More Info on Phantom Game Console

MImeKillEr writes "Newsforge is reporting that the Phantom Game Console discussed on Slashdot is really a DRM-protected PC, sans floppy or CD running Windows XP. It uses a proprietary encryption method to protect the data on its harddrive, and the only thing that differentiates this 'game console' from a standard, Windows-running PC is that it has no way to get data on or off of it except through a dedicated connection to Infinium Labs' own servers." Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN.

Comments

Looking into the future...

[FrostedWheat]

I predict only phantom sales for this ... thing.

Wow

[Lord_Slepnir]

All of that security....DRM....encryption....requiring a connection to Infinium Labs' own computers....

I give it 3 weeks before it's completly cracked and reverse engineered. Thanks, Infinium Labs', for giving me (and dozens of other nerds) something to do this semester!

whoa

[TrekkieGod]

Last time I checked, when you buy something it's yours.

When was the last time you checked? Been away for a while?

Nice quote:

[cK-Gunslinger]

As one industry observer pointed out when he first heard the Infinium Labs story, "You buy the console. You buy the games. Then you pay to play the games you bought on the console you bought. It's sort of like buying an arcade game but still having to put quarters in. And ads!"

Reminds me of "Funny Farm" when the telco installed a payphone in Chevy Chase's house.

Yeah, sign me up! ;-)

Yet another hacking challenge

[serutan]

Once again, the DRM world prepares to provide the smart-people-with-spare-time world with more amusement. Woo-Hoo!!

Re:Fair use?

[paranoic]

If pens where made by software companies

1. There would be no guarantee that they would work or do anything useful at all.
   
2. You may not reverse engineer them.
   
3. You may not use them to write disparaging remarks about the company.
   
4. Amazon.com would own the patent to writing with them.
   
5. The ink would run out at predetermined time and only refills made by the company would work.
   
6. Only the purchaser may use the pen.
   

Of course, the new economic model would require a fee for every letter written by the pen.

Re:Fair use?

[Scaba]

My wife went out and bought a yoda cd...

Was that Yoda CD anything like this?

Re:Fair use?

[Surak]

Don't forget that clicking the button on the end of the pen indicates your acceptance of these terms of use.

And your pen would surrepititously write information about what you wrote and send it to the manufacturer whenever you 'upgraded' the ink cartridge.

And you could only use paper compatible with your pen, of course. And the company would make sure that only *its* paper would work with its pen.

And some people would independently develop their own "open" pen and paper systems, where pens and papers would work interchangeably, only to be sued by SCO for violating the copyright on their pen design.

Re:Fair use?

[cheezedawg]

I hate it when people begin their sentences with "Umm." It's rather low-class.

This coming from somebody that chose "Acidic_Diarrhea" as their nick...