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Ubisoft CEO Says Next Gen Consoles Closer Than We Think
An anonymous reader writes "Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot tells CNBC that he believes the next generation of video game systems isn't as far away as the public has been led to believe. Guillemot noted that public demand for the best machine possible, as well as coming competition from companies such as OnLive could spur Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo to roll out new systems sooner than they want. That's not good news for publishers, though, as he says games in the next generation will likely cost $60 million to create."
It would be terrible if a la carte cable TV meant that networks like BET would go away due to lack of funding.
Do you remember when, overnight, every black person in the USA started saying "are-uh" instead of the correct, monosyllabic pronounciation of the letter "r"? How about when that silly "raise the roof" gesture became trendy? What about yellow t-shirts? Speaking of who is or isn't in "the house" in a loud annoying voice? Who could forget shizzle and nizzle and other black contributions to our culture? I used to wonder how they managed to coordinate these trends because one day none of them would exhibit such behaviors and then the next day all of them do it as though they had been doing so all of their lives like some kind of long-established tradition. I mean, that sounds like it would be quite the logistics problem and would take a lot of work. Then it dawned on me! BET is how they do it. Ah well, as they say - monkey see, monkey do!
I wonder if any of the group-identity type of blacks would be surprised or shocked to learn that most of the commercial trends belonging to "their people", especially music but also designer clothes and the like, were actually the products of market research performed by some very white people wearing business suits and doing other things that are quite non-thuggish. Amazing how they hate "acting white" when it comes to getting an education and bettering yourself but they love following whitey when it comes to market trends.
It should say "Ubisoft"
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits" - Albert Einstein