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Ubisoft insists yet again that its uncanny AI-generated 'NEO-NPCs' will make games 'more alive and richer', whatever that means (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] Kushan 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

If the game is good I'll buy it, if it's shit I won't. I don't see how these NPC's will make the game good and I haven't personally bought an Ubisoft game in several years.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Quick question is it pronounced "you be soft" or "oo be soft"?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It stands for Ubiquitous Software, so it's "you be soft".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

It's neither. The French "U" sound doesn't exist in English so I can't really give an example from an English word.

That said, being a global company they're probably fine with the default English pronunciation that would be "you be soft".

[–] Odum 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

"oo be soft" because they're a French company (at least originally). The "you" sound for U isn't really in their language.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 1 points 6 months ago

I've always said it with "you" but that makes sense.

I was only curious because of the "an" before ubisoft in the comment I replied to. If it was the "you" sound it wouldn't feel right to say out loud and it confused me lol

Thank you for the lesson!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's actually pronounced like the word Hue more or less (slightly shorter,the first half) it's pronouced as such " hue - bee - soft "and the you sound is very much present in our language, for exemple baillou or caillou.

[–] Odum 2 points 6 months ago

I just meant to say that it wasn't typically a sound used for just the letter U, but fair enough! I stand corrected. I'll gladly learn a lesson at the hands of a native lol