UPDATED: Multiplayer and 6,000 Zombies at Once in 'Dead Rising 2'?

Update 3/31/09: Product manager Laura Scholl clarified her remarks: In my 'During the Dead Rising 2' presentation at GDC this past Friday, while I was describing how Blue Castle is using mental mill technology in character development, I mistakenly referred to the game as multiplayer instead of multiplatform. I apologize for the confusion. This doesn't necessarily mean that the game won't feature multiplayer, but we now know that this was a miscommunication and not a confirmation of anything at this point. ( Source ) In real life, people generally prefer fewer zombies, but in Dead Rising 2, the more undead, the merrier. It's hard to imagine Capcom shoving more ghouls into a game than there are in Dead Rising. Remember their "Kill 53,594 zombies" achievement? Apparently the company is trying to raise the number of undead who appear onscreen at once in Dead Rising 2. Oh, and the game will apparently feature multiplayer. (Drool.) At a GDC meeting last week, ... (link)