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Infinium May Have Content Partners

Posted by Zonk on from the silver-lining-on-a-bank-of-thunderheads dept.

eToychest writes "In a move that indicates the video game industry is embracing digital distribution as a vehicle to expand the market, more than 20 game publishers have signed on to supply titles for the Phantom Game Service." Their previously reported financial status is undoubtedly still an issue, though.

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  1. Details? by Bastian · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Maybe I need to take the time to go to Infinium Labs's site, but otherwise this article doesn't really wow me. Those 20 developers could be a bunch of firms that don't have any hit games under their belts (or on the stove). Those 25+ games on the greatest games of all times list probably include such cutting-edge soon-to-be hits as DOOM, Commander Keen, Warcraft, and Pac-Man.

    I'll get excited when they can drop names like Sega and Valve and mention games like DOOM 3 and Warcraft 3.

  2. what return will there be? by spir0 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    what return will the investors get? considering so much money has been spent on building a shell for a PC, how many subscribers will be needed over how long a period before the investors start seeing a return back? let alone when the company will start actually turning a profit.

    After all that's been said and done, even if the Phantom DOES eventuate and some games DO start to come out, there is no way in hell I would consider getting one. The company just seems too flaky and dishonest.

    Are you going to give them your credit card details?

    Are you going to pay for a one year subscription in advance only to have the realise their folly 3 months through and close up shop?

    For the record, I buy pretty much every game console that comes out, regardless of how much the company suck. Yes, I even have an Xbox and I thoroughly enjoy it.

    But I'm way too paranoid to buy anything from Infinium Labs or whatever they may change their name to in the future to avoid bad press.

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  3. Re:Console gamers. by Cyno01 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Uh, people have issues with Infinium because they've files lawsuits against people saying pretty much what every comment to this story has said. They seem to want to offer all the advantages of a hacked X-box w/ a hard drive, but you still have to pay for games. Not sure if thats a niche that needs to be filled.

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  4. The new obligatory Joke? by Thedalek · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is it now required that at every mention of Infinium Labs, someone has to make the DNF Joke? Who thinks it's still funny?

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