Founder of Atari and the "Father of Video Games" Nolan Bushnell has complemented Revolution's new controller, while slamming Sony's...

Speaking at the Digital Interactive Entertainment Conference (DIEC), Bushnell commented that in 1982, there were 44 million gamers, whereas today there are 18 million. "Complexity lost the casual gamer. Violence lost the woman gamer." Just the two groups of people Nintendo is aiming to entice next generation.

"The 3D controller that Nintendo is on to is a very good idea," he commented, saying that if you looked at other controllers "with triangles, Xs, squares and circles, it's scary. It's like a keyboard. People are interface phobic."