List of best-selling game consoles

References

1. Including Nintendo DS Lite, DSi and DSi XL units
2. Including Nintendo Switch Lite and OLED units
3. Nintendo only provided a combined sales total. Before Game Boy Color's release in late 1998,[2] previous models sold 64.
4. Microsoft announced in October 2015 that individual platform sales in their fiscal reports will no longer be disclosed.
5. 30.75 million sold by Sega worldwide as of March 1996, not including sales of third-party licensed consoles from manufac
6. PlayStation Vita: Third-party estimates range from 10–15 million. Glixel stated in June 2017 that 15 million were sold,
7. Game GearSega announced that it had shipped 10.62 million Game Gear units by March 31, 1996, but the Game Gear continued
8. Designed by Hudson and manufactured and marketed by NEC
9. Bandai released three WonderSwan iterations. A March 2003 Famitsu article reported the original (March 1999) and color (
10. Sega sold this amount as of April 2005. Its successor launched on August 6, 2005. Majesco re-manufactured and distribute
11. The ColecoVision reached 2 million units sold by the spring of 1984. Console quarterly sales dramatically decreased at t
12. Atari reported on June 1, 1988, that the 7800 sold more than a million units to date. Production and support of the 7800
13. The Wall Street Journal reported in November 1992 approximately 1 million were sold. Around June 1994, Atari shifted its
14. This Philips-reported figure was in The New York Times on September 15, 1994. The CD-i was discontinued in 1998.
15. Coleco launched Telstar in 1976 and sold a million. Production and delivery issues, and dedicated consoles being replace
16. PlayStation
    https://www.playstation.com/en-us/playstation-history/2000-ps2-psp/
17. "Historical Data: Consolidated Sales Transition by Region"
    https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/finance/historical_data/xls/consolidated_sales_e1703.xlsx
18. Nintendo Co., Ltd
    http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/hard_soft/index.html
19. Ars Technica
    https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2009/04/game-boy-20th-anniversary/
20. Gematsu
    https://www.gematsu.com/2022/05/ps5-shipments-top-19-3-million-ps4-tops-117-2-million
21. "PlayStation Cumulative Production Shipments of Hardware"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110524023857/http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps_e.html
22. Sony Interactive Entertainment
    https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/
23. PlayStation
    https://www.playstation.com/en-us/playstation-history/2007-ps3-ps-vita/
24. Gematsu
    https://www.gematsu.com/2025/11/ps5-shipments-top-84-2-million-ghost-of-yotei-sales-top-3-3-million
25. Game Informer
    https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/10/22/xbox-hardware-sales-down-xbox-live-user-up-to-39-million.aspx
26. The Verge
    https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/29/21241681/microsoft-q3-2020-earnings-surface-windows-xbox-revenue-profit
27. "Xbox Delivers Winning Lineup of Exclusive Games for this Holiday Season"
    https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2014/06/09/events-e3-2014-recap/
28. "Microsoft Annual Meeting of Shareholders"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20161130042326/http://www.microsoft.com/investor/Events/Presentations/2014/ShareholderMeeting2014.aspx?eventid=151407&Search=true&SearchType=0
29. Forbes
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2020/01/30/the-nintendo-switch-may-have-just-outsold-the-xbox-one-with-a-35-year-late-start/#5888aa6857e5
30. "Sony banks on PlayStation Studios to deliver another winning console generation"
    https://www.ampereanalysis.com/insight/sony-banks-on-playstation-studios-to-deliver-another-winning-console-generation
31. "Gearing up for the Xbox Series X, Microsoft has stopped making the Xbox One X"
    https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/17/tech/microsoft-xbox-one-discontinue/index.html
32. GamingBolt
    https://gamingbolt.com/xbox-series-x-s-has-sold-21-million-units-xbox-one-at-58-million-as-per-microsoft-brazil-presentation
33. Famitsu Weekly
34. The Video Game Industry: Formation, Present State, and Future
    https://books.google.com/books?id=oQKFmX9m25sC&q=158
35. "Sega farms out Genesis"
    https://archive.today/20120709034422/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3169/is_n9_v38/ai_20456851/?tag=content;col1
36. "AtGames to Launch Atari Flashback 4 to Celebrate Atari's 40th Anniversary!"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121127175838/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/atgames-to-launch-atari-flashback-4-to-celebrate-ataris-40th-anniversary-178903531.html
37. IGN India
    https://web.archive.org/web/20240918214956/https://in.ign.com/ps5/215428/news/playstation-and-xbox-report-highlights-lifetime-global-hardware-sales-data-for-both-gaming-consoles
38. "Gamers Catch Their Breath as Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Reinvent Next-Generation Gaming"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20070709062832/http://www.xbox.com/zh-SG/community/news/2006/20060510.htm
39. The Verge
    https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/28/23619730/meta-vr-oculus-ar-glasses-smartwatch-plans
40. Polygon
    https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/2/18246372/playstation-vita-canceled-discontinued-production-ended-ps-vita-sony
41. "PlayStation Vita's Rebirth as a Boutique Platform"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142936/https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/playstation-vitas-rebirth-as-a-boutique-platform-w490141
42. Awesome Video Game Data 2016
    https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023022/Awesome-Video-Game-Data
43. VTech
    https://www.vtech.com/en/press_release/2015/vtech-introduces-innotv-perfect-first-educational-gaming-system-for-preschoolers-packed-with-educator-supported-learning-games-for-under-us70/
44. Retro Gamer
    https://archive.org/stream/retro_gamer/RetroGamer_017#page/n25/mode/2up
45. コンピュートピア
    https://doi.org/10.11501%2F3250169
46. Telecompaper
    https://www.telecompaper.com/news/sega-trims-hardware-range--79620
47. Gamasutra
    https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/stalled-engine-the-turbografx-16-turns-25
48. Eurogamer
    http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-11-snes-celebrates-20th-birthday-in-uk
49. SEGA
    https://web.archive.org/web/20150726015555/http://www.segasammy.co.jp/japanese/pdf/release/200106281.pdf
50. "Console em produção há mais tempo, Master System já vendeu 8 mi no Brasil"
    http://jogos.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/2016/05/12/console-em-producao-ha-mais-tempo-master-system-ja-vendeu-8-mi-no-brasil.htm
51. The Firm's Secret
    https://secretmag.ru/business/trade-secret/nintendo-so-slonom-kak-viktor-savyuk-pridumal-pristavku-dendy.htm
52. "Consolidated Financial Statements"
    https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2018/180426e.pdf
53. Sega Toys
    https://www.segatoys.co.jp/company/press_release/pdf/20100714.pdf
54. "Nintendo sold 2.3 million NES Classic Editions"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20171026030222/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/297102/Nintendo_sold_23_million_NES_Classic_Editions.php
55. Eurogamer.net
    https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-switch-sales-near-20m-down-slightly-on-last-year
56. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1058-918X
57. Jiji Press English News Service
58. Famitsu
    http://www.famitsu.com/game/serial/2003/03/07/364,1047015949,11347,0,0.html
59. Jiji Press English News Service
60. "Device solution"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140216031358/http://www.koto.co.jp/english/products/device.html
61. "Business Strategy: Interactive Education Business"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090221144913/http://www.segatoys.co.jp/english/company_profile/business_strategy/edutainment.html
62. "食育、安全などの"五育"を取り入れ、エデュテイメント事業を推進「遊びながら学ぶ」が進化する『Advanced PICO Beena』（アドバンスピコ ビーナ）8月発売"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20070928073936/http://www.segatoys.co.jp/company_information/press_release/pdf/20050405.pdf
63. "Majesco Signs Licensing Deal to Distribute Sega Pico Educational Systems: Systems Will Be Available In All Major Toy Retailers By Holiday Season"
    http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Majesco+Signs+Licensing+Deal+to+Distribute+Sega+Pico+Educational...-a055353637
64. "The Famicom Legacy"
    http://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-famicom-legacy
65. Sheff & Eddy 1999, pp. 27–28: "[Color TV Game 6] was followed by a more powerful sequel, Color TV Game 15. A million uni
    https://books.google.com/books?id=0dK2AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Color+TV+Game%22
66. "Intellivision: Intelligent Television"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20131023194011/http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=ConsoleMuseum.Detail&id=17&game=9
67. "Vinte anos depois, Master System e Mega Drive vendem 150 mil unidades por ano no Brasil"
    http://jogos.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/2012/07/30/vinte-anos-depois-master-system-e-mega-drive-vendem-150-mil-unidades-por-ano-no-brasil.htm
68. Sega-16
    http://www.sega-16.com/2015/11/interview-stefano-arnhold-tectoy/
69. "N-gage's Second Coming"
    http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/n-gages-second-coming
70. sic
    https://www.proquest.com/docview/294244496
71. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/21/business/coleco-moves-out-of-the-cabbage-patch.html?pagewanted=2
72. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/19/business/coleco-s-net-in-sharp-rise.html
73. "The 10 Worst-Selling Consoles of All Time"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080823192941/http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/111822.shtml
74. "The 10 Worst-Selling Handhelds of All Time"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080730005444/http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/125748.shtml
75. IGN
    https://www.ign.com/top-25-consoles/21.html
76. Network Externality and Necessary Software Statistics
    http://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/iaos/pdf/tanaka.pdf#page=2
77. Co-opetition
78. CNBC
    https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/12/facebook-oculus-will-never-break-through-co-founder-jack-mccauley.html
79. GameRant
    https://gamerant.com/sega-genesis-mini-2-low-limited-supply/
80. "Press Release: Axlon To Develop New Video Games For Atari; Bushnell Returns"
    https://atariage.com/forums/uploads/monthly_01_2008/post-9346-1201143700.jpg
81. The Wall Street Journal
    https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0099-9660
82. Computer Shopper
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140611061844/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-55480741.html
83. The New York Times
    https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331
84. Time
    https://techland.time.com/2010/11/04/top-10-failed-gaming-consoles/slide/philips-cd-i/
85. The Golden Age of Video Games: The Birth of a Multibillion Dollar Industry
    https://books.google.com/books?id=pq6-X1fTm2oC
86. The Boston Globe
    https://web.archive.org/web/20150924200716/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8061028.html
87. The Washington Post
    https://www.proquest.com/docview/138312072
88. AntyWeb
    https://antyweb.pl/ponad-milion-sprzedanych-egzemplarzy-poznajcie-historie-pegasusa-najpopularniejszej-konsoli-w-polsce