What this E3 showed is that E3 is losing relevance. Back in 2004 it would be a huge event, 40 new games would be announced, 'good' celebrities and bands would pop up, better presentations and it was just the ultimate marketing tool. These days it's not. Sony have clearly shown that they prefer Gamescom and TGS over E3 and that they also prefer announcing games through out the year, instead of just bundling them all up for one big event. Microsoft and Nintendo still rely on E3 a little too much, but you can start to see them drifting away from that format. It also doesn't help that all the major releases in the last few years have been announced at the Spike Game Awards.
E3 isn't a spectacle any more, it's just another marketing platform amongst a whole lot of other marketing platforms.
As for who won this E3? I don't know what to think of the new Wii, it look's horribly designed, but the concept looks interesting and I like the idea of a having a nice looking Zelda and a Luigi's Mansion 2. Microsoft shat all over themselves, such a horrible conference, it was all well presented, but what they presented was just horrible. Sony was just boring, they need to hire Microsoft's event managers.
Choosing who won is like picking which piece of fire will burn your eyebrows faster, they all did badly and all for different reasons. If I had to choose, then it'd be not Microsoft.
Bet with Conegamer and AussieGecko that the PS3 will have more exclusives in 2011 than the Wii or 360... or something.
