Did you read that article? There is no confirmation of anything from Nintendo at that page.
The closest Nintendo has ever weighed in on this subject over the past few days is to state that they don't comment on rumors or speculation. They haven't weighed in on this subject. They haven't said that their new system will be out by Christmas 2012. They didn't say that it would be significantly more powerful than the 360 and PS3. They didn't say they wanted to recapture the hardcore gamers. They didn't announce that it's codename is Project Cafe. And they didn't announce that it would use a standard controller.
They're all still rumors at this point, you misunderstood if you think Nintendo has came out and actually confirmed all of this like your post said. I would've thought that things at that link such as "according to our sources", "French website 01.net has published additional details (via Develop)", "but we were unable to confirm the accuracy of the report", "additional details about the console's hardware specs could also not be confirmed", "our sources also said Nintendo will show first and third party titles at the event", "it's unsure if they'll be playable or only in video form", and "sources now confirm to IGN the new Nintendo controller allows players to stream entire games to the device" would've been obvious tip offs that we're still at the rumor stage.
I'm not trying to be a jerk so I hope you didn't take this the wrong way, but nothing at that link even hints that Nintendo has said anything about this system yet as far as concrete details go. The same with GameSpy (Their front page article you referenced about this is even titled "Rumor Roundup").
It's all uncomfirmed rumors at this point. Only time will tell what, if any of this, is even correct.
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