I said it happens every few weeks. It's certainly not rare. Did it or did it not happen multiple times in the last few weeks?
And you are the only one who's said anything about a new IP. Tretton certainly didn't, nor did he say anything like "for X kind of game". Hence why people thought the comment was dumb.
A game I'm developing with some friends:
www.xnagg.com/zombieasteroids/publish.htm
It is largely a technical exercise but feedback is appreciated.