"This year's E3 is not Revolution's coming out party,"

[Smoke]

I think N_A has it right. The reason Nintendo's going with the whole Revolution thing is to differentiate themselves. Rather than compete with Sony and MS at their own game they're making the Revolution different enough to give gamers a unique experience that can't be had on either of those systems.

They've also been talking about simplifying controls for a long time. Recently Satoru Iwata revealed some things about the Revolution:

Itawa-san did not discuss recent rumours of a DS-style touch screen controller, but did say that controllers for current consoles "may satisfy the hardcore gamers, but they've become too difficult for more casual gamers."

"For the next-generation console, we plan to introduce a friendly user interface so that, for example, a mother who's watching her child playing a game might say, 'Oh, I'd like to try that too,'" he said.

"However, user interfaces are devices that can easily be imitated by other companies, so I can't reveal any details right now."