The Phantom Game Console

   Ok this is getting really annoying really fast.  I can't go anywhere online without seeing something about this console.  Its supposed to revolutionize gaming, well some guy said he would revolutionize transportation and all we got was a friggin' scooter.  I mean you might as well expect it to be a multiplayer version of Pac-Man with all the wonderful information its provided us.  They just keep cramming the same useless "revolutionize gaming" jargon in all their ads and in their friggin site.  In fact the only picture they show of it looks like it was made w/ MS Paint.

   This crap has gone way overboard.  Now it says you can go online to get game packages, ok well lets look at any good game out right now, or rather the SIZE of any good game out right now.  PS2 and X-Box games are sold in DVDs, cause they cant fit on a regular 700mb disk.  So this means to compete with Sony and Microsoft, you have to download at least 700mb.  When making this, did they realize that downloading that much doesn't exactly come easy? 

  Oh but that's not the good part, they actually talked about some games that are pay-to-play to ATTRACT people.  Most people are instantly repelled by a pay-to-play system.  No one in their right mind is gonna' cough up $300+ for a console and then spend more just to play a probably lousy game.

  Playing PC Games? Ooh! Yippee! I can play a game that requires a 101 button keyboard to play with my 5 button controller!  Speaking of controllers, its wireless, and the channel doesn't seem to be customizable so don't use anything w/ a 2.4GHz transmitter near it.  They haven't mentioned anything on a docking station to recharge the controllers, so if you get one, you'll probably be wasting AA's like crazy.

  As for revolutionizing gaming, I believe Sony has the claim for the next generation of consoles, after talking about the release of PS3 in 2005.  They plan on making it 1000x faster than PS2, so as I see it, you should be worrying about if you'll have enough money to spend on the PS3 when it comes out, not the Phantom.

Your Ranting Arab,

Saladin