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List of best-selling game consoles

This is a list of video game console and handheld game console sales. See List of best-selling video games for figures on video game sales.

Total sales ranking

Company Platform Released sm=n Sales
Sony PlayStation 2 2000 120 million (shipped)[1]
Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color 1989 and
1998		 118.69 million[2][3]
Sony PlayStation 1994 102.49 million (shipped)[4][5]
Nintendo Game Boy Advance 2001 80.02 million[6]
Nintendo Nintendo Entertainment System 1983 61.9 million[7][8]
Nintendo Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1990 49.1 million[9][10]
Nintendo Nintendo DS 2004 47.27 million[11][6]
Nintendo Nintendo 64 1996 32.93 million[2][12]
Atari Atari 2600 1977 30 million[13]
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 1988 29 million[14]
Sony PlayStation Portable 2004 25.39 million (shipped)[15]
Microsoft Xbox 2001 24 million[16][17]
Nintendo GameCube 2001 21.63 million[6]
Microsoft Xbox 360 2005 11.6 million (shipped)[18]
Sega Game Gear 1990 11 million[19]
Sega Dreamcast 1998 10.6 million[20]
NEC TurboGrafx-16 1987 10 million[20]
Sega Saturn 1994 9.5 million[20]
Nintendo Wii 2006 9.27 million[11][6]
Sega Mega CD 1991 6 million[20]
Sony PlayStation 3 2006 5 million[21]

Handhelds

Company Platform Released Sales
Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color 1989 and
1998		 118.69 million[2][3]
Nintendo Game Boy Advance 2001 80.02 million[6]
Nintendo Nintendo DS 2004 47.27 million[6]
Sony PlayStation Portable 2004 25.39 million shipped[15]
Sega Game Gear 1990 11 million[19]

Nintendo

Platform Released Sales
Home consoles
Nintendo Entertainment System 1983 61.9 million[7][8]
Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1990 49.1 million[9][10]
Nintendo 64 1996 32.93 million[2][12]
GameCube 2001 21.63 million[6]
Wii 2006 9.27 million[11][6]
Handhelds
Game Boy and Game Boy Color 1989 and
1998		 118.69 million[2][3]
Game Boy Advance 2001 80.02 million[6]
Game Boy Advance 2001 37.59 million
Game Boy Advance SP 2003 42.43 million[6]
Game Boy Micro 2005 2.42 million[22]
Nintendo DS 2004 47.27 million[11][6]
Nintendo DS 2004 18.58 million
Nintendo DS Lite 2006 28.69 million[6]

Sega

Platform Released Sales
Home consoles
Mega Drive/Genesis 1988 29 million[14]
Mega CD 1991 6 million[20]
Saturn 1994 9.5 million[20]
Dreamcast 1998 10.6 million[20]
Handhelds
Game Gear 1990 11 million[19]

Sony

Platform Released Sales
Home consoles
PlayStation 1994 102.49 million shipped[4][5]
PlayStation 2 2000 120 million shipped[1]
PlayStation 3 2006 5 million[21]
Handhelds
PlayStation Portable 2004 25.39 million shipped[15]

Microsoft

Platform Released Sales
Home consoles
Xbox 2001 24 million[16][17]
Xbox 360 2005 11.6 million (shipped)[18]

References

  1. ^ a b KAZUO HIRAI, PRESIDENT AND GROUP CEO OF SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT, OUTLINES PLANS FOR PLAYSTATION BUSINESS AT TOKYO GAME SHOW 2007 KEYNOTE SPEECH. Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (2007-09-20). Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
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  3. ^ a b c Game Boy. A Brief History of Game Console Warfare. BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.
  4. ^ a b PlayStation® Cumulative Production Shipments of Hardware. Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
  5. ^ a b Cumulative Production Shipments of Hardware / PlayStation®. PlayStation.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Consolidated Financial Highlights (PDF) 7. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (2007-07-25). Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
  7. ^ a b Nintendo Entertainment System. A Brief History of Game Console Warfare. BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.
  8. ^ a b Classic Systems: NES. Nintendo. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.
  9. ^ a b Super Nintendo Entertainment System. A Brief History of Game Console Warfare. BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.
  10. ^ a b Classic Systems: Super NES. Nintendo. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.
  11. ^ a b c d Matt Casamassina (2007-07-25). Nintendo Sales Update. IGN. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
  12. ^ a b Nintendo 64. A Brief History of Game Console Warfare. BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.
  13. ^ Atari VCS (Atari 2600). A Brief History of Game Console Warfare. BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  14. ^ a b Greg Orlando (2007-05-15). Console Portraits: A 40-Year Pictorial History of Gaming. Wired News. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  15. ^ a b c PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) Cumulative Production Shipments of Hardware. Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
  16. ^ a b Gamers Catch Their Breath as Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Reinvent Next-Generation Gaming. Xbox.com (May 10 2006). Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
  17. ^ a b Xbox. A Brief History of Game Console Warfare. BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  18. ^ a b Tom Ivan (2007-09-20). Microsoft: 11.6 Million Xbox 360s Sold. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
  19. ^ a b c Blake Snow (2007-07-30). The 10 Worst-Selling Handhelds of All Time. GamePro.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g Blake Snow (2007-05-04). The 10 Worst-Selling Consoles of All Time. GamePro.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.
  21. ^ a b Mari Yamaguchi (2007-10-09). Sony Cuts PlayStation 3 Prices in Japan. Associated Press. Retrieved on 2007-10-14.
  22. ^ Consolidated Financial Highlights (PDF) 21. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (2007-04-26). Retrieved on 2007-09-05.

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