E3 is great! It usually provides a wealth of information about new games, including new title announcements. Shows us where the gamers general opinion on who "is winning" the console race in the post news blitz/analysis (which is interesting in the run-up to a new console). However at times they just repeat the some old thing to the point that we know what's coming before they even do E3 and when I watch I just skip and mute whatever they are showing if I'm not intersted into the game. That being sai that E3 is still very important to the industry, publishers, retailers, and media.