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----- Original Message -----
From: Philip Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2004 11:51 am
Subject: RE: Phantom Game info link
> > How do you think the Phantom will fare, assuming they come
> > out with a viable product?
>
> It all depends on what it runs
>
> IF it runs all PC games, the it's a cheapish solution, especially
> sinceit runs to a TV - a lot of people don't like running games on
> their PC
> compared to consoles as they have to use the "tiny" monitor, in
> comparison to their TV - it's a "shared experience" thing
>
> Now, if it does run all PC games, and does auto-updates of new
> releases/pathches, then it could sell quite well
>
> If it only runs it's own software, then it needs one thing - big name
> developers!
>
>
> The current software list isn't every PC game, not even close, and
> there's a LOT of strange stuff
>
>
> We won't know this for certain until it's closer to launch.
>
> I'm NOT the kind of person to say "Bah, it won't work" before they've
> even seen it - it takes an AWFULLY closed mind to discount it before
> it's even on the market - take the PlayStation for example... Sony had
> never done anything in the games market, and Sega vs Nintendo was the
> market angle... When it first was announced there were a LOT of people
> out there who said it'd die as Sega & Nintendo would wipe it
> out... Now
> look at them PS franchise!
>
> Discounting something before it's launched it an incredibly negative
> viewpoint, and I feel sorry for you living your life by having to put
> things down before you've even seen them
>
>
>
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