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That's the goal set by Microsoft's corporate VP of worldwide marketing and publishing, Peter Moore. Still, contrary to the opinion of other Microsoft bigwigs, Moore doesn't see the Xbox 360 surpassing the PS3. "We believe Sony PS3 will be the strongest seller of next-generation video game consoles. However, Microsoft's Xbox 360 will narrow the gap with Sony to come within 28 percent of the PS3 installed base--selling almost twice as many next-gen consoles as Nintendo Revolution by 2010."

Nintendo revealed their winners of their "touching is good" campaign and the winner is a video-created entry. If you don't recall, Nintendo sent out over 7,700 white plastic mannequin hands for gamers to use to show how touching is good. The Nintendo DS promotion scored thousands of entries and the winner won a thousand dollars, a DS, and four games. Check out the winners and other entries here.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata hinted in an interview with EGM that some of those downloadable classic Nintendo games will receive a visual makeover. "We are doing several experiments, including working with the original Super Mario Bros., with the new technology," said Iwata. "The game itself and the gameplay shall be identical, but the look will be different; it's possible that with Revolution, we may be able to see the old games with new looks." However, it appears this idea will stay exclusive to 2D games whereas the 3D games will just get the benefit of anti-aliasing and other technology to producer a "sharper" image.