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Pokeball 2DS XL is taking 15% off. Takes it down to $129.19 w/ red card.

 

https://www.target.c...on/-/A-52841039

Code gift10 knocks another $10 bucks off.  Just ordered an Xbox One bundle for $89.99 + tax shipped.

Ubisoft's Q1 PC share is misleading because of carryover inventory from Q3 LY, they own their own PC online store and the fact that they didn't release a title. Their sales aren't really 23% PC. For the full prior year their sales were 12% PC. 

 

Another business topic you guys butchered two weeks ago: spreadsheets aren't as all powerful or ubiquitous as you think they are. You were so far off base it was a little shocking. There is no way in hell a spreadsheet drove the decision to include AC in Toy Soldiers. Here are the most likely reasons in descending order:

 

1) The lead developer thought it was a good idea

2) Someone on the dev team thought it was a good idea

3) The lead on the publisher side thought it was a good idea

4) Someone on the publisher side thought it was a good idea

5) Someone on the publisher side knows someone at Ubisoft and thought they could get the license cheap

6) Someone on the dev team put it in the game because they knew it would piss off the publisher but they wouldn't fight it

7) Someone on the publishing team put it in the game because they knew it would piss off the developer but they wouldn't fight it

8) Watch the Red Faction 2 Ostrich hammer video again. See the guy that yelled "Bird fucked"? Someone yelled out Assassin's Creed like that and all of the other ideas that the team had fell through because of licensing issues and they were left with AC

9) The lead developers child really likes AC

10) The guy that delivers pizza to the studio mentioned to them that they should put AC in their game

11) The studio did a toy aisle research trip and saw the AC figures or megabloks there

12) The lead developer had a dream where Ezio visited him and told him he was going to die if he didn't put AC in the game

13) Yves Guillermot really liked the game and told the studio they should put AC in the game

14) A spreadsheet

Shows with Wombat being Wombat are great. He leads a rational discussion about mature content on the dashboard, but also completely made shit up about current Xbox 360 digital policies that he had no idea about. Ah, Wombat. So close yet so far. 

I managed to talk my wife into playing Star Trek with me. We were severely disappointed us twice. Once when actually playing it and then the next night when we discovered there is no way to continue a couch coop game with a guest.