who would have the best exclusives? and which console would sell the most? would nintendo be able to survive without mario? can microsoft win the US without halo? can sony dominate Europe without the help of gran turismo? 

which console would win this gen? who would have the best exclusives? which exlusives would sell the most? 

lets keep this civil and just troll andriod gaming and the ouya

Hands down Sony, is there even any doubt?  You just have to look at this gen.

lol, agreed.

Probably Microsoft because they got that unlimited advertising $$$$$$$$$

Quality-wise though? Sony & Nintendo would both continue making great games.

Sony's invested in so many new IPs this current gen that there's no competition. Nintendo and Microsoft seem content with using the same franchises over and over again. Not saying Sony doesn't do that as well, but they have new games coming out all the time.

Hey!  He said no trolling! 

Hmm, it's a tough one. Make new exclusives? MS would and could just money hat everything... But "make" new exclusives? It's impossible to tell. Whoever has the most studios would win in the short run but the other companies would just open more, thus creating more games out of necessity.

makes you wonder why they didn't just money hat everything last gen..... or this gen for that matter... .how is ps4 getting exclusive content from bungie's next game, watch dog, and the next assassins creed..... when microsoft could just money hat everything?

I think nintendo since when they make new IPs ... the world explode considering a lot of people still play their original ones and still enjoy them like no tomorrow (wii sports sorta crap don't count)

Second Sony no doubt

Well I know they got the Watch Dog one because their making a Watch Dogs movie.  I think there's an AC movie being made, not sure if Sony has anything to do with that.

Nintendo.

Not only does Nintendo have the best selling new IPs of the last gen, they also tend to make, in my opinion, the best games in general. They use their old characters because it's in their best interest. It makes them more money, it makes their fans happy, and it works out for people who like to have something to complain about. New IPs are not intrinsically better or more creative than old IPs. See: Darksiders, Injustice, or Dante's Inferno. Those are all technically new IPs but each sticks closely to the conventions of an established franchise (Zelda, Mortal Kombat, and God of War).

If for some bizarre reason (like people actually buying new IPs instead of complaining about how much they love them) it was not in Nintendo's interests to make games with their established franchises, they'd make awesome games with new worlds in them. Paper Mario, Mario and Luigi, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Wii Fit, Kid Icarus Uprising, Metroid Other M, and so on could have easily been tweaked into new franchises. Hell, Skyward Sword and Mario Galaxy could have been branded as new IPs if necessary.