Today's the last day of the Marketing Summit. The big presentations are over, and we've got side meetings (we call em "breakout sessions") today. Yesterday and Wednesday I saw some pretty impressive game demos. Sure, a lot of it was powerpoint decks, going over marketing messages, positioning, etc. But then the product managers got into the demos, and, to quote a teammate, "holy smokes"

We saw presentations about Gears of War; Too Human; Crackdown; Vanguard; Rise of Legends; Flight Sim; N3;  Blue Dragon; Xbox Live Arcade games, the HD-DVD drive, and a bunch of other products/games I either can't remember or can't talk about. Some of the games/products had live demos, albeit I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say which ones. A couple times, the presentations/demos were interrupted by spontaneous applause and cheers. I walked away with the impression that we have a compelling lineup this year and beyond.

And I haven't seen any third party game demos. Those are super-secret and I couldn't get into the meeting room. . .