10 ‘Innovative’ Consoles That Turned Out to Be Huge Flops

N-Gage

A mobile gaming console and a cell phone all in one? What could possibly go wrong? Apparently, everything can. It was back in 2003 that Nokia hoped to shake up the gaming industry with a handheld console that doubled as a phone. The problem with that, however, is that mobile phone buttons don’t lend themselves well to also serving as a gaming controller.

To make matters worse, a high price tag and a limited library of quality games sent the N-Gage to an early grave. R.I.P to the infamous “taco phone” and the hybrid handheld that gamers never really wanted in the first place.