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Takahashi from The Mercury News had a chance to talk to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata on Tuesday night to
discuss his GDC keynote. The first comment indicates that Iwata may hold off on most--if not all--new information on
the Revolution until E3 (what? no renaming?). However, Iwata did reassert his commitment to having the Revolution
playable for E3 attendees. Iwata did have some ambitious words to say about Nintedo's online service: "Our concept
is to get 80 percent to 90 percent of the players online"--a huge figure considering the Xbox Live service is used
by only around 10% of Xbox / Xbox 360 owners. Discussing the Xbox 360 shortage, Iwata told Takahashi that he believes Nintendo will not have the same problem: " I think I understand where their problems were. I don’t want to give an answer because I don’t want to give them any help." Iwata also noted that he had heard about Microsoft's rumored portable device, but that he did not have enough information and that "it doesn't have an effect on [them] this year."
If Iwata does, in fact, reveal the new name for the "Revolution" (or just makes the title official), Joystiq will break the news approximately 42 seconds after Mr. Iwata finishes his sentence.
