List of best-selling game consoles

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This is a list of video game consoles and handheld game consoles that have sold a million units or more.

Contents 1 Worldwide 1.1 Video game and handheld consoles 1.2 Video game consoles 1.3 Handheld game consoles 1.4 Manufacturer 1.4.1 Atari 1.4.2 Coleco 1.4.3 Mattel 1.4.4 Microsoft 1.4.5 NEC 1.4.6 Nintendo 1.4.7 Nokia 1.4.8 Panasonic 1.4.9 Sega 1.4.10 SNK 1.4.11 Sony 2 Regions 2.1 Canada 2.2 Japan 2.3 United States 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Worldwide

[edit] Video game and handheld consoles

Manufacturer	Platform	Released	sm=n Units sold
Sony	PlayStation 2	2000	127000000 127 million[1]
Nintendo	Game Boy and Game Boy Color	1989 and 1998	118700000 118.7 million[2][3]
Sony	PlayStation	1994	102490000 102.49 million (shipped)[4]
Nintendo	Game Boy Advance	2001	081060000 81.06 million[5]
Nintendo	Nintendo DS	2004	070600000 70.6 million[5]
Nintendo	Nintendo Entertainment System	1983	061900000 61.9 million[6][3]
Nintendo	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	1990	049100000 49.1 million[7][3]
Sony	PlayStation Portable	2004	034000000 34 million[1]
Nintendo	Nintendo 64	1996	032900000 32.9 million[8][3]
Atari	Atari 2600	1977	030000000 30 million[9]
Sega	Mega Drive/Genesis	1988	029000000 29 million[10]
Nintendo	Wii	2006	024450000 24.45 million[5]
Microsoft	Xbox	2001	024000000 24 million[11][12]
Nintendo	Nintendo GameCube	2001	021740000 21.74 million[5]
Microsoft	Xbox 360	2005	019000000 19 million[13]
Sega	Master System	1986	013000000 13 million[14][15]
Sony	PlayStation 3	2006	013000000 13 million[16]
Sega	Game Gear	1990	011000000 11 million[17]
Sega	Dreamcast	1998	010600000 10.6 million[18][14]
NEC	TurboGrafx-16	1987	010000000 10 million[18]
Sega	Saturn	1994	009500000 9.5 million[18]
Coleco	Colecovision	1982	006000000 6 million[19]
Sega	Mega-CD	1991	006000000 6 million[18]
Mattel	Intellivision	1980	003000000 3 million[20]
Nokia	N-Gage	2003	003000000 3 million[17]
Panasonic	3DO Interactive Multiplayer	1993	002000000 2 million[18]
SNK	Neo-Geo Pocket	1998	002000000 2 million[17]
NEC	TurboExpress	1990	001500000 1.5 million[17]
Sega	Nomad	1995	001000000 1 million[17]

[edit] Video game consoles

Manufacturer	Platform	Released	sm=n Units sold
Sony	PlayStation 2	2000	127000000 127 million[1]
Sony	PlayStation	1994	102490000 102.49 million (shipped)[4]
Nintendo	Nintendo Entertainment System	1983	061900000 61.9 million[6][3]
Nintendo	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	1990	049100000 49.1 million[7][3]
Nintendo	Nintendo 64	1996	032900000 32.9 million[8][3]
Atari	Atari 2600	1977	030000000 30 million[9]
Sega	Mega Drive/Genesis	1988	029000000 29 million[10]
Nintendo	Wii	2006	024450000 24.45 million[5]
Microsoft	Xbox	2001	024000000 24 million[11][12]
Nintendo	Nintendo GameCube	2001	021740000 21.74 million[5]
Microsoft	Xbox 360	2005	019000000 19 million[13]
Sega	Master System	1986	013000000 13 million[14][15]
Sony	PlayStation 3	2006	013000000 13 million[16]
Sega	Dreamcast	1998	010600000 10.6 million[18][14]
NEC	TurboGrafx-16	1987	010000000 10 million[18]
Sega	Saturn	1994	009500000 9.5 million[18]
Coleco	ColecoVision	1982	006000000 6 million[19]
Sega	Mega-CD	1991	006000000 6 million[18]
Mattel	Intellivision	1980	003000000 3 million[20]
Panasonic	3DO Interactive Multiplayer	1993	002000000 2 million[18]

[edit] Handheld game consoles

See also: Comparison of handheld game consoles

Manufacturer	Platform	Released	Units sold
Nintendo	Game Boy and Game Boy Color	1989 and 1998	118700000 118.7 million[2][3]
Nintendo	Game Boy Advance	2001	081060000 81.06 million[5]
Nintendo	Nintendo DS	2004	070600000 70.6 million[5]
Sony	PlayStation Portable	2004	034000000 34 million[1]
Sega	Game Gear	1990	011000000 11 million[17]
Nokia	N-Gage	2003	003000000 3 million[17]
SNK	Neo-Geo Pocket	1998	002000000 2 million[17]
NEC	TurboExpress	1990	001500000 1.5 million[17]
Sega	Nomad	1995	001000000 1 million[17]

[edit] Manufacturer

Consoles are listed in chronological order.

[edit] Atari

Platform	Released	Units sold
Home consoles
Atari 2600	1977	30 million[9]

[edit] Coleco

Platform	Released	Units sold
Home consoles
ColecoVision	1982	6 million[19]

[edit] Mattel

Platform	Released	Units sold
Home consoles
Intellivision	1980	3 million[20]

[edit] Microsoft

Platform	Released	Units sold
Home consoles
Xbox	2001	24 million[11][12]
Xbox 360	2005	19 million[13]

[edit] NEC

Platform	Released	Units sold
Home consoles
TurboGrafx-16	1987	10 million[18]
Handhelds
TurboExpress	1990	1.5 million[17]

[edit] Nintendo

Platform	Released	Units sold
Home consoles
Nintendo Entertainment System	1983	61.9 million[6][3]
Super Nintendo Entertainment System	1990	49.1 million[7][3]
Nintendo 64	1996	32.9 million[8][3]
Nintendo GameCube	2001	21.74 million[5]
Wii	2006	24.45 million[5]
Handhelds
Game Boy and Game Boy Color	1989 and 1998	118.7 million[2][3]
Game Boy Advance	2001	81.06 million[5]
Game Boy Advance SP	2003	43.23 million[5]
Game Boy Micro	2005	2.5 million[17]
Nintendo DS	2004	70.6 million[5]
Nintendo DS Lite	2006	51.78 million[5]

[edit] Nokia

Platform	Released	Units sold
Handhelds
N-Gage	2003	3 million[17]

[edit] Panasonic

Platform	Released	Units sold
Home consoles
3DO Interactive Multiplayer	1993	2 million[18]

[edit] Sega

Platform	Released	Units sold
Home consoles
Master System	1986	13 million[14][15]
Mega Drive/Genesis	1988	29 million[10]
Saturn	1994	9.5 million[18]
Dreamcast	1998	10.6 million[18][14]
Add-ons
Mega-CD	1991	6 million[18]
Handhelds
Game Gear	1990	11 million[17]
Nomad	1995	1 million[17]

[edit] SNK

Platform	Released	Units sold
Home consoles
Neo-Geo Pocket	1998	2 million[17]

[edit] Sony

Platform	Released	Units sold
Home consoles
PlayStation	1994	102.49 million shipped[4]
PlayStation 2	2000	127 million[1]
PlayStation 3	2006	13 million[16]
Handhelds
PlayStation Portable	2004	34 million[1]

[edit] Regions

[edit] Canada

Based on figures from the NPD Group as of February 1, 2008.^[21]

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold
Microsoft	Xbox 360	02005-11-22 22 November 2005	00736400 736,400
Nintendo	Wii	02006-11-19 19 November 2006	00689500 689,500
Sony	PlayStation 3	02006-11-17 17 November 2006	00342400 342,400

[edit] Japan

Based on figures from Famitsu/Enterbrain as of March 30, 2008.^[22][23]

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold
Nintendo	Nintendo DS	02004-12-02 2 December 2004	22,169,761 22,169,761
Sony	PlayStation Portable	02004-12-12 12 December 2004	08,574,026 8,574,026
Nintendo	Wii	02006-11-19 19 November 2006	05,695,579 5,695,579
Sony	PlayStation 3	02006-11-11 11 November 2006	02,009,492 2,009,492
Microsoft	Xbox 360	02005-12-10 10 December 2005	00602,558 602,558

[edit] United States

Based on figures from the NPD Group.

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold
Sony	PlayStation 2	02000-10-26 26 October 2000	41.12 million[24][25]
Nintendo	Nintendo DS	02004-11-21 21 November 2004	17.65 million[24][25]
Sony	PlayStation Portable	02005-03-24 24 March 2005	10.47 million[24][25]
Microsoft	Xbox 360	02005-11-22 22 November 2005	10.08 million[26]
Nintendo	Wii	02006-11-19 19 November 2006	09.51 9.51 million[26]
Sony	PlayStation 3	02006-11-17 17 November 2006	04.29 4.29 million[26]

[edit] See also

• List of commercial failures in video gaming

[edit] References

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19. ^ ^{a b c} ColecoVision - 1982-1984. ClassicGaming. IGN. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.
20. ^ ^{a b c} Mattel Intellivision - 1980-1984. ClassicGaming. IGN. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.
21. ^ Nowak, Peter (2008-02-28). PS3 coming on strong. CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
22. ^ Brian Ashcraft (2008-04-03). Japanese People Love Nintendo Software. Kotaku. Gawker Media. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
23. ^ 2007年度のゲーム市場は6769億5000万円、前年度比103.8パーセントの伸びを記録 (Japanese). Famitsu. Enterbrain (2008-04-03). Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
24. ^ ^{a b c} James Brightman (2008-01-17). NPD: U.S. Video Game Industry Totals $17.94 Billion, Halo 3 Tops All. GameDaily. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
25. ^ ^{a b c} Brandon Boyer (2008-02-09). NPD: 2007 U.S. Game Industry Growth Up 43% To $17.9 Billion. Gamasutra. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
26. ^ ^{a b c} Daniel Terdiman (2008-05-21). The state of the next-gen video game console. CNET Networks. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.

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