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Word from the Phantom
Taken from www.neowin.net so all credit goes to them not us for the information
It was a mystery for NVIDIA’s Andrew Humber
when asked about the reason of NVIDIA Corporation’s logotype
presence on a web-site of Infinium Labs, a small startup that
develops a console called Phantom. Besides, I found “Intel
Inside” logotype on the same web-site. NVIDIA representative
said that the GPU designer has once met with Infinium Labs
officials, but it seems too early for the latter to place NVIDIA’s
logotypes on its web-site. I have no official statement from
Intel at this point.
Currently very little is known about Phantom console, except the
fact that it seems to be based on PC architecture and will run
both PC games and ported console games. The main idea of Infinium
Labs’ Phantom is to offer a lot of online services for
broadband users, including providing ability to beta, demo, rent
and play games online. Infinium Labs promise that the Phantom
console will be a way better than traditional PCs and gaming
consoles. What is really interesting, Infinium intends to offer
seamless upgrades and patch management. It means that the console
will have a HDD as well as expansion capabilities. Unfortunately,
there is no information whether the Phantom is a Linux-based
console, or a Windows-based console.
I can remember a company named Indrema, who was going to make a
revolution in the gaming world with its L600 console, but failed
and eventually vanished into thin air because of insufficient
funds and lack of strong support by the industry. If the project
was not cancelled, the console would utilise Linux-like operating
system and powerful PC hardware. Infinium Labs’ domain name
was registered back in 1996, so, the company does not seem to be
another young startup with never-ending promises and actual
inability to execute. On the other hand, there is no information
about its product and actual ability to deliver and support the
Phantom.
All very interesting and i love the idea behind this Phantom. Hats off to the people behind it if a genuine effort is being put in to make this a reality. But then again it could be mostly talk..we'll keep you posted