Already forgot about last years FF7 REmake/Shenmue 3/The last guardian? Or perhaps the previous year where Sony make an impact by announcing they wouldn't have console DRM and Microsoft fell flat on their face.

Of course it's still relevant.

Activision has never had a big E3 presence. If the new COD is not shown at Sony or MS conference, then Ill agree with you.

"Pulling out" doesn't mean having nothing. Nintendo's having Zelda this year. Guess that means they're totally into E3 this year, too.

Activision has always had a major booth there. Now they don't. That's a signifiant change in priorities from one of the biggest publishers in gaming, and that's not a trivial move.

But go ahead thinking that three of the most major publishers in gaming dropping E3 in the same year doesn't mean anything because at least they're still showing off two or three games there. Must be a random, crazy coincidence.

EA and Activision bowed out. That's all the data I need. E3 isn't what's relevant. The information is. No publisher needs that platform anymore, which is why three of the biggest ones in all of gaming bowed out this year. They can do their own thing and get more coverage.

So yes, its relevancy is undeniably dwindling.

Well they are only showing one game, but they are asking for 90 minutes of press time. Thats longer than most of their conferences have lasted. I still think Nintendo know that E3 is important. They are just in a weird situation with the NX right now.

No, they are in a weird position with E3 right now. There's absolutely nothing about NX that justifies skipping E3. Everything about E3 justifies skipping E3. Nintendo can have their own keynote on their own time and they'll get more coverage and they'll have no competition. That's only the case because E3 is losing relevance. Nintendo could have hosted a Digital Event and they could have made it 3DS centric. They have enough games to fill it out, but they didn't, because they have their own platform to do that with now.

The internet has made E3 obsolete, and publishers are starting to get that. Nintendo got that years ago, which is why they started Nintendo Directs in the first place. Nintendo doesn't need E3, and neither does EA, and neither does Activision, or Sony, or MS, or Ubisoft, or anyone else.

The only thing that proves is that they deem the conference redundant considering all of their major announcements have historically been on stage with Sony or Microsoft.

Considering that it appears to be tricky to find Nielsen ratings for E3, we only have Twitch for viewing figures. If E3 is dwindling in relevance then why is Nintendo about to give the world its first demo of the new legend of Zelda, at none other than E3? 

No, they are in a weird position with E3 right now. There's absolutely nothing about NX that justifies skipping E3. Everything about E3 justifies skipping E3. Nintendo can have their own keynote on their own time and they'll get more coverage and they'll have no competition. That's only the case because E3 is losing relevance. Nintendo could have hosted a Digital Event and they could have made it 3DS centric. They have enough games to fill it out, but they didn't, because they have their own platform to do that with now.

The internet has made E3 obsolete, and publishers are starting to get that. Nintendo got that years ago, which is why they started Nintendo Directs in the first place. Nintendo doesn't need E3, and neither does EA, and neither does Activision, or Sony, or MS, or Ubisoft, or anyone else.