I will go Vertigo-X one step further. If Nintendo did not exist, it is highly unlikely that video games as we know them would exist. Instead, we would all be playing on PCs.

Now, if the question was more akin to if Nintendo pulled out of hardware after the GC like Sega did after the DC, that is a tougher question.

Originally, I probably would have said PS3. With backward compatibility and blu-ray, it would be great to have. But BC is gone. Meanwhile, Microsoft seems to have finally gotten it right (or close) with its latest system revision. And its combination of JRPGs and casual games make its software seem to be to be much more well-rounded than the PS3.

Mike from Morgantown

I'd be dead, silly. :3

Well, lets say DS bombed and they tried to replace it with GBA Ultra, but PSP had XXm unit install base when GBA ulotra came out. GBA ultra had 3D control stick and GC level graphics or something and came out 1.5 years later than PSP. So PSP has about 65% market share...

And lets say Wii was a DISMAL DISMAL failure and had 9M install base at this time and had the same weak lineup this fall, minus force unleashed, guitar hero, rock band, Little King's story. So Wii had wario land, ToS2, Animal crossing and Wii Music basically.

I would have the same as now, a DS PSP Wii and Xbox 360. Only difference would be I would have more 360 and PSP games and fewer Wii and DS games.

Which ever console was winning because it would have all the games.

Seeing as how am partially I Nintendo fan [75 SONY, 25 Nintendo] I will say SONY. Then Sega if they were here.

I suppose Sony....

ball and cup or is that cup and ball

I'd just play on my PC. Xbox and PS are cheap knockoffs of the PC, at least in the games I'm interested in so I just won't have a console.

Seeing as I am a 50% Nintendo, 25% Sony and Microsoft, I win...

I wouldn't be playing video games today if it weren't for Nintendo.
However, based on current generation, if Nintendo disappeared, I would probably have to switch to Microsoft, because they really do have a lot of high quality software.