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Revision as of 03:42, 14 December 2007

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

Video game and handheld consoles

Company Platform Released Template:Smn 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 80.48 million[6]
Nintendo Nintendo Entertainment System 1983 61.9 million[7][8]
Nintendo Nintendo DS 2004 53.64 million[6]
Nintendo Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1990 49.1 million[9][10]
Nintendo Nintendo 64 1996 32.93 million[2][11]
Atari Atari 2600 1977 30 million[12]
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 1988 29 million[13]
Sony PlayStation Portable 2004 25.39 million (shipped)[14]
Microsoft Xbox 2001 24 million[15][16]
Nintendo GameCube 2001 21.66 million[6]
Microsoft Xbox 360 2005 13.4 million[17]
Nintendo Wii 2006 13.17 million[6]
Sega Master System 1986 13 million[18][19]
Sega Game Gear 1990 11 million[20]
Sega Dreamcast 1998 10.6 million[21][18]
NEC TurboGrafx-16 1987 10 million[21]
Sega Saturn 1994 9.5 million[21]
Sony PlayStation 3 2006 7.13 million[22]

| Sega || Mega CD || align="center"|1991 || align="right"|6 million[21] |-

Video game consoles

Company Platform Released Template:Smn Sales
Sony PlayStation 2 2000 120 million (shipped)[1]
Sony PlayStation 1994 102.49 million (shipped)[4][5]
Nintendo Nintendo Entertainment System 1983 61.9 million[7][8]
Nintendo Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1990 49.1 million[9][10]
Nintendo Nintendo 64 1996 32.93 million[2][11]
Atari Atari 2600 1977 30 million[12]
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 1988 29 million[13]
Microsoft Xbox 2001 24 million[15][16]
Nintendo GameCube 2001 21.66 million[6]
Microsoft Xbox 360 2005 13.4 million[17]
Nintendo Wii 2006 13.17 million[6]
Sega Master System 1986 13 million[18][19]
Sega Dreamcast 1998 10.6 million[21][18]
NEC TurboGrafx-16 1987 10 million[21]
Sega Saturn 1994 9.5 million[21]
Sony PlayStation 3 2006 7.13 million[22]
Sega Mega CD 1991 6 million[21]

Handheld game consoles

Company Platform Released Sales
Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color 1989 and
1998		 118.69 million[2][3]
Nintendo Game Boy Advance 2001 80.48 million[6]
Nintendo Nintendo DS 2004 53.64 million[6]
Sony PlayStation Portable 2004 25.39 million shipped[14]
Sega Game Gear 1990 11 million[20]

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][11]
GameCube 2001 21.66 million[6]
Wii 2006 13.17 million[6]
Handhelds
Game Boy and Game Boy Color 1989 and
1998		 118.69 million[2][3]
Game Boy Advance 2001 80.48 million[6]
Game Boy Advance SP 2003 42.82 million[6]
Game Boy Micro 2005 2.42 million[23]
Nintendo DS 2004 53.64 million[6]
Nintendo DS 2004 18.71 million
Nintendo DS Lite 2006 34.93 million[6]

Sega

Platform Released Sales
Home consoles
Master System 1986 13 million[18][19]
Mega Drive/Genesis 1988 29 million[13]
Mega CD 1991 6 million[21]
Saturn 1994 9.5 million[21]
Dreamcast 1998 10.6 million[21][18]
Handhelds
Game Gear 1990 11 million[20]

Sony

Platform Released Sales
Home consoles
PlayStation 1994 102.49 million shipped[4][5]
PlayStation 2 2000 120 million shipped[1]
PlayStation 3 2006 5.59 million[22]
Handhelds
PlayStation Portable 2004 25.39 million shipped[14]

Microsoft

Platform Released Sales
Home consoles
Xbox 2001 24 million[15][16]
Xbox 360 2005 13.4 million[17]

See also

References

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