Air tight non-disclosure agreements means that developers and publishers are not even allowed to acknowledge the existence of the next Xbox console. Yet since February at least three major publishers have directly alluded to their forthcoming games being released on Microsoft’s newest console. Are these accidents or have Microsoft authorised them to do this?
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Sorry, that's all I can think of when one of my American brethren make an Americentric comment. It's really not so much our fault as individuals. We have to learn everything about other cultures on our own, because we only get taught AMERICAN (F-YEAH!!!) history in grade school... and we barely get taught grammar. Our school system tends to focus on testing.
On topic: I can't wait for the MS reveal. I love reveals. If Commodore decided to come out with a 16-bit machine today... I'd be excited for the reveal.
I speak american!
Sorry to burst your bubble regarding commodore's 16bit reveal but you missed it by few decades as it happened in late 80s. I was there and read all about it in the magazines. Eventually bought it replacing my C64.
@mistertwoturbo
Since when does a site's host country has anything to do with what software is in your computer. If i'm sitting somewhere in Asia or EU or any non US region will my going to US site change the dictionary/spell checker in my system? OR are we to automatically adhere to the laws of teh country where the site's been hosted? Use some cells in your brain..
In any event, I'm Canadian and we've been forced to alter some of our words to cater to French spelling so I don't give a damn which English is "correct" because it's all English and whether it's tyre or tire, authorise or authorize, it's all just semantics and misplaced patriotism.
They act like It's English class 24/7.
they wine at type o
Is it a crime that you are unable to speak English?
Beside, it does not matter which country you come from. There is no terms of use in that site dictating which version of English you have to use.
Hell, I'm from New Zealand so we end up borrowing from both, mainly because we get a mix of American and British media.
Surely if "the English" change their own language then that is their perogative. Seeing as it is "English" and they have branded their name on it.
French, Spanish, Portuguese have evolved over the years, so why not our language.
Maybe it would be easier if you branch off your "American" English and rename it "Americish" and then you can do what you like with your version of the language
;-)
And, like I said, I'm Canadian not American, so I don't know why you'd come up with "Americish" as the implication that Canadians speak American English when Canada has French and English (as in the UK) founding fathers.
That is one of the funniest things I've read this year. I'm pretty sure William Shakespeare didn't speak like a New York taxi driver, but hey, I don't own a time machine, how would I know
"Romeo, oh Romeo, get your hot dogs here Romeo"
Oh, just FYI dragonknight, there's no such thing as a British accent. People who are British, don't call themselves British here. You're either English, Scottish or Welsh. So you have one of those accents, which are very different to each other. And even that's not fully accurate since there are like a hundred accents within those countries too. Liverpool, Manchester, London, Yorkshire, Somerset etc, etc all have very different accents.
But apparently we all sounded like New York hot dog sellers in ye olde day
Canadish?
" The New York "Bronx" accent is actually the more historical British accent and, as colonists left to return to Britannia, their accent changed."
That is one of the most incredible things I've read. Absolute rubbish.
Lets get this straight, from his statement apparently at the time when Britain colonised America, everyone in Britain sounded like Joey Tribiani's agent.
Then they came to America and left the New York accent with everyone
Then the colonists left America, went home to England, and...lost their accent, because....because....
a) everyone in Britain sounded American still?
b) they lost the accent because nobody spoke like an New York shoe shiner in the UK, at anytime ever? OR
c) did the colonists not have an American accent at all to begin with, because they were born in Britain?
DING!!!
I was born in England and live in England and have never ever heard that we spoke with American accents in the past. Never been taught that. The BBC subjects its viewers to a lot of period dramas and historical documentaries and not once have they ever shown the people speakin like Robert Di Nero in Taxi. Pride and Prejudice wouldn't quite have the same authenticity I suspect. Never ever seen that before
I don't know what back of a toilet door you learnt that from but it's rubbish. If you learnt that in university, ask for your money back.
Does MS really think we are that stupid? Or, is the author of this article that stupid?
LOGIC, MUTHA F**KA! DO YOU SPEAK IT?!
Now we have a rumour article that is discussing a rumour about Microsoft deliberately creating a rumour about the next Xbox that developers can allude to when speaking to the media so they can report it as a rumour?
For heaven's sake!
Oh and that's rumour as in the British English spelling - the correct way ;-)
Back to the article: Companies sign an agreement. Even users in closed betas agreed to NDAs...
Ok :(
It's an engineered leak to keep certain technical details out of the news (in case of last minute changes) but to simutaneously maintain a certain level of buzz.
there are more sophisticated methods to do this, so it' likely an executive overseeing this or an uninventive underling.
i don't see how any of that alludes to anything nor is "next-gen consoles" or "future generation technology" a specific reference to the next xbox.
logic fail.