Seems like everything may be right on schedule as the news that IBM has produced 2,000,000 copper chips, with over 1,000,000 in the past 4 months alone, has surfaced. Some people's viewpoint on wether IBM an Nintendo could succesfully produce such a large maount of chips on time seem to be squashed by this current milestone. Skeptics believed IBM lacked both the experience facilities to meet such a large demand as now the media has renewed faith in Nintendo and its partners. A world wide launch isn't out of the question now as work on Gekko hardware should be just about wrapped up, and IBM have the ability to produce millions of these chips ready in time for launch.