We were recently lucky enough get an interview with Chief Marketing Officer at Infinium Labs, David Fredrick. We asked David questions about the upcoming Phantom gaming system, check out some clips of what he had to say below.

*GT = Gamer-Talk Staff
*DF = David Fredrick

GT: What was the motivation to begin the project of the Phantom game console?

DF: To provide a highly scalable, high performance game system that allowed for unprecedented flexibility, intuitiveness and affordability. We looked at ways in which to develop a true next generation game system that took advantage of both technology performance as well as infrastructure. This led us to the creation of Phantom.

GT: What places the Phantom apart from any other game console?

DF: Phantom is not a game console for one. Phantom is a true game system built around two key components 1: Phantom (technology platform) 2: PhantomNet –VPGN –the service whereby consumers can search, select, preview, purchase or rent game content.

GT: What places the Phantom apart from a regular PC?

DF: Phantom is built from the ground up as a dedicated game system. The hardware is task specific, it runs Microsoft Windows XPe and it is preconfigured to simply plug into a cable jack or DSL modem and work right out of the box. Phantom also runs a proprietary GUI with a variety of security features to ensure anti-piracy, etc. In short, Phantom is professional grade from the Phantom through the dedicated, redundant, VPN connection and infrastructure support.

GT: How will the Pay per Play rental option cost be structured?

DF: Pay per play rental option is based on three options. 1 day, 3 day or 7 day rental options.

GT: What developers/publishers will be supporting the Phantom upon its release?

DF: Currently, Infinium is working with all the major publishers and developers to allow for content to be sold through the Phantom Game System. We have already announced Riverdeep with many more announcements coming over the next few weeks. . .

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