I would say that Big Brother has lost. Has he retained control of his state? Yes. Has he put down those who oppose him? Yes, but he has also destroyed that which he rules. He has complete control, but what is to be gained from ruling something without purpose, progress, or though? He rules, but he rules something that in no way matters.
I think that Winston lives on much like those around him engulfed by Big Brother and loyal to him through the things he endured. The "long-hoped for bullet" that is entering his brain is release. It is figurative and symbolic of his will ending. Big Brother has ended the free thinking Winston, thus his brain has been "shot". He has simply lost his free will and his ability to think for himself as the human being he once was, but he lives on in the physical sense of the word at least for now.
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