Phantom Game Console

jasoncart writes "In a bold move newly formed US technology company Infinium Labs Corporation have announced the release of a new gaming console. They promise that it will be faster than any other console on the market, and have a huge games catalog (32k+ games apparently) available over broadband. Can they take on the big boys? Is broadband pentration high enough? Only time will tell - prototypes are promised in March." There's also an interview with their PR spokesdrone. *cough*Indrema.*cough*

Comments

This is doomed

[bludstone]

This is doomed to failure. Without any of the big name gaming companies to back them up, noone will buy the console.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the next 3do

Hmm.

[lukew]

Think they're seeking capital?

Is this a hoax or what?

[stratjakt]

Something tells me this is just a joke. I sat and listened to the little media hype thingy, and I actually laughed out loud.

It shows a little rendered image of a console, while saying things like "Imagine being able to pay for each play" and "Imagine downloading the latest patches and bugfixes".

Re:32K games?

[Dudio]

I wonder if they count variations as separate games like Sears used to do with their versions of Atari 2600 cartridges. I remember the Space Invaders label boasted something like "120 Games!", which meant standard, moving bunkers, no bunkers, invisible invaders, fast missles, zigzagging missles, moving bunkers + fast missles, moving bunkers + zigzagging missles, moving bunkers + fast missles + zigzagging missles, etc.