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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

N-Gage is a dog, says Electronic Arts

"When I picked that thing up I knew it was a dog -- it just feels stupid," said [John Riccitiello, president and chief operating officer of Electronic Arts Inc] in an interview at the Reuters Technology, Media and Telecommunications Summit in New York. He then mimicked how a person playing a game would have trouble answering a phone call with the bulky taco-shaped device.

"Electronics Arts, the world's biggest video games maker, offers around five game titles for the N-Gage, but Riccitiello said unit shipments have been 'non-meaningful'," reports Reuters.

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