FatherJohn
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As seen on Evil Avatar, the "IT Managers Journal" attended an investor business presentation on the Infinium Labs Phantom game console:
http://www.itmanagersjournal.com/article.pl?sid=04/08/19/0724255
They were not impressed:
* The only good thing about the Phantom is the industrial design of the mouse / keyboard combo.
* They're aiming the console at former game addicts who now have families.
* For $30 a month you will get some full games and trial versions of other games. Most AAA games require extra charge. Some games will work by streaming, so you can start playing while the rest of the game downloads.
* In IT Manger's opinion, there's no way their business model makes economic sense. (It will cost too much money to acquire each customer.)
* Still no games or publishers announced.
* Going to try and sell through retailers, but no deals yet. "We're talking to Best Buy".
* Launch is November 18th 2004.
* Consumers wary of not being able to resell games or take games to friend's house. And what happens if/when Infinium goes out of business? Presumably the games stop working.
* The investors at this seminar seemed to not know much about business.
http://www.itmanagersjournal.com/article.pl?sid=04/08/19/0724255
They were not impressed:
* The only good thing about the Phantom is the industrial design of the mouse / keyboard combo.
* They're aiming the console at former game addicts who now have families.
* For $30 a month you will get some full games and trial versions of other games. Most AAA games require extra charge. Some games will work by streaming, so you can start playing while the rest of the game downloads.
* In IT Manger's opinion, there's no way their business model makes economic sense. (It will cost too much money to acquire each customer.)
* Still no games or publishers announced.
* Going to try and sell through retailers, but no deals yet. "We're talking to Best Buy".
* Launch is November 18th 2004.
* Consumers wary of not being able to resell games or take games to friend's house. And what happens if/when Infinium goes out of business? Presumably the games stop working.
* The investors at this seminar seemed to not know much about business.