Ubisoft CEO Expects Set-Top Gaming, New Apple Hardware

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday May 28, 2009 @11:03PM from the ibox-istation-or-iii dept.

GamesIndustry reports on comments by Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot about what to expect from the coming generation of gaming hardware. In addition to greater integration between game hardware and set-top boxes, he said he doesn't expect Apple to stop with the iPhone as a platform for games. "We will see more customers coming to the videogame industry, and they will not only come to the basic consoles like we have today, but they will start also to come on all the boxes that you see under the TVs. TV boxes will be more powerful, and with accessibility, will help to take more people. So we will see more consoles on which we will be able to put product." Guillemot continued, "... because you saw new interfaces with the Wii, with the Wiimote, and also with the DS, with the stylus, what we see for the future is that there will be also big announcements in interfaces. And it will not only happen on consoles, but it will also happen on those TV boxes as well."

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Hidden away by goldaryn · 2009-05-28 23:16 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It's amazing what you find tucked in at the bottom of these "press releases"..

Ubisoft's headline financial information included profits that were down for the 2008 fiscal year by 37 per cent, on sales that were up by 14 per cent. The company's stock opened down just over 5 per cent this morning at EUR 13.93.

So, witter on about an Apple super console and bury the real news in a tough financial climate? You decide.