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This is a list of best-selling game consoles by region . This page consists of countries in Asia, North America, Europe, and other PAL regions , also adding NTSC regions . PAL , short for Phase Alternating Line, is a colour encoding system for analogue television used in broadcast television systems in most countries broadcasting at 576i , such as Europe and Asia. NTSC , named after the National Television System Committee, is the analog television color system that was used in North America from 1954 and until digital conversion.
Background shading indicates video game consoles on the market.
# indicates current generation consoles on the market.
Asia
Region-wide
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Figures
Sony
PlayStation 2 (With New PlayStation 2)
March 4, 2000
25,420,000[ 1]
March 2007
Sony
PlayStation (With PS one)
December 4, 1994
21,590,000[ 2]
March 2007
Sony
PlayStation 2 (Without New PlayStation 2)
March 4, 2000
18,020,000[ 1]
March 2007
Sony
PlayStation (Without PS one)
December 4, 1994
17,400,000[ 2]
March 2007
Sony
New PlayStation 2
November 3, 2004
7,390,000[ 1]
March 2007
Sony
PS one
July 7, 2000
4,190,000[ 2]
March 2007
Sega
Dreamcast
November 27, 1998
2,690,000[ 3]
March 2001
Nintendo
Switch #
March 3, 2017
2,258,900[ 4]
2018
Microsoft
Xbox
2002
1,800,000[ 5]
June 2005
Nintendo
3DS #
February 26, 2011
1,047,760[ 4]
2018
Middle East
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Figures
Sony
PlayStation 2
2003
5,200,000[ 6]
March 2010
Sony
PlayStation Portable
September 1, 2005
5,200,000[ 6]
March 2010
Nintendo
DS
2005
850,000[ 6]
March 2010
Sony
PlayStation 3
?
450,000[ 6]
March 2010
Nintendo
Wii
?
315,000[ 6]
March 2010
Microsoft
Xbox 360
?
180,000[ 6]
March 2010
South Korea
Most Consoles have different names (not used), but are the same.
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Figures
Sega
Master System(named as "Gaem*Boy")
April 1989
730,000[ 7]
1993
Daewoo
Zemmix
1985
415,000[ 7]
1992
Nintendo
NES(named as "Comboy")
December 1989
360,000[ 7]
1993
Sega
Mega Drive
1990
194,000[ 7]
1993
Nintendo
Switch #
December 1, 2017
110,000[ 8]
February 8, 2019
Nintendo
SNES
1992
80,000[ 7]
1993
Japan
Based on figures from Famitsu unless noted.
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Figures
Nintendo
Nintendo DS
December 2, 2004
32,990,000[ 9]
March 2013
Nintendo
Game Boy and Game Boy Color
April 21, 1989
32,470,000[ 9]
March 2003
Nintendo
Nintendo 3DS Family #
February 26, 2011
25,260,000[ 10]
March 2020
Sony
PlayStation 2
March 4, 2000
21,454,325[ 11]
July 2008
Sony
PlayStation Portable
December 12, 2004
19,632,197
December 14, 2014
Nintendo
Famicom (NES)
July 15, 1983
19,350,000[ 9]
March 2004
Sony
PlayStation
December 3, 1994
18,855,344
April 1, 2004
Nintendo
Super Famicom (SNES)
November 21, 1990
17,170,000[ 9]
March 2004
Nintendo
Game Boy Advance
March 21, 2001
16,960,000[ 9]
March 2009
Nintendo
Switch #
March 3, 2017
13,956,514
June 21, 2020
Nintendo
Wii
December 2, 2006
12,750,000[ 9]
March 2014
Sony
PlayStation 3
November 11, 2006
10,469,971[ 12]
2017
Sony
PlayStation 4 #
February 22, 2014
9,176,254
June 21, 2020
NEC
PC Engine
October 30, 1987
8,000,000[ 13]
?
Sony
PlayStation Vita #
December 17, 2011
5,863,022
December 29, 2019
Sega
Saturn
November 22, 1994
5,750,000[ 14]
March 1999
Nintendo
Nintendo 64
June 23, 1996
5,540,000[ 9]
March 2008
Nintendo
Famicom Disk System
February 21, 1986
4,500,000[ 15]
?
Nintendo
Nintendo GameCube
September 14, 2001
4,040,000[ 9]
September 2008
Sega
Mega Drive
October 29, 1988
3,580,000
June 22, 1996
Nintendo
Wii U #
December 8, 2012
3,340,000[ 9]
March 2017
NEC
PC Engine Duo + CD·ROM2
September 21, 1991
1,920,000[ 14]
March 1996
Sega
Dreamcast
November 27, 1998
1,918,837
February 17, 2002
Bandai
WonderSwan
March 4, 1999
1,803,092
April 1, 2004
Sega
Game Gear
October 6, 1990
1,780,000[ 14]
March 1994
Microsoft
Xbox 360
December 10, 2005
1,614,940
August 31, 2014
Sega
Sega Mark III (Master System)
October 20, 1985
≈1,000,000[ 16]
1988[ 17]
Microsoft
Xbox
February 22, 2002
472,994
April 12, 2005
Sega
SG-1000
July 15, 1983
≈440,000[ 17]
1988
Sega
Mega CD
December 12, 1991
400,000[ 14]
March 1996
SNK
NeGeo Pocket
October 28, 1998
311,315
July 29, 2001
Nintendo
Famicom Modem
1988
300,000
1989
Epoch
Super Cassette Vision
1984
300,000[ 18]
1986
Epoch
Cassette Vision
1981
300,000[ 18]
1986
Epoch
TV Baseball
1978
230,000[ 18]
1986
Epoch
System 10
1977
200,000[ 18]
1986
Microsoft
Xbox One #
September 4, 2014
140,700[ 19]
June 2019
Sega
32X
December 3, 1994
50,000[ 14]
March 1995
Nintendo
Virtual Boy
July 21, 1995
14,000[ 14]
March 1996
Epoch
TV Tennis
1975
10,000[ 18]
1986
The Americas
North America
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Figures
Nintendo
Nintendo DS
November 21, 2004
59,930,000[ 9]
September 2013
Nintendo
Wii
November 19, 2006
48,640,000[ 9]
March 2015
Sony
PlayStation 2 (With New PlayStation 2)
October 26, 2000
50,000,000[ 20]
March 2007
Nintendo
Game Boy and Game Boy Color
July 31, 1989
44,060,000[ 9]
March 2002
Nintendo
Game Boy Advance
June 11, 2001
41,640,000[ 9]
March 2008
Sony
PlayStation (PS one included)
September 9, 1995
40,780,000[ 2]
March 2007?
Nintendo
NES
October 18, 1985
34,000,000[ 9]
<March 1998
Sony
PlayStation 2 (Without New PlayStation 2)
October 26, 2000
32,380,000[ 20]
March 2007
Nintendo
3DS #
March 27, 2011
26,730,000[ 10]
March 2020
Nintendo
SNES
August 23, 1991
23,350,000[ 9]
March 2001
Nintendo
Switch #
March 3, 2017
22,120,000[ 10]
March 2020
Sega
Genesis (Mega Drive)
August 14, 1989
21,400,000-22,400,000[ a]
1998
Nintendo
64
September 29, 1996
20,630,000[ 9]
March 2003
Sony
New PlayStation 2
October 29, 2004
17,620,000[ 1]
March 2007
Microsoft
Xbox
2001
14,600,000[ 5]
June 2005
Nintendo
GameCube
November 18, 2001
12,940,000[ 9]
March 2008
Sony
PS one
?
12,700,000[ 2]
March 2007
Nintendo
Wii U #
November 18, 2012
6,490,000[ 9]
March 2017
Sega
Dreamcast
2000
4,640,000[ 14]
March 2002
Sega
Saturn
1995/1996
1,800,000[ 14]
March 1999
Canada
Based on figures from the NPD Group , as of August 1, 2008:[ 21]
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Figures
Nintendo
64
September 29, 1996
1,300,000[ 22]
<November 1999
Nintendo
Wii
November 19, 2006
1,060,000
July 2008
Microsoft
Xbox 360
November 22, 2005
870,000
July 2008
Sony
PlayStation 3
November 17, 2006
520,000
July 2008
United States
Based on figures from the NPD Group unless told otherwise (not noted).
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Figures
Nintendo
DS
November 21, 2004
51,100,000[ 23]
March 2009
Sony
PlayStation 2
October 26, 2000
43,000,000[ 20]
November 2008
Nintendo
Wii
November 19, 2006
30,000,000[ 24]
July 2010
Sony
PlayStation
September 1995
28,252,996[ 25]
March 2002
Nintendo
3DS #
March 27, 2011
23,340,000[ 26]
2018
Nintendo
SNES
August 23, 1991
>20,000,000[ 27]
2014
Sega
Genesis (Mega Drive)
August 14, 1989
20,400,000[ a]
1997
Nintendo
64
September 1996
17,169,159[ 25]
March 2002
Sony
PlayStation 3
November 17, 2006
13,500,000[ 38]
September 2009
Nintendo
Gamecube
November 18, 2001
11,700,000[ 39]
April 2007
Microsoft
Xbox 360
November 22, 2005
11,600,000[ 40]
October 2008
Sony
PlayStation Portable
March 24, 2005
11,560,000[ 41] [ 42]
2007
Microsoft
Xbox
November 15, 2001
10,000,000[ 43]
2004
Sega
Dreamcast
September 1999
3,960,622[ 25]
March 2002
NEC
TurboGrafx-16 (PC Engine)
August 29, 1989
2,500,000[ 44]
1991
Sega
Master System
June 1986
2,000,000[ 45]
1988
Atari
7800
January 1986
2,000,000[ 46]
1987?
Sega
CD
November 1992
1,500,000[ 47]
1994
Sega
Saturn
May 11, 1995
1,281,947[ 25]
2001
Sega
32X
November 21, 1994
500,000[ 48]
1994
NEC
TurboDuo
September 21, 1991
100,000[ 14]
September 1992
Atari
XE-GS
1987
100,000[ 49]
1987
Mexico
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Figures
Sony
PlayStation 2
2004
860,000[ 50]
2007
Brazil
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Figures
Sega
Master System
September 4, 1989
>8,000,000[ 51]
2015
Sega
Mega Drive
1990
>3,000,000[ 52]
2012
Europe
Region-wide
Based on figures from Garaph's Hardware Shipment Bar Graph Generator, as of Dec 31, 2018,[ 53] unless noted otherwise (only on region-wide)
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Figures
Nintendo
DS
March 11, 2005
38,100,000[ 23]
March 2009
Sony
PlayStation 2 (New PlayStation 2 likely included)
November 24, 2000
48,000,000[ 54]
Nintendo
Gameboy
September 28, 1990
42,160,000
March 2003
Nintendo
Wii
December 8, 2006
40,230,000
March 2017
Sony
PlayStation (PS one included)
September 29, 1995
40,120,000[ 2]
March 2007
Nintendo
3DS #
March 25, 2011
23,340,000
2018
Nintendo
Gameboy Advance
June 22, 2001
22,870,000
March 2009
Sony
New PlayStation 2
October 29, 2004
18,980,000[ 1]
March 2007
Sony
PS one
?
11,260,000[ 2]
March 2007
Nintendo
Switch #
March 3, 2017
14,430,000[ 10]
March 2020
Nintendo
SNES
June 1992
8,580,000
March 2001
Nintendo
NES
September 1, 1986
8,560,000
March 1995
Sega
Mega Drive
1990
7,250,000[ 14]
March 1994
Microsoft
Xbox 360
December 2, 2005
7,000,000[ 55]
September 2008
Sega
Master System
1987
6,200,000[ 14]
March 1993
Microsoft
Xbox
2002
5,500,000[ 5]
June 2005
Sony
PlayStation 3
March 23, 2007
5,000,000[ 54]
Nintendo
Gamecube
May 3, 2002
4,770,000
June 2008
Nintendo
64
March 1, 1997
14,500,000[ 56]
Sega
Dreamcast
2000
1,630,000[ 14]
March 2001
Sega
Saturn
1997
1,000,000[ 14]
March 1999
Sega
Mega CD
1993
320,000[ 14]
March 1994
Western Europe
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Sales Figures
Sega
Mega Drive
November 30, 1990
8,000,000[ 57]
Sega
Master System
September 1987
6,800,000[ 58]
<March 1995
France
Based on GFK 2016 figures[ 59] unless noted
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Figures
Nintendo
DS
March 11, 2005
10,596,000
2016
Nintendo
Wii
December 8, 2006
6,400,000[ 60]
2015
Sony
PlayStation 3
March 23, 2007
5,235,000
2016
Nintendo
3DS #
March 25, 2011
4,765,000
2016
Sony
PSP
September 1, 2005
3,582,000
2016
Microsoft
Xbox 360
December 2, 2005
3,379,000
2016
Sony
PlayStation 4 #
November 29, 2013
3,221,000
2016
Nintendo
Switch #
March 3, 2017
2,000,000[ 61]
January 2019
Nintendo
NES
1986
1,400,000
2016
Microsoft
Xbox One #
November 22, 2013
1,026,000
2016
Nintendo
Wii U
November 30, 2012
832,000
2016
Commodore
Amiga
?
700,000[ 62]
1994
Sony
PS Vita #
February 22, 2012
535,000
2016
Atari
XE-GS
1989
30,000[ 63]
1989
Epoch/Yeno
Super Cassette Vision
1985
>17,800[ 18]
1986
Germany
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Sales Figures
Sony
PlayStation 4 #
November 29, 2013
3,200,000[ 64]
June 2016
Commodore
Amiga
?
1,400,000[ 62]
1994
Nintendo
NES
1986
1,200,000
Offline
Nintendo
Wii
December 8, 2006
1,000,000
Offline
Sega
Mega Drive
November 30, 1990
800,000[ 58]
<March 1995
Microsoft
Xbox One #
November 22, 2013
710,000[ 64]
June 2016
Nintendo
Wii U #
November 30, 2012
750,000[ 64] (estimated)
June 2016
Nintendo
Switch #
March 3, 2017
600,000
2017
Sony
PlayStation 3
March 23, 2007
500,000[ 65]
March 2008
Sega
Master System
September 1987
500,000[ 58]
<March 1995
Atari
2600
1978
450,000[ 66]
1983
Microsoft
Xbox 360
December 2, 2005
281,000[ 67]
June 2007
Mattel
Intellivision
1982
100,000[ 66]
1983
Spain
Manufacturer
Console
Release
Units sold
Date of Figures
Nintendo
DS
March 11, 2005
5,700,000[ 68]
Early 2012
Sony
PlayStation 2
November 24, 2000
5,000,000[ 69]
Early 2009
Sony
PlayStation 4 #
November 22, 2013
3,000,000[ 70]
2019
Nintendo
Wii
December 8, 2006
2,700,000[ 71]
2010
Sony
PlayStation 3
March 23, 2007
2,700,000[ 72]
2013
Nintendo
GameBoy
January 1991[ 73]
2,300,000[ 74]
Late 1998/Early 1999
Sony
PlayStation Portable
September 1, 2005
2,100,000[ 75]
2008
Nintendo
Nintendo 3DS #
March 25, 2011
2,000,000[ 76]
Early 2018
Nintendo
GameBoy Advance
June 22, 2001
1,600,000[ 77]
2004
Sony
PlayStation
September 29, 1995
1,400,000[ 78]
1999
Microsoft
Xbox 360
December 2, 2005
1,000,000[ 79]
2011
Sega
Mega Drive
September 1990
<700,000[ 80] [ 58]
<March 1995 / 1994
Nintendo
SNES
June 1, 1992[ 81]
630,000[ 81]
1998
Sony
PlayStation Vita
February 22, 2012
600,000[ 82]
Mid 2015
Sega
Master System
1987[ 83]
550,000[ 58]
<March 1995/ 1993
Nintendo
NES
1987[ 83]
440,000[ 58]
<March 1995/ 1993
Nintendo
Switch #
March 3, 2017
340,000[ 84]
January 2018
Microsoft
Xbox One #
November 22, 2013
305,000[ 84] ~500,000[ 85]
2017
Nintendo
GameCube
May 3, 2002
<300,000[ 86]
2006
Sega
Dreamcast
October 14, 1999
200,000[ 87]
Early 2001
Sega
Saturn
July 7, 1995[ 88]
70,000[ 89]
Early 1997
United Kingdom
Based on figures from GfK Chart-Track , as of January 3, 2009,[ 90] unless noted otherwise.
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Figures
Nintendo
DS
March 11, 2005
8,800,000
2008
Nintendo
Wii
December 8, 2006
4,900,000
2008
Microsoft
Xbox 360
December 2, 2005
3,200,000
2008
Sony
PlayStation Portable
September 1, 2005
3,200,000
2008
Sega
Mega Drive
November 30, 1990
2,100,000
2008
Sony
PlayStation 3
March 23, 2007
2,000,000[ 91]
Sega
Master System
September 1987
1,500,000[ 92]
<March 1995
Commodore
Amiga
?
1,500,000[ 62]
1994
Nintendo
64
March 1, 1997
1,300,000[ 56]
Nintendo
NES
1987
1,500,000[ 92]
<March 1995
Nintendo
SNES
April 1992
1,050,000[ 58]
<March 1995
Sony
PlayStation 4 #
November 29, 2013
1,000,000[ 93]
April 2015
Sony
PlayStation 2
November 24, 2000
1,000,000[ 94]
November 10, 2001
Nintendo
Switch #
March 3, 2017
<300,000[ 95]
(Estimated)
October 2017
Nintendo
Wii U #
2011
150,000[ 96]
2012
Australia
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Figures
Sony
PlayStation 2
November 30, 2000
2,200,000[ 97]
January 2007
Nintendo
Wii
December 7, 2006
2,100,000[ 98]
April 4, 2011
Microsoft
Xbox 360
March 2, 2006
700,000[ 99]
June 2009
Sony
PlayStation 3
March 3, 2007
285,000[ 98]
June 2008
Nintendo
Gamecube
September 14, 2001
167,899[ 100]
Late 2007
Other PAL/NTSC regions
South Africa
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Figures
Sony
PlayStation 3
?
>300,000[ 101]
Nintendo
Wii
?
≈126,000[ 102]
2009
"Other"/Unknown
Nintendo other (Everything - (Japan + North America))
Manufacturer
Console
Released
Units sold
Date of Figures
Nintendo
DS
?
61,100,000[ 9]
March 2016
Nintendo
GameBoy
?
42,160,000[ 9]
March 2003
Nintendo
Wii
?
40,230,000[ 9]
March 2016
Nintendo
3DS #
?
23,780,000[ 10]
March 2020
Nintendo
Boy Advance
?
22,910,000[ 9]
March 2010
Nintendo
Super Famicom/SNES
?
8,580,000[ 9]
March 2001
Nintendo
Familcom/NES
?
8,560,000[ 9]
<March 1998
Nintendo
64
?
6,750,000[ 9]
March 2002
Nintendo
Switch #
?
5,780,000[ 10]
March 2020
Nintendo
GameCube
?
4,770,000[ 9]
March 2008
Nintendo
Wii U #
?
3,740,000[ 9]
March 2017
Notes
^ a b Disparate sources from a variety of magazines provide a more detailed history of Sega's first party North American through 1997, totaling over 20,400,000 million. The New York Times stated in 1998 "the company sold some 20,000,000 16-bit Genesis consoles in the United States alone".[ 28]
1989-1990: 1,200,000[ 29]
1991: 1,600,000[ 30]
1992: 4,500,000[ 31]
1993: 5,500,000[ 32]
1994: >4,000,000[ 33]
1995: 2,100,000[ 34]
1996: 1,100,000[ 35]
1997: 400,000[ 36]
Total: >20,400,000
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