Nintendo is first out of the gate in announcing the successor to its current gen platform.

Even though the Wii continues to make more money than any man or machine can dare to count, Nintendo is looking into capturing the hearts and wallets of future consumers. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata spilled the beans by saying:

“The hardware team started work on the next thing as soon as they were done with their previous project, but what they think up doesn’t necessarily become a product. We only turn something into a product after it’s been thoroughly vetted inside the company. We’re not at a point where we can give specifics, but of course we’re working on it.”

Iwata also spoke on the topic of Wii peripherals…

Madden NFL 08 might look stunning on the Xbox 360 as compared to the PS3, but that won’t be true of all games. Mark Rein, President Epic Games, has said that the Xbox 360 version of its upcoming game Unreal Tournament 3 will have less game content than the PS3 version. He, rather helplessly, attributed this to the comparatively small size of the DVD. On the other hand, the PS3 version won’t be hampered by the disc size because the console’s spacious Blu-Ray capabilities. The Blu-Ray Disc is very accommodating at five times the size of a DVD.

Unreal Tournament 3 on the 360 will most definitely have fewer maps, in spite of …