Most PCs can't run all PC games due to software/hardware incompatibilities, so it's highly unlikely the Phantom will either.
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Date: Thursday, January 22, 2004 12:10 pm
Subject: Re: RE: Phantom Game info link
> > 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
>
> Most PCs can't run all PC games, so it's
>
> >
> > If it only runs it's own software, then it needs one thing - big
> name> developers!
>
> The point of the Phantom is that it runs PC games.
>
> > 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!
>
> These guys aren't Sony.
>
> > 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
>
> There's been lots of industry guffaws over this product. I've
> known about the Phantom for quite a while now. I categorize it in
> the same class as Duke Nukem Forever, anything by the BitBoyz, and
> stuff written by Derek Smart.
>
>
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