I know you're not entirely serious ( :P ) but Japan tend to give games short legs and high launch numbers (by Japanese standards...), meaning that these number may indicate what is to come. But yeah, they still support the PSP so I guess anything is possible over there :P

I'm pretty sure inFAMOUS has more downloads than inFAMOUS 2 considering it was offered for free after the PSN outage.

Quoted for truth .

i think verity is most important. decline only matters sales/profit wise.

That's entirely true. As long as they keep coming up with new IPs they'll be fine.

Did I render you hostile again... :( I hope not.

Yes buddy, I was agreeing with you and being candid.

@IIITheONE1III, pezus, ethomaz. Guys, keep the quote trees trimmed plz.

@ethomaz.

One things that excellent analysis shows is that the decline is not terrible and rather upwards for certain Sony IPs, but for others that are more Mario-like (LBP), sequels don't work as powerfully. It follows the trends Nintendo saw in its Wii sequelitis. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (32% drop), Endless Ocean 2 (only a 20% drop on less shelf life so OK), Wii Play Motion (Major drop), WSR 2 (not bundled, but still less phenomenal than WS though phenomenal nonetheless), Nintendogs+Cats (yes on a new plat with small userbase, but not in anyway a hit like the first one. Did not move systems).

However, Uncharted keeps going up, COD as well. Mario Kart 7 is doing fantastic on 3DS versus a very similar Mario Kart Wii. Some franchises just keep going up!

About GOW3, it's not a very good indicator because it released on a whole new platform with glorious HD visuals in contrast with the first two. Same goes for GT5 and MGS4. Mind you the PS2 had a much larger userbase, so on par sales are a good sign. Though apples to oranges it's still a good indicator of franchise health.

for me Sony thats why i stick with them. Lots of studios coming up with great new IP's every year plus sequals to amazing games like Uncharted & LBP

Then Nintendo, even though alot of the games involve the same character they come up with great ways to keep Mario fresh.
(had a gamecube but skipped Wii as i hated the idea of it, WiiU is on my shopping list though)

Microsoft have Halo and Gears which are great but halo is wearing thin (halo wars was a nice idea to keep halo universe expanding and bringing in new gameplay) but i wont ever shift to Xbox because of halo, and as far as i know they arnt making any more gears? (is that right? ) other then them 2 they don't seem to have alot else.

Wii series, Nintendogs, Brain Age and Xenoblade Chronicles are the only ones I've even heard of from this list. I'm talkin big new IP's on par with the sort of games Sony has been making like Uncharted, Resistance, LittleBigPlanet, Infamous, ModNation Racers, etc. 

I just don't get how people still think Nintendo is the king of exclusives. They certainly were from the NES until the N64, but I think based on the PS2 and PS3 that Sony has surpassed Nintendo in both quality and quanitity of exclusives.  I don't know if Sony will ever have a series as big as Mario or Zelda but they certainly try a hell of a lot harder. 

I think its obvious from the sales numbers that Nintendo has the best exclusives.

Sony's are better aimed at my tastes though i dont have a PS3. I am planning to switch back to Sony on the PS4, if they dont go under or something until then (the company is in trouble). Otherwise... i dunno. I dislike microsoft for charging for online play and im not the biggest fan of the Wii U controller nor kinect.

Ok yeah if that's the case then it would be Nintendo for sure followed by Microsoft and then Sony if we are talking about this gen only. If it's for all time then Sony gets second place as they've been on the market longer.

EDIT: Just read the OP again and it looks like my original point stands seeing as he's pretty much just asking everyone's opinions on it and not keeping it strictly to the number of exclusives and their sales.