Just read this article series earlier day, and Jesus Christ it's insane:
http://www.thedrive.com/news/2559/the-weird-wild-saga-of-gizmondo-part-1
Yeah, we know the people behind it were in the Swedish Mafia and one of them got in a car crash at about 200mph. But apparently:
They were pretending to be their own fans to trick shops into ordering the system, then bought the consoles themselves to make it look like they were popular and hard to find.
Spend most of the money from investments on lavish parties, drugs and hookers.
Had a tendency to take a boat out into international waters and throw enemies overboard to the sharks for 'betraying' them.
Yeah, sounds like a James Bond movie really. And heck, it even makes the Coleco Chameleon sound somewhat normal, which is an achievement in itself...
So, thoughts on this? Is this the most screwed up gaming world fiasco ever?
http://www.thedrive.com/news/2559/the-weird-wild-saga-of-gizmondo-part-1
Yeah, we know the people behind it were in the Swedish Mafia and one of them got in a car crash at about 200mph. But apparently:
They were pretending to be their own fans to trick shops into ordering the system, then bought the consoles themselves to make it look like they were popular and hard to find.
Spend most of the money from investments on lavish parties, drugs and hookers.
Had a tendency to take a boat out into international waters and throw enemies overboard to the sharks for 'betraying' them.
Yeah, sounds like a James Bond movie really. And heck, it even makes the Coleco Chameleon sound somewhat normal, which is an achievement in itself...
So, thoughts on this? Is this the most screwed up gaming world fiasco ever?