Desmight: I didn't know that the internet situation in the US was that bad (edit: apart from the whole net neutrality thing), I find it funny because here in Italy people actually think that in the rest of the world the internet connections are way better than ours, but it seems that it really isn't the case.
The major issue is that cable companies don't want to spend the money to replace traditional lines with fiberoptics in large population areas with pre-existing outdated infrastructure in place. They want to continue to milk that for money, despite standard cable lines being much less efficient, less speedy, yada yada yada. The irony here is, countries that don't have preexisting infrastructure in place are far more attractive to put down highspeed internet lines, specifically due to that fact. It's a lot like the highway/road situation in the US, everyone complains about how bad it's becoming, but no one wants to spend the money to improve or replace it.
It's also making small towns that don't have a lot of cable lines ran to begin with, be the focal point of fiberoptics lines, because of the reasons I've stated above. Hopefully, some of the smaller, more agile companies come to see it as an opportunity to exploit Time Warner's and Comcast's unwillingness to spend money as a chance for them to steal marketshare. Otherwise, these large corps will continue to not be prepared for 4k, and the inevitable higher resolutions that will follow, and in that void, hardware manufacturers will step in. So, I agree with a lot of what you're saying.
It's also why streaming won't have any realistic market penetration in the US until those factors are fixed.
My opinions on Ubisoft are fuck 'em. They've become out of touch with their market, and release mainly tired crap anyway.
