List of game consoles

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The list of game consoles includes stationary game consoles and handheld consoles sorted according to their technical structure or processor architecture . The list does not claim to be complete. A chronological listing can be found in the article on the history of video games .

Without microprocessor

Hardwired

The course of the game and all graphic data are specified by appropriately connected electronic components inside the console. In particular, these cannot be modified. To better illustrate this state of affairs such video game systems are also known as hard-wired (English hard-wired ) or specialized (English dedicated called).

Discrete components and / or low-level integrated circuits

Highly integrated circuit (e.g. AY-3-8500 )

Cartridge-based

The console is designed so that the games that can be executed with it are interchangeable. The plug-in cards or plug-in modules required for this can contain wire bridges, discrete electronic components but also highly integrated circuits such as the 8600 Programmable Game Set from General Instrument.

Discrete components and / or low-level integrated circuits

Highly integrated circuit

  • Palladium Tele-Cassette-Game
  • Poppy 9015
  • Poppy TVG 10
  • Sanwa 9015
  • SHG Black Point
  • Unimex Mark IX

4-bit architecture

Hardwired

The devices are based on a single-chip microcomputer , which also contains the non-modifiable read-only memory with the program data of the games.

Cartridge-based

8-bit architecture

16-bit architecture

32- and 64-bit architecture

Best-selling game consoles

The following table lists game consoles that have sold at least one million copies.

space Surname Manufacturer Type Initial release was standing units sold (million)
1 PlayStation 2 Sony Interactive Entertainment stationary game console 2000 2020 157.68
2 Nintendo DS Nintendo Handheld console 2004 2020 154.02
3 Game Boy (with Game Boy Color ) Nintendo Handheld console 1989 2020 118.69
4th PlayStation 4 Sony Interactive Entertainment stationary game console 2013 2020 112.3
5 PlayStation Sony Interactive Entertainment stationary game console 1994 2020 102.49
6th Wii Nintendo stationary game console 2006 2020 101.63
7th PlayStation 3 Sony Interactive Entertainment stationary game console 2006 2020 87.4
8th Xbox 360 Microsoft stationary game console 2005 2020 86
9 Game Boy Advance Nintendo Handheld console 2001 2020 81.51
10 PlayStation Portable Sony Interactive Entertainment Handheld console 2004 2020 81.09
11 Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Handheld console 2011 2020 75.87
12 Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo stationary game console 1983 2020 61.91
13 Nintendo Switch Nintendo hybrid game console 2017 2020 61.44
14th Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo stationary game console 1990 2020 49.1
15th Xbox One Microsoft stationary game console 2013 2020 43.15
16 Atari Home Pong series Atari stationary game console 1975 35
17th Nintendo 64 Nintendo stationary game console 1996 32.93
18th Sega Mega Drive Sega stationary game console 1988 30.75
19th Atari 2600 Atari stationary game console 1977 > 30
20th Xbox Microsoft stationary game console 2001 25th
21st GameCube Nintendo stationary game console 2001 21.74
22nd PlayStation Vita Sony Interactive Entertainment Handheld console 2011 16.21
23 Wii U Nintendo stationary game console 2012 13.56
24 Sega Saturn Sega stationary game console 1994 11.56
25th Dreamcast Sega stationary game console 1998 10.60
26th Atari 7800 Atari stationary game console 1984 8th
27 Color TV game Nintendo stationary game console 1977 3

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