service. (Compile/clear rain)