Nokia's Big N-Gage conversation; news soon?

James over at Nokia Conversations has bravely highlighted the issues that the blogosphere (in particular) has over the controversial IMEI-tied N-Gage game policy.

He comments:

This has caused consternation amongst the gaming and mobile fraternity. We’re not in a position to comment on this right now, but we do want to highlight the discussion right here on Conversations. Once we’ve had a chance to catch up with our gaming colleagues, we’ll be back with more. Meanwhile, here’s a quick roundup on the main stories around this.

Here’s what we wrote last month. Note: It does make reference to grannies.

Good news on Nokia at least having a conversation. I trust that the N-Gage team is having a conversation of their own about how they’re going to tie their games to username/password in future.

I still can’t believe I’m having to actually type this out though. WHO in the N-Gage team thought tying your game ‘ownership’ to your handset’s IMEI number was a good idea?

That’s like buying a music track on iTunes and only being able to use it on your Shuffle. Ridiculous.

Deep breath, deep breath.

AAAAAAAND relax.

One, two, three… and you’re back in the room Ewan.

:: calm ::