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The Nintendo DS is the best-selling handheld console and best-selling game system overall, slightly exceeding sales figures for the PS2.
The Sony PlayStation 2 is currently the best-selling home console, selling nearly 154 million units worldwide.
This is a list of video game consoles and handheld game consoles that have sold or shipped at least one million units. Figures on this page for current consoles are generally updated by each financial quarter.
Worldwide
Video game consoles (including handhelds)
Video game consoles (not including handhelds)
Handheld game consoles
See also: Comparison of handheld game consoles
Manufacturer
Console manufacturers are listed in alphabetical order, with their respective consoles in chronological order.
Atari
Coleco
Mattel
Platform
Released
Units sold
Home consoles
Intellivision
1980
3 million
Microsoft
Platform
Released
Units sold
Home consoles
Xbox
2001
24 million
Xbox 360
2005
75.9 million
NEC
Nintendo
See also: Nintendo video game consoles
Nokia
Platform
Released
Units sold
Handhelds
N-Gage
2003
3 million
Panasonic
Sega
SNK
Sony
See also: PlayStation
Regions
Americas
Mostly based on figures from Nintendo for the Americas region:
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Nintendo
Nintendo DS
November 21, 2004
59.68 million
Nintendo
Nintendo Wii
47.55 million
Nintendo
Game Boy and Game Boy Color
August 1989
44.06 million
Nintendo
Game Boy Advance
June 11, 2001
41.64 million
Nintendo
Nintendo Entertainment System
October 18, 1985
34.00 million
Sega
Mega Drive / Genesis
August 14, 1989
24 million
Nintendo
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
August 23, 1991
23.35 million
Nintendo
Nintendo 64
September 29, 1996
20.63 million
Nintendo
GameCube
November 18, 2001
12.94 million
Nintendo
Nintendo 3DS
March 27, 2011
9.97 million
Nintendo
Nintendo Wii U
November 18, 2012
1.32 million
Brazil
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Sega
Master System
September 4, 1989
5 million
Sega
Mega Drive
1990
3 million
North America
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Sony
PlayStation 2
October 26, 2000
47.68 million
Sony
PlayStation
September 9, 1995
40.78 million
Canada
Based on figures from the NPD Group , as of August 1, 2008:
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Nintendo
Nintendo 64
September 29, 1996
1,300,000
Nintendo
Wii
November 19, 2006
1,060,000
Microsoft
Xbox 360
November 22, 2005
870,000
Sony
PlayStation 3
November 17, 2006
520,000
United States
Based on figures from the NPD Group :
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Nintendo
Nintendo DS
November 21, 2004
47 million
Nintendo
Wii
November 19, 2006
45.4 million
Sony
PlayStation 2
October 26, 2000
41.12 million
Sega
Genesis
August 14, 1989
22 million
Microsoft
Xbox 360
November 22, 2005
11.6 million
Sony
PlayStation Portable
March 24, 2005
11.56 million
Sony
PlayStation 3
November 17, 2006
5.7 million
NEC
TurboGrafx-16
August 29, 1989
2.5 million
Sega
Master System
June 1986
2 million
Atari
Atari 7800
January 1986
2 million
Sega
Saturn
May 11, 1995
2 million
Asia
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Sony
PlayStation 2
March 4, 2000
25.42 million
Sony
PlayStation
December 4, 1994
21.59 million
NEC
PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16)
October 30, 1987
7.5 million
Japan
Based on figures from Famitsu /Enterbrain :
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Nintendo
Nintendo DS
December 2, 2004
32,598,870
Nintendo
Game Boy and Game Boy Color
April 21, 1989
32,470,000
Sony
PlayStation 2
March 4, 2000
21,454,325
Nintendo
Nintendo Family Computer (Famicom/NES)
July 15, 1983
19,350,000
Nintendo
Super Famicom (SNES)
November 21, 1990
17,170,000
Nintendo
Game Boy Advance
February 21, 2001
16,960,000
Sony
PlayStation Portable
December 12, 2004
16,867,853
Nintendo
Wii
November 19, 2006
12,690,000
Nintendo
Nintendo 3DS
February 26, 2011
10,880,000
Sony
PlayStation 3
November 11, 2006
6,341,950
Nintendo
Nintendo 64
June 23, 1996
5,540,000
Nintendo
GameCube
September 14, 2001
4,040,000
Sega
Mega Drive
October 29, 1988
3,580,000
Microsoft
Xbox 360
December 10, 2005
1,448,665
Sega
Sega Mark III (Master System)
October 20, 1985
1,000,000
Nintendo
Wii U
830,000
Middle East
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Sony
PlayStation 2
2003
5.2 million
Sony
PlayStation Portable
September 1, 2005
5.2 million
Nintendo
Nintendo DS
2005
850,000
Europe
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Sony
PlayStation 2
November 24, 2000
48 million
Sony
PlayStation
September 29, 1995
40.12 million
Western Europe
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Sega
Mega Drive
November 30, 1990
8 million
Sega
Master System
September 1987
6.8 million
Germany
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Sega
Mega Drive
November 30, 1990
800,000
Sega
Master System
September 1987
500,000
Atari
Atari 2600
1978
450,000
United Kingdom
Based on figures from GfK Chart-Track , as of January 3, 2009:
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Nintendo
Nintendo DS
March 11, 2005
8.8 million
Nintendo
Wii
December 8, 2006
4.9 million
Microsoft
Xbox 360
December 2, 2005
3.2 million
Sony
PlayStation Portable
September 1, 2005
3.2 million
Sony
PlayStation 3
March 23, 2007
1.9 million
See also
Notes
^ United States: 20 million, Rest of the world: 15 million, Tec Toy : 3 million, Majesco : 2 million
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