Oh god, the Phantom is still alive...

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/09/02/news_6132495.html

Wow, the Infinium Labs CEO sure spews quite a bit of bullshit...The damn thing was announced years ago, and still isn't any better. Just kill the damn thing off, and speak nothing of it again. Then again, it will follow the N-Gage soon enough...

 

How the hell are they gonna pull this system off? Is a company rep going to come to your house every 2 and a half years to update it? I guess if they can pull it off and make it last as long as a console generation without upgrades it would be kind of cool.
EDIT: oh wait, the last time I heard about this it was supposed to play regular pc games on your t.v....what happened to that?

 

I saw this and could not believe it, you think he would have given up already!

 

they say they will release the console in europe. no plans for america or japan. could be BS though.

 

Id still buy it for the hell of it

 

yeah, me too. i need to change my pc anyway, and this is a stylish looking one. someone will hack the system to install complete OSs anyway.

 

so it does play regular pc games?

 

mm...you're suposed to download them, if i remember right.

 

Its goin to be a PC with aclosed-API eviroment, so to port a game you just have to redux it a bit (in resolution and graphics) and you are ready to go.

Man, Im sure those games are goin to be in BT 2mins after system launch :smt042

BTW, According to the system's official Web site, the Phantom is still scheduled to launch this year.

And in 2004, and 2003.............................till 2054

 

Man, maybe duke nukem forever will ship with it

 

Actually I think they might actually make it out in Europe and UK. That region has a high percentage of people owning broadband connections compared to the US. Of course, they'll need developer support and that will be very hard for them after all that they've gone thru.

 

:smt082 Man, I never get bored of Duke Nukem Whenever Jokes.

 

That's not being "alive". Let's list the phantom as "undead".

And it will be that way until the end or time.

 

umm i still want one!

 

lol, aren't those the same exact specs they gave out years ago and said it would equal a midrange gaming PC of 2003?

 

well if that's the main reason then they should launch it in South Korea...
where you move into the new unit and the whole freaking building is pre-wired with optic cable... all you need is plug in the Enternet cable to the wall and call the ISP for an account activation...

 

They called the Phantom (Comic book character/movie adaptation) the ghost that walks.

That's more fitting