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Investigating Infinium Labs

Posted by michael on from the snooping-for-fun-and-profit dept.

the web writes "By now, the whole world has heard of Infinium Labs and their infamous Phantom Game Console, but what do we really know about what could be the next big gaming console or the people bringing it to market? At this point, we know little beyond what they've been willing to share. We haven't seen the console outside of a few 3D renderings, we haven't seen the facility where they claim beta units are being built, and we haven't seen the Infinium Labs base of operations." Our own Roblimo has found some reality to the Phantom console.

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  1. Spammers by Mwongozi · · Score: 4, Informative
    I know that they've been spamming me, using my e-mail address harvested from SlashDot. (I use slashdot@...)

    Even if I was in the market for a game console, I definitely wouldn't buy from a spammer.

  2. I don't think that the Phantom will work by Dr+Reducto · · Score: 5, Informative

    I scoured my game magazines to find info on the Phantom, and I came across my GameInformer that covers this years' E3. They have an interview with the CEO or President or something, I forget.

    What i learned though, is that they are thinking about just selling them on Ebay, or other distrobution channel, since they don't have major support. The big thing though, is that they want to make the system available with different amounts of RAM or HD space. This is a huge no-no for consoles. Consoles should *not* become PC's, with regards to upgrading.

  3. Re:So what? by AvantLegion · · Score: 4, Informative
    >> Xbox live is tanking,

    You clearly don't know what you're talking about.

    Xbox Live recently turned 1 year old. Its 500,000 subscribers put it on par with the height of EverQuest's popularity, and it is maintaining a growth path that is expected to double that figure in a year.

    "Tanking". Heh.