Wraith: While the second generation was an improvement, the first iteration damaged the reputation so much there was no chance of recovery.
Delixe: While that is true it doesn't change the fact there were a lot of very good games released on the N-Gage, something the games journos never bother to mention. The story might have been a lot different if the system was launched as the QD, priced at £150 and actually pushed it as a console instead of a phone that does games. But then that goes back to my point about mis-management. On quality alone the N-Gage beats the Lynx, GameGear, Jaguar and 3DO quite easily and yet retro mags will recommend picking up a Jaguar for Tempest 2000 but they tell people to avoid the joke that is the N-Gage.
I don't know many people that would recommend buying a Jaguar for anything. Tempest 2000 and Aliens vs Predator are the only games I hear people talk about. But as far as the N-gage games go, what were their actually reviews like? I never got an N-gage because I honestly didn't need it as I already had a cell phone on another carrier as well as a GB Advance.
But also remember, a system could have big name titles and have them be misleading. Take Tiger's Game.Com handheld. It had big name titles like Duke Nukem 3D, Resident Evil 2, and even had a Symphony of the Night game in production at one point, but the games were absolutely horrible, and a far cry from their original counterparts.
