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| mtxblau - Jan 21, 2003 |
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Quadriflax | Jan 23, 2003 | ||
Maybe they're really shitty games like "press any button to win," after which it displays "WINNER" and changes background colors. This thing has to be a fake. It just has to be. If it's not, I'll eat my hat. | ||||
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SkankinMonkey | Jan 23, 2003 | |
| If it emulates all these other consoles, then by compiling the games that it emulates you will have the games that it plays, so assuming that it does emulate all these consoles, that factor is not too far off most likely. | |||
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Curtis | Jan 23, 2003 | ||
I'll hold you to that.... The reason behind my scepticism is due to the supposed concept. The console market isn't what it used to be, when the PC simply couldn't compete with the power of the original PlayStation. Now, a console has to offer something special for it to make any impact on the market - something like exclusive content (PS2), or advanced graphics (Xbox, GC). If this new "console" is just a stripped down PC-in-a-box that uses a TV instead of a monitor for display, then it offers nothing the PC market doesn't already offer. Any fool with a bit of cash can buy a graphics card with a TV output and play their games on the big screen. Unless the device is offered at an extremely competitive price (e.g. $99USD), then nobody with a halfway decent PC is going to bother buying it. Another thing to consider is how well it'll play the latest games? Will it run UT 2k3? Battlefield 1942? Doom 3? As i say, unless it offers some degree of "future proofing" what would be the point? If it is "future proof" (i.e. high specs), how could they offer it at a competitive price? They won't have an easy time generating revenue through software sales if it offers PC compatability and exclusive downloadable content. All speculation, of course.  | ||||
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Area-51 | Jan 23, 2003 | ||
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Tony Skyrunner | Jan 23, 2003 | |
| If this is a fake... then it's a very funny fake! :-D Phantom interview... There's Something About Tim... | |||
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ratfish | Jan 23, 2003 | |
| That "interview" at HomeLAN sounds almost like they didn't have a real interview at all. It sounds like the responses were fabricated by them by using information from Infinium Labs' homepage. Maybe it's just me. ??? | |||
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Gallstaff | Jan 23, 2003 | |
| Well it looks like even Penny Arcade picked up on the phantom and they too are saying what a crock of shit it is and I guess what i'm gathering from the internet is that no one really knows WHAT to make of this thing. I mean it's so veague and if you look at the picture, for all we know it's a dell tipped on it's side with a usb controller. Hmm... I wouldn't be surprised if it was a black box with a smaller pc inside it and a tv out card... | |||
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VertigoXX | Jan 24, 2003 | |
| I'm feeling dejavu. Wasn't there a hoax similar to this sometime between the release of the Dreamcast and the PS2? Just as the Xbox and Dolphin were generating excitement, a site popped up and some "interviews" got published, all for a hoax? If I recall, that hoax was figured out when people realized that the controler in the picture was a Mad Catz controler for PC. | |||
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Nadius | Jan 24, 2003 | |
| The Dreamcast 2? | |||
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Tony Skyrunner | Jan 24, 2003 | ||
Hehe, I thought the same thing, the responses seem very artificial  And the console itself... a cheesy render. Come on boys, you can do better than that! | ||||
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Funkstar De Luxe | Jan 24, 2003 | |
| "Broadest selection of preloaded games" What? | |||
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Tony Skyrunner | Jan 26, 2003 | ||
It has Alex Kidd and Sonic built-in  | ||||
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Daniel Eriksson | Jan 26, 2003 | |
| Im quite shure this is just a hoax. And even if it wasn´t, it shureley would end up like M2 did... | |||
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googlefest1 | Jan 26, 2003 | |
| only thing that will realy answer if this is a fake or not is to follow thier event dates and see if there any buzz generated from that - if those events are real ive heared of a few of them but not all | |||
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Tony Skyrunner | Feb 19, 2003 | |
| More news: It seems that the console or whatever it is will cost about 600-700 bucks  and it won't have any CD/DVD drives because you'll have to download the games from Infinium's server (well, at least it's broadband, hehe). We'll have to wait for further news, boys and girls | |||
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gamefoo21 | Feb 19, 2003 | |
| for that much i can upgrade to a nice P4 why would i buy a console that is doomed to death becuz who wants to have to pay per play every time you have to clean your hard drive. | |||
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IceDigger | Feb 19, 2003 | |
| Heh, for that price I could get one helluva video card, top of the line cpu, and have some money left over for a couple games | |||
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mtxblau | Feb 19, 2003 | |
| That's outrageous. What kind of retarded monkeys do they have running the show? Someone should be smacked upside the head. Might I ask where this news is from? You didn't cite any sources. (Edit - is there a spell checker or something? Strange error...) | |||
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Gallstaff | Feb 19, 2003 | |
| I was just watching G4 and they were saying that it is a hoax most definately. There is only one number for each department! Probably some guy name joe living in his parents basement watching babalon five is the receptionist. | |||
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