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Game Industry Executive Shuffle

Posted by Zonk on from the wandering-away-from-the-nest dept.

Next Generation reports that Sales and Marketing Director for Nintendo of Europe Jim Merrick has officially moved on from the company. Meanwhile, Greg Koler has been cemented as the CEO for Infinium Labs, the "maker" of the Phantom console. Koler has been serving as interim CEO of the company since Bachus quit last November. From the Koler article: "The Phantom Game Service has an unparalleled legacy of boldness, innovation and great opportunities for the online video games market sector ... Together we look forward to joining our strengths in engineering and technology with a sales and marketing driven presence to deliver the most advanced online video game service and devices for consumers."

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  1. Speaking of strategically placed quotation marks. by Phariom · · Score: 3, Funny

    Meanwhile, Greg Koler has been cemented as the CEO for Infinium Labs, the "maker" of the Phantom console.

    This sentence should have read:

    Meanwhile, Greg Koler has been cemented as the "CEO" for "Infinium Labs," the "maker" of the Phantom console.

  2. The problem with Infinium is the attitude by Stormwatch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Infinium is too lawsuit-happy. Hey, guys, no one likes bullies! To sell your product, you must gain the trust of consumers. A nice start would be not using legal tactics in an unethical attempt to silence the people who investigate you and reveal what a complete scam you really are. Then people will trust you! ...oh, wait.

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    1. Re:The problem with Infinium is the attitude by Stone+Rhino · · Score: 2, Informative

      Perhaps if someone came up with a little more open version of it, that ran Linux and let people create homebrews and sell them cheaply through the service it could actually do pretty well?

      Someone did. It failed.

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  3. FFS by GrumblyStuff · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why does Infinium Labs and the Phantom even get mentioned? Hell, even the Virtual Boy is less of a joke.