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Infinium Labs Phantom Unveiled In August

Posted by simoniker on from the to-infinium-and-beyond dept.

Jerek Dain writes "GameSpy.com has an article about the Phantom console from Infinium Labs with some new information. Apparently it will make its big debut (complete with proof of its existence) at the Ultimate Gamers Expo in August. But from the sound of things, can it really compete with gamers' PCs?" Of course, our previous story on the Phantom mentioned prototypes would be available in March, but we suppose delays never hurt anyone, as long as a product has good support and decent game quality when it does ship?

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  1. Re:not a chance! by Acidic_Diarrhea · · Score: 3, Flamebait

    Correct: there is probably not room in the market for four consoles. There probably isn't enough room for three consoles BUT, and here's the important point, just because there's not room for four products does not mean that a new entry in the race cannot take the place of a console already in the market. Remember when Sony was the upstart? I'm sure plenty of people who bought the Saturn when it came out thought the Playstation was not going to be around for very long. Companies who are new to the game can succeed in the market if it's a quality console with good developer support and some exclusive titles worth owning. The Atari Jaguar had none of these things AND it had that awful controller which was not designed for humans.

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  2. Delays? by Thing+1 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    [...] but we suppose delays never hurt anyone, as long as a product has good support and decent game quality when it does ship?

    Unless of course we're talking about Microsoft; then we rant and rave and scream FUD and vaporware.

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