There has been quite a fuss the past few days on Nokia disallowing to transfer NGAGE games to a new phone. Good news - Nokia reconsidered and will allow transfer.

There had been a few reports starting Tuesday (May 20) about the fact that Nokia do not allow NGage games to be transferred to a new device if you have bought a new one.

It started with this post on All About NGage and soon others picked it up .

The first official Nokia response was “N-Gage activation codes only work on the device where they were first activated. As with any digital media there is a potential risk of piracy and this policy is one of the ways Nokia is dealing with piracy and ensuring partners receive their rightful revenues from its platform. If users need to repair their device, the activation codes will be reissued. Also, if you purchase a new N-Gage compatible device, you will need to purchase your games again.”

However, turns out Nokia saw the furious reactions made by gamers and developers and we have received the following statement from Anna Simai, Senior Comm. manager at Nokia:

“Due to copy protection, N-Gage games, like most mobile games, are linked to one device. As the value of content increases, a robust copy protection mechanism is essential as it makes it possible for the games industry to invest in N-Gage content.

We acknowledge our customers’ concerns and have been working on a solution that would allow people to transfer purchased N-Gage games to a new Nokia device. We are working with our Nokia Care Centers with an intermediate solution to enable the licensed transfers of games until a final solution is ready to be deployed.

We apologize for the confusion around this issue and look forward to delivering an appropriate solution to transfer purchased N-Gage games to new Nokia devices.”

Well, you got to give credit to Nokia. Every company can and does make bad desicions. It takes guts to aknowledge your mistake publicly and fix them. Nokia did just that. Way to go Nokia!