Microsoft and Sony are currently at the video games biggest event of the year, E3, trying to convince anyone that will listen that their Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 respectively are the best things since, well, the Xbox and PS2 I imagine. However they’re fooling nobody, as while they be technically great consoles with superior technology, it’s the Nintendo Wii that’s changed the face of gaming forever.

The Wii has become something that Microsoft’s chunky box and Sony’s sleek hardware could never become, a breakthrough in gaming that appeals to people who would have never considered buying a games console in their lives. Sold out everywhere last Christmas, the same looks likely to happen this year as more and more people who think games consoles are for obese, pale children, come into contact with a Wii and realise just what a remarkable machine it is.

If retailers don’t order their stock for Christmas early, they’ll lose out for sure.

Plus, as if the Nintendo Wii didn’t already have the other two quivering in fear at the very sight of it, Nintendo announced the Wii MotionPlus at E3… which promises to give even more control and sensitivity to players.