Interesting arcticle on Infininium Labs (Phantom Console)

Quigs Snr · 18-09-2003 10:55am #1

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

Interesting read ! Chancer.

Len_007 · 18-09-2003 2:55pm

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 · 18-09-2003 3:18pm

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

Retr0gamer · 18-09-2003 3:29pm

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

Quigs Snr · 18-09-2003 3:46pm

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 · 18-09-2003 11:14pm

It's a broken PC.

monument · 18-09-2003 11:48pm

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 · 19-09-2003 12:43am

well that console is impossible in ireland....

jesus_thats_gre · 19-09-2003 1:27am

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

Say why... oh please sir say why.

po0k · 19-09-2003 1:35am

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 · 19-09-2003 3:18am

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 · 19-09-2003 8:09am

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 · 19-09-2003 10:10am

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 · 19-09-2003 12:11pm

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 · 19-09-2003 2:38pm

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 · 19-09-2003 8:28pm

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 · 19-09-2003 9:42pm

Originally posted by Ryo Hazuki
:rolleyes:

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

Interesting arcticle on Infininium Labs (Phantom Console)

Comments