Wildchicken: January, 2007

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January 13

Say That Again

Ars Technica has a nice little article on the latest.

In his CES keynote, Peter Dille (SCEA's SVP of Marketing) stated that that Motorstorm will run 1080p at 60fps. Apparently this is not true, as SCEA told 1UP that it will actually be 720p at 30fps.

In that same keynote, he says they hit their goal of shipping 1 million PS3 systems. Hold on for a sec. Back in August, Sony clarified their launch plans saying they would have 2 million at launch and another 2 million by year's end, for a total of 4 million. In November, that number went down to a total of 2 million according to an Engadget interview with Peter Dille. And now 1 million? It's neat that it goes down by half every time.

It's amazing that they continue to say these kinds of things week after week. If Microsoft were caught making those types of statements, we would be publicly tarred and feathered.

January 12

Happy Belated New Year

It's been a while, so here's a short update on what's happened since the end of November:

Lots of work on Xbox 360 updates for 2007 and beyond.
Flew to my alma mater, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, to attend an end-of-semester project review and meet with faculty & students from the design department and the Entertainment Technology Center.
Got snowed in. Took 6 hours to get home on what is normally a 40 minute commute.
Went on vacation and visited family.
Played some games: Gears of War, Rainbow Six Vegas, Wii Sports, Elebits, and Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime.
Went back to work. My laptop died on me. It's one of those small Sony VAIO's, and the hard drive seems to be having problems. It's stuck in an endless reboot loop. I'm replacing it.
Bought a Samsung Blackjack since I needed a full-fledged email capable handheld with my laptop DOA.
Flew to Vegas for CES 2007. Staffed the Zune booth and lounge. Ate the best meal I've had in a looong time at Nobu in the Hard Rock Hotel. We announced some cool things, like IPTV on Xbox 360.
Flew back to another snowstorm.

Hope everyone had some time off for the holidays. I'll expand on a bunch of the things above when I get a chance. Maybe when I have a working laptop.

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