Interesting arcticle on Infininium Labs (Phantom Console)

Quigs Snr

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NTEy

Interesting read ! Chancer.

Len_007

It will certainly pack a powerfull punch, but if it ain't got the games...
That's if it's real of coarse

jesus_thats_gre

To be honest I doubt it will offer much of a threat to MS, Sony or Nintendo...

Retr0gamer

i definitely wasn't going to buy one before but after reading that i'm definitely not going to get one now:)

Quigs Snr

I think it's obvious and always has been that this thing is vapourware and will never see the light of day. The guy is a chancer and is just trying to drum up a bit of venture capital to live the high life on.

po0k

It's a broken PC.

monument

Originally posted by Retr0gamer
i definitely wasn't going to buy one before but after reading that i'm definitely not going to get one now:)

So not a thing has changed?


I’ve had the view of it been very dodgy for a long time…

However, on that article, a lot of people involved in business have past failures and have tried, tried and tried again. This is common. For start-ups to be based in people’s house is also very common and for games companies not to quickly give out information about new systems is also common.

The idea behind the “console” is a good idea for a real console with the right backing. It allows the console maker to a degree (or totally) by-pass retailers and distributors as well as the small cost of making and packing CDs. If done right it could also be good for anti-piracy reasons.

BlitzKrieg

well that console is impossible in ireland....

jesus_thats_gre

Originally posted by BlitzKrieg
well that console is impossible in ireland....

Say why... oh please sir say why.

po0k

Take one look at the broadband forum on this site.

Look at the thread titles for the last 2 months.

That's the argument won right there

BlitzKrieg

Originally posted by SyxPak
Take one look at the broadband forum on this site.

Look at the thread titles for the last 2 months.

That's the argument won right there

thank you



for added details


look at the dreamcasts online program took 6 months longer for it to start working over here and even then only on a 33.6k speed.


i have seen F*ck all of the ps2 or XBox online capabilities (in a positive light and i admit i kno little on xbox live)


thirdly our broadband system is so fecked up that some places have it some dont....that means when buying the console it will be


Salesperson: "Where do you live? here in dublin?

Customer: "Why no i come from way down in the south...

Salesperson: "OOooo Sorry the broadband system down that way is not effective enough to run the phantom. How about a Ps2?

Shinji

There aren't any plans to release Phantom outside the USA.

That said, it now looks like there aren't any plans to release it anywhere at all, so that's hardly shocking.

jesus_thats_gre

Originally posted by BlitzKrieg
thank you



for added details


look at the dreamcasts online program took 6 months longer for it to start working over here and even then only on a 33.6k speed.


i have seen F*ck all of the ps2 or XBox online capabilities (in a positive light and i admit i kno little on xbox live)


thirdly our broadband system is so fecked up that some places have it some dont....that means when buying the console it will be


Salesperson: "Where do you live? here in dublin?

Customer: "Why no i come from way down in the south...

Salesperson: "OOooo Sorry the broadband system down that way is not effective enough to run the phantom. How about a Ps2?

Wasn't disputing what you said, just didn't realise what you meant..

Retr0gamer

Even living in Dublin doesn't gaurantee broadband. I live in Dublin and it's not available were i live. I'm not too interested in the obline options of a console at the moment but I would like to be able to play online PC games at decent speeds and be given the chance to actually play FFXI

monument

Originally posted by Retr0gamer
Even living in Dublin doesn't gaurantee broadband.

What is "gaurantee broadband"? Is it some new type of broadband?

Ryo Hazuki

What is "gaurantee broadband"? Is it some new type of broadband?

:rolleyes:

I dont see any advantages this console-PC hybrid over a Real PC, except maybe the Price, but we dont know what that will be yet.

Looks very bad.

monument

Originally posted by Ryo Hazuki
:rolleyes:

I was only messing, just in case you were thinking other wise.