Evo: Phase One

[Evo]

Evo: Phase One is a video game console to be a 'forthcoming Media Center PC with gaming compatibility to be produced by Envizions Computer Entertainment and will be released in December, 2006. Similar to Phantom Entertainment's Phantom console, the system is intended to be capable of playing existing and future PC games as its primary source of media. The system will also have DVR and media center functionality.'

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Anyone head of this thing?

It isn't me btw

 

[DigiQ8]

Poor Evo is a machine now ;(

 

[Stigmata]

Phantom much?

bacons.

 

[JNightshade]

Phantom much?

bacons.

My thought exactly.

bacons.

 

[Unfocused]

Maybe it's an Evo-in-the-box? You turn the crank, the box plays some nice melody like "Master of Puppets" and suddenly your face pops out of the box on a spring?

OK, OK, I'll go to sleep now.

 

[Evo]

The price is $679.99US (80 GB HDD) The system will ship with the Akimbo video on demand application pre-installed, plus, customers can apply an additional discount on over 1,600 games from the Evo: Direct store upon purchase of their EVO unit

From Wiki

 

[Lucid]

And the point of having a console like this is...?

 

[Evo]

I'm asking you all!

D:

 

[Sloth]

Does it even have any games on release?

 

[theotherguy]

Does it even have any games on release?

Try all the PC games ever released in the history of man.

 

[Sloth]

pfft sorry, really missed that bit somehow...

But i was more getting at thinking do they have anything that the PC's won't work on?

 

[Lucid]

Why would you want to play PC Games on a console? :|

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Exactly. The controller also looks like a DualShock controller.

baykuns

 

[TCfromBN]

I presume that it comes with free baykuns right? /sarcastic

 

[StardogChampion]

And they're not going to get sued by Sony for that controller... ?

 

[hungryduck]

My thought exactly.

bacons.

agreed.

this thing is doomed to fail....even before it starts.

bacons.

 

[Uriel]

A CONSOLE FOR YOUR COMPUTER!
*head explodes

 

[Lucid]

A CONSOLE FOR YOUR COMPUTER!
*head explodes

paradoxrly

 

[99.vikram]

I eat that controller sooner than play with it D:

Bacons.

 

[Qonfused]

Forced fad is foooooooooooooooooooooooorced.

 

[Stigmata]

Forced fad is foooooooooooooooooooooooorced.

I'd respond to this, but I'm really far too lazy to put any effort into

bacons.

 

[Uriel]

Quit the spamming you bastards
bacons.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Listen to Urinel, he speaks the bacontruth.

And they're not going to get sued by Sony for that controller... ?

Watch it happen.