Piicron: why choose, when you can have it all? Invest now!

It's hard to tell if those awesome consoles up above are artists renditions or very real pieces of gaming technology that will shake the industry at its core. So hard to tell. We won't humor Piicron enough to actually describe their ideas (okay, just one: Ubercron, a $500 console that can play "any game ever released to any console" with its 3.2GHz quad-core processor) but we do recommend clicking on over to the website, where you can easily squander an afternoon reading through all this insanity. To be honest, we're almost a little disappointed none of this is grounded in reality, or even vaguely aware of reality: at least Phantom was trying.

[nak @ Sep 2nd 2008 7:36PM]

Where precisely should I click? Google search?

[Mike10010100 @ Sep 2nd 2008 7:45PM]

Speaking of Google, what about Google Chrome? Why hasn't Engadget reported that?

[Will @ Sep 2nd 2008 7:47PM]

https://www.piicron.com/invest.php

Apparently engadget doesn't want you to go to the website they just asked you to go to.

[DeoWulf @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:09PM]

Mike-- Yeah, I'm typing this from Chrome right now. It's interesting, it's tech news, c'mon Engadget!

[Aguiluz @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:30PM]

Google Chrome! I'm using it now and I can say it's pretty good. Java is unsupported, however, so I'm not trading Firefox yet.

Back on topic.

Ok, can I call BS on this?

[Knives_Out @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:35PM]

wtf engadget ... google chrome? hello?!

btw .. google chrome is absolutely blazing fast. fastest browser I've ever been on ... minimal memory usage.

[sLY @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:46PM]

@Mike10010100:

I also noticed that engadget has made no posts about Google chrome... maybe because it isn't available for macs?

[Billy G @ Sep 2nd 2008 9:21PM]

Indeed. This Chrome browser is pretty cool. But I'd like it more if they had called it Uberchrome.

[black @ Sep 3rd 2008 1:01AM]

Google Chrome? I'm using Songbird as a browser right now. Playing music and web browser all in one package is awesome! I'll check out Google Chrome though.

[Atanas Boev @ Sep 3rd 2008 2:08AM]

Google Chrome is no news. The REAL news is that Apple is going to unveil something on Sept 9th, and Engadget already reported that :)

[OneLove @ Sep 3rd 2008 12:16PM]

Wow, long blonde haired dude playing poker gives chick orgasm by squeezing her neck.

..."Invest in PIICRON you want, wise choice it is!" ...apparently they hired yoda to be their spokesperson.

[Alex @ Sep 2nd 2008 7:37PM]

Crap! Again I got lamed by my crap internet. Does this fix that problem also?

[Will @ Sep 2nd 2008 7:39PM]

No, you got lamed(wtfisthat?) by caring if you're first.

[Jake E. @ Sep 2nd 2008 9:23PM]

18-1

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Sep 2nd 2008 10:31PM]

You could have had first if you were using Google Chrome like the rest of us. C'mon dude look where you are....



Also, this is total Vapor Ware. First off play every console game? Hmm sounds like piracy to me. Second, you think Sony and Microsoft are going to just Give up their code to use. Ha!

[jupiterthunder @ Sep 3rd 2008 12:04AM]

@SooperGooMan

Really. Less than 12 hours in the wild and you want to post that? I didn't even know they had Chrome on the iPhone.

[TareX @ Sep 2nd 2008 7:38PM]

Now how amazing is that handheld?

[Matt @ Sep 2nd 2008 7:40PM]

Wow, so I can invest just buy putting in my credit card information? Sign me up!

[thatrotierkid @ Sep 2nd 2008 7:40PM]

http://yougotowned.net/

[Will @ Sep 2nd 2008 7:41PM]

https://www.piicron.com/invest.php

...since engadget doesn't want to post the link that they ask us to go to

[Nickocosmic @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:42PM]

apparently piicron has only existed for the amount of time it takes to dream this up and build a website about it. found this post, thought the moderator's reaction was hilarious:

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?s=0bdd6547a716aec7f52f1b7b341fd548&p=1210073#post1210073

[sockatume @ Sep 2nd 2008 7:49PM]

Plays any game for any system ever? Piicron is an investment in patent infringement, clearly.

[Paulmichael @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:35PM]

That and a giant collection of emulators...Like GameTap but soo much worse!

[Wolfticket @ Sep 2nd 2008 7:56PM]

Oh good. I've been looking for somewhere to invest my magic beans.

[Rogue_Genius @ Sep 2nd 2008 7:57PM]

I won't clamor for them to be burned at the stake, but ya gotta admit it looks bad. I googled the name "piicron" and the company's url was the fourth highest website. Engadget's article got pageranked above them. Yikes!

[Carl Vitullo @ Sep 2nd 2008 7:58PM]

Wow.
Just wow.

Although the 4870x2 does have more processing power than all the consoles, and regardless of how cool that would be, it's not going to happen.

But if it does, I'll be the first to buy one, as long as the prices aren't as high as listed. $2k for a game console? And does a handheld system really need 3d image capture?

[DeoWulf @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:02PM]

From their website, their absolute best version of the Ubercron is the Ubercron 31337. That's right, that's the name of the product! This is so legit!

[DeoWulf @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:08PM]

Also from the site:

"We will let you in on a little secret we have realized after long & hard innovative testing. Batteries degrade over time. No, really! Who could have figured? We surely expect to receive the Nobel physics price for our discovery."

"...we dreamed up the dream console, the monster of monsters, the god of gods."

"...from close talks with different types of consumers we have made the frighteningly discovery that price matters!"

"You want quality? So do we. Quality comes in anodized aluminium with several colors to choose from."

"Impressed? Don't be, we are just getting started!"

Oh goodness... must remember to breathe... I mean, I get that they're trying to be over the top, it's just... I can't imagine ever buying a thing these people would try to sell me.

[computer.dude.28 @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:07PM]

"any game ever released to any console"
NES, SNES, N64. What are they gonna do, put slots on the thing, or leave you to find your own ROMs of them? Either way, I don't think it's legal. It's illegal if this thing plays ANY game released for ANY other console, isn't it?

[DiGiC @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:12PM]

Piicron? More like Pikey!

[chunks @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:13PM]

This was probably some ID students first semester project. Why is this news worthy?

[Ender Wiggin @ Sep 2nd 2008 9:29PM]

What do you mean by "ID"? "ID" can stand for a lot of different things.

[Kevlar @ Sep 2nd 2008 9:50PM]

That's exactly what this looks like.
Check the "About Us" section on their horridly designed site:
http://www.piicron.com/investors/whoarewe.php
The whole thing is three late-teens/early-20s guys, and their mother, who is an optician.

It's a student project turned scam site.

[Chris @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:14PM]

FRIST!

[Jake E. @ Sep 2nd 2008 9:35PM]

FIAL!

[Ridgecity @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:14PM]

every couple years, there come a company that promises a miracle machine...

years later, they deliver blank checks to investors and CEOs are seen crashing limited edition Ferraris...

at least last one did come up with a $130 keyboard...

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/12/phantom-keyboar.html

[Ridgecity @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:28PM]

Übercron (The monster flagship that plays any game to any console)
Netcron (Our revolutionary & groundbreaking handheld game console)
Secron (Our value console, owning PS3/WII/360, aimed at 3rd world)
Controller (A controller, unlike any before it)

I'm glad they have time to make 3 consoles, specially a unique one for the third world!

I wonder what the controller would be like?

[computer.dude.28 @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:14PM]

lol! They're gonna charge people for grid-computing services through the consoles and pay console owners for the work done.
"
If your console does the work, naturally you should get paid, right? Leaving it on working on a task from someone else can earn you $, quite a pleasant thought, is it not?"

[computer.dude.28 @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:16PM]

Hey, Blogsmith! I wasn't finished that comment! Anyway..
The fact that they used a $ symbol for the word money says it all. This isn't happening.

[PeterF @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:24PM]

THAT is what tipped you off? Nothing else?

[computer.dude.28 @ Sep 2nd 2008 9:19PM]

Just another nail in the coffin, Peter.

[~~Tito~~ @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:18PM]

Is that a joke or some wild dream? Seriously the web site doesn't look serious. . . and at the same time it does. . . . .

[Chris @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:20PM]

Its fun to root for the liitle guy every now and then but its a lot harder if every company that's ever made a game console is suing.

[StinkyPete @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:21PM]

They'll need all the capital they can get to lawyer up. You think the big 3 of gaming will take that one sitting down? Hope SEC has a junior analyst or two free to shut down that investment non-sense.

[Meta @ Sep 3rd 2008 7:36PM]

Well for the ps3 and 360 that would mean 1 less console to lose money on manufacturing while there still being 1 more console for someone to buy games for.

[kuade @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:27PM]

Never going to happen....

[atomicthumbs @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:32PM]

Hell yes! If I use their credit card donation form to "invest" one US cent, I'll get a hundred bucks in 2012! Awesome!

[atomicthumbs @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:33PM]

Also, I hope they make a super TV to go with that third-world gaming system.

[ben @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:49PM]

Let me guess...not only can this thing play every game ever, but incense and scented oils comes out of that little vent/compound eye thing on the center...am I right?

[Paulmichael @ Sep 2nd 2008 8:51PM]

lol:
"No ads, no monthly fee, no shareware, no strings attached. Full, free lovely games for your enjoyment & personal pleasure.

But how? We'll soon unveil how this is possible. Suck on that Microsoft, Nintendo & Sony, how does it taste? What do you think we are up to?"

There's too much crap to read on this site, and all of it sounds like a freshman in high school wrote it...