Nokia, lets chat. You make really cool stuff sometimes, like the N-810. But really, the N-gage? Did you honestly think that would fly? Console wars are one thing, but you are a cellular phone company, you will never EVER get the support that companies who go all-in with their consoles get.

Its not because you are from Europe and it’s not because your engineers have laughable accents… its because you are trying to put games onto cellular phones. That may seem like a natural convergence to you, like cell phones and music, but its really not and here is why.

Music is platform independent. You can add the ability to play music to any of your cellular phones, without having to convince all of the music artists out there to adopt your technology as their new format. Instead, phones can play the same type of music that their computer, car stereos, iPods, and media centers play. But gaming software? Nah, that requires developers to make software specifically for your platform, and that will never happen, because you will never EVER offer them the consumer base that Nintendo and Sony offer.

Part of the reason may be their existing console relationships, but more importantly, most people already have cellular phones that they either like, or are contracted to. They are simply not going to adopt your device over their current equipment, the value equation simply is not there.

So what options do you have? Well, you could pay Sony or Nintendo to lease their platforms. They probably would not hook you up with PSP or DS wares, but I would be dollars to donuts, that Nintendo would license the ability to emulate SNES, Nintendo 64, or maybe even Gameboy Advance games. Combine that with some sort of iTunes like marketplace where people can buy software, download it, and play it while on the go… and you will have a real product on your hands.

No need to woo developers. No need to create your own platform. Better value equation for the users. Hell, better games too. Do it.