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List of best-selling game consoles

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The following table contains video game consoles that have sold at least 1 million units worldwide either through to consumers or inside retail channels. Each console includes sales from every iteration unless otherwise noted. The years correspond to when the first version of each console was released (excluding test markets).

Best-selling consoles

| File:PS2-Versions.jpg | Sony's PlayStation 2 is the best-selling console, with more than 160 million units sold worldwide. | File:Nintendo-DS-Lite-Black-Open.jpg | The handheld Nintendo DS is the second-best-selling console, selling 154.02 million units worldwide. Most sales came from the Nintendo DS Lite, at 93.86 million units. | File:Nintendo-Switch-wJoyCons-BlRd-Standing-FL.jpg | The Nintendo Switch is the best-selling console that is currently on the market, selling 154.01 million units worldwide. As of 2026, it is the third-best-selling console.

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PlatformTypeCompanyReleasedUnits soldRef.PlayStation 2Nintendo DSNintendo SwitchGame Boy & Game Boy ColorPlayStation 4PlayStationWiiPlayStation 3PlayStation 5Xbox 360Game Boy AdvancePlayStation PortableNintendo 3DSFamily Computer/Nintendo Entertainment SystemXbox OneSuper Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemNintendo 64Mega Drive/GenesisAtari 2600Xbox Series X/SXboxNintendo GameCubeQuest 2Wii UV.Smile & V.MotionGame GearNintendo Switch 2PlayStation VitaSega Mark III/Master SystemPC Engine/TurboGrafx-16Sega SaturnDreamcastMaster System (Brazilian variants)LeapsterDendy (famiclone)Super NES Classic EditionAdvanced Pico BeenaAtari 7800NES Classic EditionWonderSwan & WonderSwan ColorSega PicoColor TV-GameIntellivisionMega Drive (Brazilian variants)N-GageMagnavox Odyssey²ColecoVisionSega SG-1000Atari Lynx3DO Interactive MultiplayerNeo Geo Pocket & Neo Geo Pocket ColorOculus GoMega Drive/Genesis MiniTelstarAtari 5200Philips CD-iPegasus (famiclone)
HomeSony2000160 million
HandheldNintendo2004154.02 million
HybridNintendo2017154.01 million
HandheldNintendo1989, 1998118.69 million
HomeSony2013117.2 million
HomeSony1994102.49 million
HomeNintendo2006101.63 million
HomeSony200687.4 million
HomeSony202084.2 million
HomeMicrosoft200584 million{{efngroup=notename=xbox efnMicrosoft announced in October 2015 that individual platform sales in their fiscal reports will no longer be disclosed.
HandheldNintendo200181.51 million
HandheldSony200480 million
HandheldNintendo201175.94 million
HomeNintendo198361.91 million
HomeMicrosoft2013~58 million
HomeNintendo199049.1 million
HomeNintendo199632.93 million
HomeSega198830.75 million
HomeAtari197730 million
HomeMicrosoft202028.3 million
HomeMicrosoft200124 million
HomeNintendo200121.74 million
VR headsetReality Labs2020~20 million
HomeNintendo201213.56 million
HomeVTech2004, 200711 million
HandheldSega199010.62 million
HybridNintendo202510.36 million
HandheldSony201110-15 million (estimate)
HomeSega198510 million
HomeNEC/Hudson Soft198710 million
HomeSega19949.26 million
HomeSega19989.14 million
HomeTectoy19898 million
HandheldLeapfrog20037 million
HomeMicro Genius19926 million
DedicatedNintendo20175.28 million
HomeSega20054.1 million
HomeAtari19863.77 million
DedicatedNintendo20163.56 million
HandheldBandai1999, 20003.5 million
HomeSega19933.4 million
DedicatedNintendo19773 million
HomeMattel19803 million
HomeTectoy19903 million
HandheldNokia20033 million
HomeMagnavox/Philips19782 million
HomeColeco19822 million
HomeSega19832 million
HandheldAtari19892 million
HomeThe 3DO Company/Panasonic/Sanyo/GoldStar19932 million
HandheldSNK1998, 19992 million
VR headsetOculus20182 million
DedicatedSega20191.5 million
DedicatedColeco19761 million
HomeAtari19821 million
HomePhilips19901 million
HomeMicro Genius19911 million

Notes

References

WonderSwan Famitsu sources

Release year sources

  • Atari consoles
    • : "The test release of the Atari 7800 went by practically unnoticed [...] And so the Atari 7800 collected dust for two years, until the international success of the Nintendo Entertainment System quickly changed the minds of Atari's new management. [...] Atari shipped the now slightly outdated 7800 across the world. [...] Only a few thousand 7800 consoles were shipped in the US during the first marketing attempt."
    • : Atari VCS 2600, Atari 5200, Atari Lynx.

Microsoft consoles

    • Nintendo consoles

    • : "Nintendo teamed with Mitsubishi to build the video-game system and, in 1977, Nintendo entered the home market in Japan with the dramatic unveiling of Color TV Game 6 [...]"

    • Sega consoles

    • Sony consoles

  • Others
    • : Bandai Wonderswan and ColecoVision.
    • : Nokia N-Gage.
    • : "To push its first video-game system, NEC formed a home-entertainment group and released PC Engine in Japan in October 1987."
    • : "Philips released CD-I years behind schedule, in October 1991, months after CDTV, because of technical problems."

    • Bibliography

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