To completely contradict Steve Ballmer and/or TGDaily's interpretation of Ballmer's words, Destructoid went to Aaron Greenberg of Microsoft to clarify Ballmer's words, in which he says that he probably meant "Natal" and not a whole new console. Go Dtoid for fact-checking a story before posting it :D

Speaking with Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg this evening on the phone, he reiterated the company’s stance, even in the face of recent rumors.

“I can tell you that we are not launching a new console in 2010,” Greenberg said in no uncertain terms.

When I half-jokingly asked him if Ballmer was privy to any hardware launch information he wasn’t, he easily laughed off the notion.

As far as what the CEO was referring to like we did, Greenberg seems to think there was a mix-up in the message. It was likely that Ballmer was simply referring to Project Natal, and perhaps used some words that might have been misinterpreted.

PacoDG via destructoid.com »