Anyone See This?

[ghost018]

http://www.phantom.net/

"Phatnom" next generation broadband game console built for gamers by gamers. It will support PC games, interactive content, ported console games and provide the consumer advantages over the traditional personal gaming computer or console.

Features:
-A state of the art design and architechture
-A number of preloaded games that appeal to a wide variety of users and their specific gaming needs.
-Ability to download more games than any other console
-Leading edge peripherals
-Seamless upgrade and patch management

Sounds cool enough, but I've yet to find anything about what it exactly does. Rofl. Anyway, post what you think.

ghost

[ghost018]

//cough Nobody?

ghost

[Kaltagesta]

i couldnt get the downloadable or streaming demos towork.

i dont think it wil pick up. everyone has a PC now, why get a console to play PC games? its cheaper to just upgrade. and beside,s they cant have the financial backing to compete with nintendo, sony and microsoft.

[OneManArmy]

it'll fail. miserably I might add.

[ghost018]

Their demo video pretty much displays the text I have and pictures of the system spinning around and shit. Not worth the 30 some mb download.

ghost

[Lonehunter]

I think it'll be like the Dreamcast,

cool for a while, :cool2:

than splat... :blowup:

[Doobz]

guys, i'm here to tell you that the PC is gonna stay and is gonna remain on top for a very long time

any console claiming to be a PC killer is full of shit, nothing's gonna replace the PC for a very long time

[Robot]

the first game for the new, "phantom" system: Dawn! (http://www.glitchless.com)

[ghost018]

Nothing better than owning both an Xbox and a PC. Nintendo is primairily for the kiddies and PS2 is just short of being obsolete.

ghost

PS: Give me back my Resident Evil series, Nintendo! Give it back now! :mad:

[Navaron]

Originally posted by OneManArmy
it'll fail. miserably I might add.

Yep.

[Corrosion]

Originally posted by Robot
the first game for the new, "phantom" system: Dawn! (http://www.glitchless.com)

Really?

[Doobz]

Originally posted by ghost018
Nothing better than owning both an Xbox and a PC. Nintendo is primairily for the kiddies and PS2 is just short of being obsolete.

ghost

PS: Give me back my Resident Evil series, Nintendo! Give it back now! :mad:

saying that the gamecube is for kiddies is ignorant

for example, the wind waker, although may not contain the mature themes and such of Vice City, but that does NOT make it less of a game, the Wind Waker is still a great game, and Ocarina of Time lists as one of my favorite games of all time

in fact, some of my very favorite games are Rare titles, Jet Force Gemini, Banjo Kazooie, those were very good and fun games

[Incompetent]

You can almost feel failure radiating from the Phantom

[OneManArmy]

dude, you die now.... Nintendo puts out some of the most creative and innovative not to mention FUN games to date... The fact that they are still pumping out amazingly fun games incredible....

like doobz said just because their games arn't chock full of blood doesnt make it any less of a game (infact I think even more so) I mean come on the sty;e, feel, and themes of nintendo games are to me nothing but solid, wacky FUN!!!

[ghost018]

Hey, I grew up with the Nintendo systems but I think a lot of gamers grow out of their products once they hit a certain age. Nobody said a game had to have blood and guts to be fun. I just don't enjoy cartooney games like Mario World or any of the games sequels/spinoffs. I never really was into the Zelda games after the original Nintendo system, so I wouldn't be able to comment on those. I unfortunately spent money on N64 and found that only a handful of games appealed to me. For awhile there most all of their games could have been confused with something that belonged on Nickelodeon. Take a look at some of their newer titles. Now that the prices of game consoles have increased Nintendo realized that they needed a wider target audience, which is a good thing.

Basically, it all comes down to preference. If you can stomach the storyline to the older Nintendo games, more power to you. Personally, I'd rather spend my money on something a little more entertaining.

ghost

[Doobz]

but even with that argument you claim that the games Nintendo puts out are not entertaining when most of the world (even those over the age of 18) would agree that they're some of the most fun and entertaining games ever

i played my first nintendo games when i was 6, i haven't grown out of them yet, Super Mario 64 is still a great game in my opinion, Ocarina of Time is quite possibly my favorite game of all time, Jet Force Gemini, still a great game, Banjo Kazooie, hours of fun with my friend on that game

i feel that gamers who deprive themselves of games such as these because they feel they are too mature for games that do not carry such mature themes deprive themselves of some of the best gaming experiences around. it's silly and stupid not to play a game because you think you're too mature for it.

[ghost018]

Isn't ment to be an arguement or offensive to anyone that does play them, rather an opinion. I don't enjoy playing those types of games and haven't since maybe 5th or 6th grade. I don't think I'm too mature for the games you've mentioned, but they aren't exaclty what I'd go to a game store and blow $50 bucks on.

ghost

[Doobz]

i wasn't implying that you were being offensive to those who play them

but your statement above just plays right into my last post, that anybody who does deprive themselves of such games deprives themselves of great gaming experiences

[Smaug]

I like super monkey ball 2... please... don't tell anyone.

[Robot]

Originally posted by Corrosion
Really?

i think you missed the subtletly in my statement.

[Mejwell]

It'll be at least as successful as the Atari Jaguar!

Read: It's going to bomb.

[�io]

Phantom console has been vaporware for a while now and untill i see something more concrete than just some concept art and flashy promises it will remain vaporware.

[Hamma]

This has been tried before, it never works.

[EarlyDawn]

I tend to agree that it'll crash and burn but I signed up for the beta anyway.

[�io]

Sorry for the bump Hamma but it's for a good cause so put away your ban stick. :D

Here's Gabe and Tycho's view on this "uber" console.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-08-20 :lol: