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Phantom Console May Never Materialize

Posted by Zonk on from the going-once dept.

CNN Money's excellent column Game On is running a piece discussing the conspicuous absence of the Phantom console from this year's E3. The service-based system which was to allow download and purchase of games via a living-room unit has been the subject of dubious press coverage and general mistrust, all of which appears to have been well deserved. From the article: "The company believes, based on past performance, that there is a high likelihood that sufficient capital will not be available ... and many or all of these milestones will be missed and the launch date will again shift and/or the company will go out of business..."

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  1. Re:hmmm by FireballX301 · · Score: 0, Troll

    [i] the chances of a working living breathing console coming from them are very very remote.[/i]

    You kidding me? Just hire a few chinese teenagers to act as the GPU and RAM, and force them to memorize things and do hex math.

    One living, breathing console to you.