I can't help it. There are just too many good Xbox stories in the news...
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Seamus Blackley Quits Microsoft - hardcore_pawn
Reuters has a news brief out this morning stating that the Daddy of the Xbox, Seamus Blackley, has left Microsoft to pursue another venture.

"He has left Microsoft to pursue other opportunities," said James Bernard, an Xbox spokesman at Microsoft (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news). "We value his contributions."

The news comes just days after Microsoft said it would miss its fiscal year-end sales target for the Xbox by as much as 40 percent, a shortfall it blamed on weak sales. Those weak sales led to deep price cut in Europe and Australia last week.

Blackley's spokeswoman said he would not be ready to discuss details of the new venture for another two weeks at least, and she gave no indication as to what type of business the new company will pursue."