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Kevin Bachus Quits Infinium

Posted by Zonk on from the ha-ha-ha-ha-ha dept.

In yet another piece of news confirming that Infinium is snake-oil in console form, Kevin Bachus has left his position as CEO of the company. Next Generation reports: "The company continues to promise the launch of the aptly named Phantom e-distribution console in 2006. To be honest though, the company has been promising its launch every year since the launch of the Xbox when they first started talking about the unit and rightfully about the promise of e-distribution."

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  1. You know... by Xerxus · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... I am beginning to think it was a bad idea to invest in this company. =(

    1. Re:You know... by MBraynard · · Score: 3, Interesting
      I actually did buy a very, very, very small amount on pot odds for two reasons:

      1) Whatever technology they were developing could be picked up by a major service provider who wanted to get into the game market. So I was thinking someone might just buy them out. I think that's the only hope the thiefs behind the company had.

      2) To just develop/sell/liscence their keyboard/mouse combo. It looked really good and they apparently own the IP on it.

  2. Looks like MS beat them to it by RebelScum · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You know, when Microsoft beats you to market with something, you're really slow!

    (The Xbox 360 has "e-distribution" in the form of Xbox Live Arcade, where you can download games to the hard drive over Live).

  3. Pssst, my money is safe! by Winckle · · Score: 4, Funny

    My investments will pay themselves back a hundred fold once Duke Nuken Forever is out!

  4. More CGI art? by Southpaw018 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is it just me, or has the console's image changed again? I mean...seriously...part of what's so entertaining about the whole damn saga is how often and how radically the "photographs" of the console change!

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  5. Re:Good Idea by Elranzer · · Score: 4, Interesting
    let's face it Nintendo is considered a small company in the console industry today
    That's like saying Apple is considered a small company in the music player business these days...
  6. I actually had my hands on one by LordZardoz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It was a demo unit at E3 2004, so they did get as far as having a few prototype consoles.

    I would guess that they have just failed to get enough investors to actually launch. The idea is, oddly enough, becoming increasingly valid. But they have absolutely no credibility with anyone at this point, as near as I can tell. How is it tht anyone can still be willing to be associated with the Phantom console at this point?

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