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List of best-selling game consoles by region

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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 regions, which all used different analog television color systems; these being NTSC, PAL and SECAM. PAL broadcast at 576i, in Europe and Asia.{{Legend|#b6fcb6|Background shading indicates video game consoles on the market.|size=50%}}# indicates Eighth & Ninth generation consoles.

Asia

=Region-wide=

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Manufacturer

!Console

!Released

!data-sort-type=|Units sold

!Date of figure

rowspan="2" |Sony

|PlayStation 2

|March 4, 2000

|align=right|25,420,000{{cite web|url=http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps2_e.html|title=PlayStation2 Cumulative Production Shipments of Hardware {{!}} CORPORATE INFORMATION {{!}} Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.|publisher=SCEI|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703164656/http://scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps2_e.html|archivedate=2011-07-03|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}

| rowspan="2" |March 2007

PlayStation

|December 4, 1994

|align=right|21,590,000

Sega

|Dreamcast

|November 27, 1998

|align=right|2,690,000{{Cite web|url=http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=18610|title= Charts - SEGA Hardware and Software ?|last=Chairman|first=Steve|date=2010-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711125312/http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=18610|archive-date=2010-07-11|url-status=usurped|access-date=2019-02-04}}

|March 2001

Nintendo

| style="background:#b6fcb6;" |Switch #

|March 3, 2017

| align="right" |2,259,000 (excluding Japan){{cite web|date=1 February 2019|title=Corporate Management Policy Briefing / Nine Months Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ending March 2019|publisher=Nintendo|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2019/190201_2e.pdf}}

|2018

Microsoft

|Xbox

|2002

|align=right|1,800,000{{Cite web|url=http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=14535|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060516005813/http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=14535|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2006-05-16|title=Game Sales Charts - Xbox Hardware and Software Sales|date=2006-05-16|access-date=2019-02-17}}

|June 2005

Nintendo

|3DS #

|February 26, 2011

| align="right" |1,047,760 (excluding Japan)

|2018

=Japan=

Based on figures from Famitsu, unless cited otherwise.

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Manufacturer

!Console

!Released

! data-sort-type="number" |Units sold

!Date of figure

rowspan="4" |Nintendo

| style="background:#b6fcb6;" |Nintendo Switch #

|March 3, 2017

| align="right" |37,200,000{{cite web |title=Financial Results Explanatory Material |url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2025/250508_4e.pdf#page=27 |website=Nintendo |access-date=8 May 2025 |page=27 |date=May 8, 2025}}

|March 31, 2025

Nintendo DS

|December 2, 2004

| align="right" |32,990,000{{cite web |url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/finance/historical_data/xls/consolidated_sales_e1803.xlsx|title=Consolidated Sales Transition by Region |accessdate=2018-05-11 |date=2018-03-31 |publisher=Nintendo |format=XLSX}}

|March 2013

Game Boy and Game Boy Color

|April 21, 1989

| align="right" |32,470,000

|March 2003

Nintendo 3DS #

|February 26, 2011

| align="right" |25,260,000{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2020/200507e.pdf#page=14|title=Consolidated sales units, number of new titles, and sales units forecast (March 2020)|publisher=Nintendo}}

|March 2020

rowspan="3" |Sony

|PlayStation 2

|March 4, 2000

| align="right" |24,420,000{{Cite journal|last=小川 (Ogawa)|first=純生 (Sumio)|date=2010-12-14|title=テレビゲーム機の変遷 —ファミコン、スーパーファミコン、プレステ、プレステ2、Wiiまで—|trans-title=Recent Developments in Video Game Technology in Japan — Famicom, Super Famicom, Play Station, Play Station 2 and Wii —|url=http://www.toyo.ac.jp/uploaded/attachment/3049.pdf|journal=経営論集 (Keiei Ronshū)|language=ja|publication-date=March 2011|issue=77|pages=1–17 (2)|issn=0286-6439|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725185700/http://www.toyo.ac.jp/uploaded/attachment/3049.pdf|archive-date=2015-07-25|access-date=2021-12-06|via=Toyo University Academic Information Repository (Toyo University)}}

|2008

PlayStation Portable

|December 12, 2004

| align="right" |19,632,197

|December 14, 2014

PlayStation

|December 3, 1994

| align="right" |19,411,000

|2005

rowspan="4" |Nintendo

|Family Computer

|July 15, 1983

| align="right" |19,350,000

|March 2004

Super Famicom

|November 21, 1990

| align="right" |17,170,000

|March 2004

Game Boy Advance

|March 21, 2001

| align="right" |16,960,000

|March 2009

Wii

|December 2, 2006

| align="right" |12,750,000

|March 2014

rowspan="2" |Sony

|PlayStation 3

|November 11, 2006

| align="right" |10,469,971{{Cite web|url=https://www.perfectly-nintendo.com/japan-media-create-sales-week-52-2017-december-25th-december-31st/|title=[Japan] Media Create sales for Week 52, 2017 (December 25th – December 31st) [Top 50]|last=Lite_Agent|date=2018-01-11|website=Perfectly Nintendo|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-03}}

|2017

style="background:#b6fcb6;" |PlayStation 4 #

|February 22, 2014

| align="right" |9,503,963

|August 18, 2024

NEC

|PC Engine

|October 30, 1987

| align="right" |8,000,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/turbografx-16-at-25-remembering-the-little-pc-engine-that-could|title=TurboGrafx-16 at 25: Remembering the Little PC Engine That Could|last=Parish|first=Jeremy|date=2014-08-01|website=USgamer|language=en|access-date=2019-02-16}}

|?

rowspan="2" |Sony

| style="background:#b6fcb6;" |PlayStation 5 #

|November 12, 2020

| align="right" |6,804,660

|April 24, 2025

PlayStation Vita #

|December 17, 2011

| align="right" |5,863,022

|December 29, 2019

Sega

|Saturn

|November 22, 1994

|align=right|5,800,000{{Cite book|last1=Kamada|first1=Shun|url=http://seminar.econ.keio.ac.jp/tamada/thesis/mitasai/2007/game.pdf|title=2007 年度三田祭論文 〜 家庭用テレビゲーム産業と|last2=Tanaka|first2=Hidenori|last3=Kanazawa|first3=Masatake|publisher=Keio University|year=2007|page=6|language=ja|trans-title=2007 Mita Festival Paper: With the Home Video Game Industry|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420005512/http://seminar.econ.keio.ac.jp/tamada/thesis/mitasai/2007/game.pdf|archive-date=2009-04-20}}

|2000

rowspan="3" |Nintendo

|Nintendo 64

|June 23, 1996

| align="right" |5,540,000

|March 2008

Family Computer Disk System

|February 21, 1986

| align="right" |4,500,000{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/07/time-to-feel-old-inside-the-nes-on-its-30th-birthday/|title=The NES turns 30: How it began, worked, and saved an industry|last=Cunningham|first=Andrew|date=2013-07-15|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us|access-date=2019-02-16}}

|?

GameCube

|September 14, 2001

| align="right" |4,040,000

|September 2008

Sega

|Mega Drive

|October 29, 1988

| align="right" |3,590,000

|1997

rowspan="2" | Nintendo

|Wii U #

|December 8, 2012

| align="right" |3,340,000

|March 2017

Color TV-Game

|June 1, 1977

| align="right" |3,000,000{{cite book|last1=Sheff|first1=David|title=Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children|last2=Eddy|first2=Andy|publisher=GamePress|year=1999|orig-year=1993|isbn=978-0-9669617-0-6|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=0dK2AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Color+TV+Game%22 27]|quote=Nintendo entered the home market in Japan with the dramatic unveiling of Color TV-Game 6, which played six versions of light tennis. It was followed by a more powerful sequel, Color TV-Game 15. A million units of each were sold. The engineering team also came up with systems that played a more complex game, called "Blockbuster," as well as a racing game. Half a million units of these were sold.|author-link=David Sheff}}

|1993

rowspan="2" |Sega

|Dreamcast

|November 27, 1998

| align="right" |2,526,000

|2002

Game Gear

|October 6, 1990

| align="right" |1,980,000

|1996

NEC

|PC Engine Duo + CD·ROM2

|September 21, 1991

| align="right" |1,920,000{{cite magazine|date=June 21, 1996|title=Weekly Famitsu Express|url=https://imgur.com/hXXa6DE|magazine=Famitsu|volume=11|issue=392|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211019/https://imgur.com/hXXa6DE|archive-date=2021-10-19|access-date=August 2, 2019|lang=ja|url-status=live}}

|March 1996

Bandai

|WonderSwan

|March 4, 1999

| align="right" |1,803,092

|April 1, 2004

Microsoft

|Xbox 360

|December 10, 2005

| align="right" |1,614,940

|August 31, 2014

rowspan="2" |Sega

|Sega Mark III (Master System)

|October 20, 1985

| align="right" |1,000,000{{cite journal|title=Amusement|journal=Business Japan|year=1986|volume=31|issue=7–12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tJcSAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Sega+is+estimated+to+have+sold%22|accessdate=24 January 2012|author=Nihon Kōgyō Shinbunsha|page=89|publisher=Nihon Kogyo Shimbun}}

|1986

Mega CD

|December 12, 1991

| align="right" |850,000{{cite magazine | magazine=Screen Digest | title=Finance & Business | date=March 1995 | url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/208776076/Screen-Digest?secret_password=2ntzw5zfrtsy8kxequmg | pages=56–62 | access-date=May 23, 2021}}

|1994

Panasonic

|3DO Interactive Multiplayer

|March 20, 1994

|align=right|750,000

|1996

Microsoft

| style="background:#b6fcb6;" |Xbox Series X #
Xbox Series S #

|November 10, 2020

| align="right" |676,819

|May 5, 2025

Atari

|Lynx

|September 1, 1989

|align=right|500,000

|1991

Microsoft

|Xbox

|February 22, 2002

| align="right" |472,994

|April 12, 2005

Sega

|SG-1000

|July 15, 1983

| align="right" |440,000{{Cite web|title=Media Create : Week 19, 2012 (May 07 - May 13)|url=https://www.neogaf.com/threads/media-create--week-19-2012-may-07-may-13.474361/|access-date=2019-02-16|website=NeoGAF|language=en-US}}{{Better source needed|date=October 2021}}

|1988

SNK

|Neo Geo Pocket

|October 28, 1998

| align="right" |311,315

|July 29, 2001

Nintendo

|Family Computer Network System

|1988

|align=right|300,000

|1989

rowspan="2" |Epoch

|Super Cassette Vision

|1984

|align=right|300,000

| rowspan="2" |1986

Cassette Vision

|1981

|align=right|300,000{{Cite web|title=Retro Age Thread|url=https://www.neogaf.com/threads/retro--age-thread.981407/|access-date=2019-02-16|website=NeoGAF|language=en-US}}{{Better source needed|date=October 2021}}

NEC

|PC-FX

|December 23, 1994

|align=right|300,000

|1997

Sega

|32X

|December 3, 1994

| align="right" |270,000{{Cite magazine|date=May 1995|title=News: Videospiel-Algebra|trans-title=News: Video Game Algebra|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/9/9b/MAN%21AC_DE_1995-05.pdf#page=25|magazine=MAN!AC|language=de|publication-date=12 April 1995|issue=5/95|pages=24–25 (25)}}

|1994

rowspan="2" |Epoch

|TV Baseball

|1978

| align="right"| 230,000

|1986

System 10

|1977

|align=right|200,000

Microsoft

| Xbox One

|September 4, 2014

| align="right" |140,700{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/08/why-microsoft-xbox-isnt-as-popular-in-japan-as-sonys-playstation.html|title=Why Japanese gamers don't buy Xbox|last=Haigh|first=Marilyn|date=2019-10-08|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-11-16}}

|June 2019

Nintendo

|Virtual Boy

|July 21, 1995

|align=right|14,000{{Cite web|title=Retro Sales Age Thread|url=https://www.neogaf.com/threads/retro-sales-age-thread.981407/|access-date=2019-03-20|website=NeoGAF|language=en-US}}{{Better source needed|date=October 2021}}

|March 1996

Epoch

|TV Tennis

|1975

|align=right|10,000

|1986

Atari

|Jaguar

|December 8, 1994

|align=right|3,000

|1995

= China =

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Manufacturer

!Console

!Released

!data-sort-type="number" |Units sold

!Date of figure

Nintendo

|Switch

|2019

|align=right|4,000,000{{cite news |last=McFerran |first=Damien |title=Nintendo Is Now The Market Leader In Video Gaming's Biggest Region |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/01/nintendo_is_now_the_market_leader_in_video_gamings_biggest_region |access-date=9 October 2021 |work=Nintendo Life |date=11 January 2021}}

|January 2021

Sony

|PlayStation 4

|2015

|align=right|3,520,000{{cite news |last1=Huang |first1=Zheping |last2=Mochizuki |first2=Takashi |title=China Is Nintendo's Secret Weapon in War With PlayStation, Xbox |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-09/china-is-nintendo-s-secret-weapon-in-war-with-playstation-xbox |access-date=9 October 2021 |work=Bloomberg News |date=9 December 2020}}

|December 2020

Microsoft

|Xbox One

|2014

|align=right|1,240,000

|December 2020

= Middle East =

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Manufacturer

!Console

!Released

!Units sold

!Date of figure

rowspan="2" |Sony

|PlayStation 2

|2003

| align="right" |5,200,000{{cite magazine|date=November 26, 2010|title=Finding the Middle ground; MCV digital edition|url=http://content.yudu.com/A1ptbg/MCV12112010/resources/index.htm|publisher=MCV|issue=613|magazine=MCV Digital Edition|page=31|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}

| rowspan="6" |March 2010

PlayStation Portable

|September 1, 2005

| align="right" |5,200,000

Nintendo

|DS

|2005

| align="right" |850,000

Sony

|PlayStation 3

| rowspan="3" |?

|align=right|450,000

Nintendo

|Wii

|align=right|315,000

Microsoft

|Xbox 360

|align=right|180,000

= South Korea =

Older consoles have different names in South Korea and had local Korean manufacturers.

class="wikitable"

!Manufacturer (licensor)

!Console

!Released

!Units sold

!Date of figure

Nintendo

|style="background:#b6fcb6;"|Switch #

|December 1, 2017

|align=right|>2,314,955{{Cite web|url=https://www.perfectly-nintendo.com/media-create-white-book-2022-sales-data-for-japan-south-korea-taiwan-in-2021/|title=Media Create White Book 2022: sales data for Japan, South Korea, Taiwan in 2021

|website=perfectly nintendo|date=28 May 2022

|access-date=2022-05-28}}

|December 31, 2021

Sony

|PlayStation 4

|December 2013

|align=right|>1,100,000{{Cite web|title=Hardware and Software sales 2019 in many countries|url=https://www.resetera.com/threads/hardware-and-software-sales-2019-in-many-countries.277262/|access-date=2020-08-30|website=Resetera|date=30 August 2020 |language=en}}

|December 31, 2019

Sony

|PlayStation 2

|February 22, 2002

|align=right|1,000,000{{cite web |last1=Derboo |first1=Sam |title=A History of Korean Gaming (Part 2) |url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/part2/korea2.htm |website=Hardcore Gaming 101 |date=July 13, 2010 |access-date=4 December 2021}}

|October 2004

Samsung (Sega)

|Gam*Boy / Aladdin Boy (Master System)

|April 1989

|align=right|730,000

|1993

Daewoo

|Zemmix

|1985

|align=right|415,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.neogaf.com/threads/retro--age-thread.981407/|title=Retro Age Thread|website=NeoGAF|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-16}}{{Better source needed|date=October 2021}}

|1992

Hyundai (Nintendo)

|Comboy (NES)

|December 1989

|align=right|360,000

| rowspan="2" |1993

Samsung (Sega)

|Super Gam*Boy / Super Aladdin Boy (Mega Drive)

|1990

|align=right|194,000

Hyundai (Nintendo)

|Super Comboy (SNES)

|1992

|align=right|80,000

|1993

Americas

=Region-wide=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
Manufacturer

!Console

!Released

!data-sort-type="number"|Units sold

!Date of figure

rowspan="8" |Nintendo

|Nintendo DS

|November 21, 2004

|align=right|59,930,000

|September 2013

Wii

|November 19, 2006

|align=right|48,640,000

|March 2015

Game Boy and Game Boy Color

|July 31, 1989

|align=right|44,060,000

|March 2002

Game Boy Advance

|June 11, 2001

|align=right|41,640,000

|March 2008

NES

|October 18, 1985

|align=right|34,000,000

|March 1997

SNES

|August 23, 1991

|align=right|23,350,000

|March 2001

Nintendo 64

|September 29, 1996

|align=right|20,630,000

|March 2003

GameCube

|November 18, 2001

|align=right|12,940,000

|March 2008

=North America=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
Manufacturer

!Console

!Released

!data-sort-type="number"|Units sold

!Date of figure

rowspan="2" |Nintendo

|Nintendo DS

|November 21, 2004

|align=right|<59,930,000

|September 2013

style="background:#b6fcb6;" |Nintendo Switch #

|March 3, 2017

| align="right" |58,310,000

|March 31, 2025

Sony

|PlayStation 2

|October 26, 2000

|align=right|50,000,000{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28642933|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306205845/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28642933/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 6, 2016|title=With 50 million sold, PlayStation 2 still a player - Games - NBC News|website=NBC News|date=2010-05-13|access-date=2019-02-16}}

|March 2007

rowspan="3" |Nintendo

|Wii

|November 19, 2006

|align=right|<48,640,000

|March 2015

Game Boy and Game Boy Color

|July 31, 1989

|align=right|<44,060,000

|March 2002

Game Boy Advance

|June 11, 2001

|align=right|<41,640,000

|March 2008

Sony

|PlayStation

|September 9, 1995

|align=right|40,780,000{{cite web|url=http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps_e.html|title=PlayStation Cumulative Production Shipments of Hardware|accessdate=2007-09-05|publisher=Sony Computer Entertainment|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323233937/http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps_e.html|archivedate=2009-03-23}}

|March 2007?

Nintendo

|NES

|October 18, 1985

|align=right|<34,000,000

|March 1998

Atari

|Atari 2600

|1977

|align=right|<30,000,000{{cite press release|publisher=PR Newswire|title=AtGames to Launch Atari Flashback 4 to Celebrate Atari's 40th Anniversary!|date=November 12, 2012|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/atgames-to-launch-atari-flashback-4-to-celebrate-ataris-40th-anniversary-178903531.html|access-date=April 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127175838/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/atgames-to-launch-atari-flashback-4-to-celebrate-ataris-40th-anniversary-178903531.html|archive-date=November 27, 2012|url-status=dead}}

|2012

rowspan="3" |Nintendo

|Nintendo 3DS

|March 27, 2011

| align="right" |26,730,000

|March 2020

Nintendo 64

|September 29, 1996

|align=right|<20,630,000

|March 2003

SNES

|August 23, 1991

|align=right|20,000,000+{{cite web |last1=Pachter |first1=Michael |author1-link=Michael Pachter |last2=McKay |first2=Nick |last3=Citrin |first3=Nick |title=Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc; Why the Next Generation Will Be as Big as Ever |url=https://equities.wedbush.com/clientsite/Research/ActionAlertFilePreview.asp?UUID=E4AFF57F-DDBC-437F-8520-AF38BEDD3E43 |access-date=2021-02-19 |publisher=Wedbush Securities |date=February 11, 2014 |page=36 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304224941/https://equities.wedbush.com/clientsite/Research/ActionAlertFilePreview.asp?UUID=E4AFF57F-DDBC-437F-8520-AF38BEDD3E43 |url-status=dead }}

|December 2013

Sega

|Genesis (Mega Drive)

|August 14, 1989

|align=right|20,000,000+{{cite news |last1=Strom |first1=Stephanie |title=International Business: Sega Enterprises Pulls Its Saturn Video Console From the U.S. Market |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/14/business/international-business-sega-enterprises-pulls-its-saturn-video-console-us-market.html |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=14 March 1998}}

|March 1998

Microsoft

|Xbox

|November 15, 2001

|align=right|14,600,000

|June 2005

rowspan="2" |Nintendo

|GameCube

|November 18, 2001

|align=right|<12,940,000

|March 2008

Wii U

|November 18, 2012

| align="right" |7,200,000

|2020

Sega

|Dreamcast

|September 9, 1999

|align=right|4,640,000

|March 2002

Sony

| style="background:#b6fcb6;" |PlayStation 5 #

|November 12, 2020

| align="right" |3,100,000

|Nov 2020

Sega

|Saturn

|May 11, 1995

| align="right" |1,800,000

|March 1999

==Canada==

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
Manufacturer

!Console

!Released

!data-sort-type="number"|Units sold

!Date of figure

Sony

| style="background:#b6fcb6;" |PlayStation 5 #

|November 12, 2020

| align="right" |1,500,000{{Cite web|title=94 percent of Canadian gamers now own a PlayStation 5!|url=https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/console/canada/#monthly-201701-202110|access-date=2021-10-24|website=StatCounter Global Stats|language=en}}

| rowspan="4" |2020

rowspan="2" |Nintendo

|Nintendo 64

|September 29, 1996

| align="right" |1,300,000{{cite news|last=Saltzman|first=Marc|title=The gloves are off; With the holiday season fast approaching, console gaming titans Sony, Nintendo and Sega are ready to do battle once again. Which system should you buy?|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/428040911.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+11%2C+1999&author=Marc+Saltzman&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=The+gloves+are+off+%3B+With+the+holiday+season+fast+approaching%2C+console+gaming+titans+Sony%2C+Nintendo+and+Sega+are+ready+to+do+battle+once+again.+Which+system+should+you+buy%3F+Games+guru+Marc+Saltzman+offers+his+advice.&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107124209/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/428040911.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+11%2C+1999&author=Marc+Saltzman&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=The+gloves+are+off+%3B+With+the+holiday+season+fast+approaching%2C+console+gaming+titans+Sony%2C+Nintendo+and+Sega+are+ready+to+do+battle+once+again.+Which+system+should+you+buy%3F+Games+guru+Marc+Saltzman+offers+his+advice.&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2012|accessdate=February 2, 2019|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=Nov 11, 1999}}

Wii

|November 19, 2006

| align="right" |1,060,000{{cite web|date=2008-08-26|title=Nintendo Wii surpasses mark of one million consoles sold in Canada|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/wii-surpasses-one-million-consoles-sold-in-canada-1.319170|work=The Canadian Press|publisher=CTV News|accessdate=2008-09-08}}

Microsoft

|Xbox 360

|November 22, 2005

| align="right" |870,000

Sony

|PlayStation 3

|November 17, 2006

| align="right" |520,000

|2008

== Mexico ==

class="wikitable"

!Manufacturer

!Console

!Released

!Units sold

!Date of figure

Sony

|PlayStation 2

|2004

|align=right|860,000{{Cite web|url=http://www.edge-online.com/features/south-america-the-lost-continent?page=0,1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917174921/http://www.edge-online.com/features/south-america-the-lost-continent?page=0,1|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-09-17|title=SOUTH AMERICA: THE LOST CONTINENT {{!}} Edge Online|website = Edge|date=2008-09-17|access-date=2019-02-16}}

|2007

Microsoft

|Xbox One

|2013

|700,000

|2020

==United States==

Based on figures from the NPD Group as of June 2014{{Cite web |title=NPD Sales Results for June 2014 [Up3: All Hardware (June/LTD), Top 10 Software SKUs] |url=https://www.neogaf.com/threads/npd-sales-results-for-june-2014-up3-all-hardware-june-ltd-top-10-software-skus.857224/page-85#post-121901995}}{{Cite web |title=NPD USA HARDWARE TOTAL (as of December 2013) |url=https://imgur.com/OG0o8FN}} unless cited otherwise.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Million-selling game consoles in the USA

!Platform

!Type

!Firm

!Released

!Units sold

Nintendo DS

|Handheld

|Nintendo

|2004

|53.8 million

Nintendo Switch #

|Hybrid

|Nintendo

|2017

|46.6 million{{Cite web |title=Mat Piscatella |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/the-two-best-selling-consoles-in-us-history-are-officially-both-nintendo-as-the-switch-bumps-the-ps2-down-to-third-place/}}

PlayStation 2

|Home

|Sony

|2000

|46.5 million{{Cite web |title=Mat Piscatella |url=https://x.com/MatPiscatella/status/1821600461381890390}}

Xbox 360

|Home

|Microsoft

|2005

|42.7 million{{Cite web |title=Mat Piscatella |url=https://x.com/MatPiscatella/status/1821591677372657698}}

Wii

|Home

|Nintendo

|2006

|41.7 million

Game Boy & Game Boy Color

|Handheld

|Nintendo

|1989, 1998

|38.2 million

Game Boy Advance

|Handheld

|Nintendo

|2001

|36.3 million

Nintendo Entertainment System

|Home

|Nintendo

|1985

|<34 million

PlayStation

|Home

|Sony

|1995

|30.4 million

PlayStation 3

|Home

|Sony

|2006

|26.7 million

PlayStation Portable

|Handheld

|Sony

|2005

|20.2 million

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

|Home

|Nintendo

|1991

|20.0 million{{cite web |url=https://www.nintendo.com/systemsclassic?type=snes |title=Classic Systems: SNES |access-date=January 21, 2012 |publisher=Nintendo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031209153741/http://www.nintendo.com/systemsclassic?type=snes|archive-date=December 9, 2003}}

Genesis

|Home

|Sega

|1989

|18.5 million

Nintendo 64

|Home

|Nintendo

|1996

|18.0 million

Xbox Series X/S #

|Home

|Microsoft

|2020

|>14.5 million{{Cite web |title=Mat Piscatella |url=https://x.com/MatPiscatella/status/1821219920300101808}}

Xbox

|Home

|Microsoft

|2001

|14.5 million

Nintendo 3DS

|Handheld

|Nintendo

|2011

|12.3 million

Nintendo GameCube

|Home

|Nintendo

|2001

|11.8 million

Atari 2600

|Home

|Atari

|1977

|10 million{{cite book |title=Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition |publisher=Guinness World Records |year=2008 |isbn=1-904994-21-0 |page=24 |quote=10 million – number of Atari 2600 consoles sold by 1982.}}

Wii U

|Home

|Nintendo

|2012

|5.3 million{{Cite web |title=NPD Hardware Sellthrough |url=https://imgur.com/eWLV0q5}}

Dreamcast

|Home

|Sega

|1999

|4.1 million

PlayStation Vita

|Handheld

|Sony

|2012

|1.9 million

PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16

|Home

|NEC/Hudson Soft

|1989

|2.5 million{{Cite magazine |last=Snow |first=Plake |date=2007-05-04 |title=The 10 Worst-Selling Consoles of All Time |url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/111822/the-10-worst-selling-consoles-of-all-time/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125173429/http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/111822/the-10-worst-selling-consoles-of-all-time/ |archive-date=2011-11-25 |access-date=2019-02-02 |magazine=GamePro |language=en-US}}

Master System

|Home

|Sega

|1986

|2 million{{cite book |last=Sheff |first=David |author-link=David Sheff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxyXUi336egC&q=master+systems |title=Game Over |publisher=Random House |year=1993 |isbn=0-679-40469-4 |edition=1st |location=New York |page=349 |access-date=16 January 2012}}

Atari 7800

|Home

|Atari

|1986

|2 million{{cite news |date=June 13, 1988 |title=Video Games |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-13-fi-3249-story.html |access-date=16 January 2012 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}

Sega CD

|Home

|Sega

|1992

|1.5 million

Sega Saturn

|Home

|Sega

|1995

|1.4 million

= Brazil =

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
Manufacturer

!Console

!Released

! data-sort-type="number" |Units sold

!Date of figure

rowspan="2" |Tectoy (Sega)

|style="background:#b6fcb6;"|Master System

|September 4, 1989

| align="right" |>8,000,000{{cite web|url=http://jogos.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/2016/05/12/console-em-producao-ha-mais-tempo-master-system-ja-vendeu-8-mi-no-brasil.htm|title=Console em produção há mais tempo, Master System já vendeu 8 mi no Brasil|last=Azevedo|first=Théo|date=May 12, 2016|publisher=Universo Online|language=Portuguese|accessdate=May 13, 2016|quote=Comercializado no Brasil desde setembro de 1989, o saudoso Master System já vendeu mais de 8 milhões de unidades no país, segundo a Tectoy.}}

|2015

style="background:#b6fcb6;"|Mega Drive

| data-sort-value="January 1, 1990" |1990

| align="right" |>3,000,000{{cite web|url=http://jogos.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/2012/07/30/vinte-anos-depois-master-system-e-mega-drive-vendem-150-mil-unidades-por-ano-no-brasil.htm|title=Vinte anos depois, Master System e Mega Drive vendem 150 mil unidades por ano no Brasil - Jogos - UOL Jogos|date=2012-07-30|publisher=Jogos.uol.com.br|accessdate=2013-09-17}}

|2012

Europe

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
Manufacturer

!Console

!Released

! data-sort-type="number" |Units sold

!Date of figure

rowspan="2" |Sony

|PlayStation 2

|November 24, 2000

|align=right|48,000,000{{cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=137142 |title=PS3 has outsold Xbox 360 in Europe |author=Ellie Gibson |date=May 6, 2008 |website=Eurogamer |accessdate=October 25, 2008 |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216155133/http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=137142 |url-status=dead }}

|May 2008

PlayStation

|September 29, 1995

|align=right|40,120,000

|March 2007

rowspan="2" |Nintendo

| style="background:#b6fcb6;" |Switch #

|March 3, 2017

| align="right" |39,200,000{{efn|name=euoth|Before June 2019, European Switch sales were not given a separate section on Nintendo's financial statements.}}

|March 31, 2025

DS

|March 11, 2005

|align=right|38,100,000{{Cite web |title=Third Quarter Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2009 |url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/events/090130/03.html |access-date=2019-09-09 |website=www.nintendo.co.jp}}

|March 2009

Sega

|Mega Drive

|September 1990

|align=right|8,320,000+{{efn|name=SMD}}

|October 1996

Nintendo

|NES

|September 1986

|align=right|8,025,000+{{efn|name=NES}}

|1994

Microsoft

|Xbox 360

|December 2, 2005

|align=right|7,000,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcvuk.com/news/32414/Xbox-360-storms-past-7m--in-Europe|title=Xbox 360 storms past 7m in Europe {{!}} Gaming Industry {{!}} News by MCV|date=2008-12-16|access-date=2019-02-16}}{{dead link|date=November 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|September 2008

Sega

|Master System

|June 1987

|align=right|6,800,000+{{efn|name=SMS}}

|1994

Micro Genius

|Dendy

|1992

|align=right|6,000,000{{cite news |title=Приставка Dendy: Как Виктор Савюк придумал первый в России поп-гаджет |trans-title=Dendy Prefix: How Viktor Savyuk Came Up With The First Pop-Gadget In Russia |url=https://secretmag.ru/business/trade-secret/nintendo-so-slonom-kak-viktor-savyuk-pridumal-pristavku-dendy.htm |access-date=9 October 2021 |work=The Firm's Secret |date=9 August 2016 |language=ru}}

|1998

Microsoft

|Xbox

|March 14, 2002

|align=right|5,500,000

|June 2005

Nintendo

|SNES

|June, 1987

|align=right|5,280,000+{{efn|name=SNES}}

|1998

Sony

|PlayStation 3

|March 23, 2007

|align=right|5,000,000

|May 2008

Nintendo

|Nintendo 64

|March 1, 1997

|align=right|4,500,000{{cite magazine |title=1999: The year of Nintendo? |url=http://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:Edge_UK_067.pdf&page=13 |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future plc |date=23 December 1998 |issue=67 (January 1999) |location=United Kingdom |page=13}}

|January 1999

rowspan="2" |Sega

|Dreamcast

|October 14, 1999

|align=right|1,630,000

|March 2001

Saturn

|July 8, 1995

|align=right|1,000,000

|March 1999

= Western Europe =

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
Manufacturer

!Console

!Released

! data-sort-type="number" |Units sold

!Date of figure

Sega

|Mega Drive

|September 1990

|align=right|8,320,000+{{efn|name=SMD|Mega Drive sales in Western Europe

  • Belgium – 160,000 {{small|(1994)}}
  • France – {{nowrap|1.3 million}} {{small|(1994)}}
  • Germany – 800,000 in Germany {{small|(1994)}}
  • Italy – 400,000 {{small|(1994)}}
  • Netherlands – 160,000 {{small|(1994)}}
  • Spain – 600,000 {{small|(1994)}}{{cite magazine |title=Mega Drive: La más vendida |page=15 |issue=27 |date=June 1995 |magazine=Todo Sega |language=Spanish}}
  • United Kingdom – {{nowrap|3 million}} {{small|(June 1996)}}
  • Other countries – {{nowrap|1.9 million}} {{small|(1994)}}

}}

|June 1996

Nintendo

|NES

|September 1986

|align=right|8,025,000{{efn|name=NES|NES sales in Western Europe

  • Belgium – 220,000 {{small|(1993)}}
  • France – {{nowrap|2.4 million}} {{small|(1992)}}
  • Germany – {{nowrap|1.2 million}} in Germany {{small|(1993)}}
  • Italy – 500,000 {{small|(1992)}}
  • Netherlands – 400,000 {{small|(1993)}}
  • Spain – 440,000 {{small|(1993)}}
  • United Kingdom – {{nowrap|1.15 million}} {{small|(October 1993)}}
  • Other countries – {{nowrap|1.76 million}} {{small|(1992)}}

}}

|1994

Sega

|Master System

|June 1987

|align=right|6,800,000{{efn|name=SMS|Master System sales in Western Europe

  • Belgium – 600,000 {{small|(1991)}}
  • France – {{nowrap|1.6 million}} {{small|(1993)}}
  • Germany – 700,000 in Germany {{small|(1993)}}
  • Italy – 400,000 {{small|(1992)}}
  • Netherlands – 200,000 {{small|(1993)}}
  • Spain – 550,000 {{small|(1993)}}
  • United Kingdom – {{nowrap|1.35 million}} {{small|(1993)}}
  • Other countries – {{nowrap|1.4 million}} {{small|(1993)}}

}}

|1994

Nintendo

|SNES

|June 1992

|align=right|5,280,000+{{efn|name=SNES|SNES sales in Western Europe

  • Belgium – 70,000 {{small|(1994)}}
  • France – {{nowrap|1 million}} {{small|(1994)}}
  • Germany – {{nowrap|1.4 million}} in Germany {{small|(1994)}}
  • Italy – 200,000 {{small|(1994)}}
  • Netherlands – 130,000 {{small|(1994)}}
  • Spain – 630,000 {{small|(1998)}}
  • United Kingdom – {{nowrap|1.05 million}} {{small|(1994)}}
  • Other countries – 500,000 {{small|(1994)}}

}}

|1998

Sega

|Mega CD

|April 2, 1993

|align=right|415,000

|1994

= France =

Based on GFK 2016 figures{{Cite web|url=http://www.gameblog.fr/news/66340-ps4-xbox-one-wii-u-3ds-ps-vita-voici-tous-les-chiffres-franc|title=PS4, Xbox One, Wii U, 3DS, PS Vita : voici tous les chiffres France|website=Gameblog|date=10 March 2017 |language=fr|access-date=2019-02-16}} unless cited otherwise.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Manufacturer

!Console

!Released

!Units sold

!Date of figure

rowspan="3" |Nintendo

|DS

|March 11, 2005

|align=right|10,596,000

|2016

style="background:#b6fcb6;"|Switch #

|March 3, 2017

|align=right|7,090,000{{cite web |title=En France, la console Nintendo Switch surpasse les records de vente de la Wii |date=15 January 2023 |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/secteur/high-tech/en-france-la-console-nintendo-switch-surpasse-les-records-de-vente-de-la-wii-20230115 |access-date=January 16, 2023}}

|January 2023

Wii

|December 8, 2006

|align=right|6,400,000{{Cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/economie/business/nintendo-france-la-console-de-jeux-a-encore-de-beaux-jours-devant-elle-18-04-2016-5723625.php#xtref=https%3A%2F%2F|title = Nintendo France : « la console de jeux a encore de beaux jours devant elle »|date = 18 April 2016}}

|2015

rowspan="3" |Sony

|style="background:#b6fcb6;"|PlayStation 4 #

|November 29, 2013

|align=right|6,000,000

|January 2023

PlayStation 2

|2000

|align=right|5,900,000{{cite web|url=https://www.gamopat-forum.com/t111075-bilan-des-ventes-de-chaque-console-en-france |title=Bilan des ventes de chaque console en France }}

|2009

PlayStation 3

|March 23, 2007

|align=right|5,235,000

| rowspan="4" |2016

Nintendo

|3DS #

|March 25, 2011

|align=right|4,765,000

Sony

|PSP

|September 1, 2005

|align=right|3,582,000

Microsoft

|Xbox 360

|December 2, 2005

|align=right|3,379,000

rowspan="2" |Nintendo

|NES

|1986

|align=right|2,400,000

|1994

Game Boy

|September 28, 1990

|align=right|2,000,000{{Cite book|last1=Pettus|first1=Sam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DbFxAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA421|title=Service Games: The Rise and Fall of SEGA: Enhanced Edition|last2=Munoz|first2=David|last3=Williams|first3=Kevin|last4=Barroso|first4=Ivan|date=2013-12-20|publisher=Smashwords Edition|isbn=978-1-311-08082-0|pages=421}}

|1995

rowspan="2" |Sega

|Master System

|1987

|align=right|1,600,000

|1993

Mega Drive

|1990

|align=right|1,300,000

|1994

Nintendo

|SNES

|1992

|align=right|1,000,000

|1994

Microsoft

|Xbox One

|November 22, 2013

|align=right|1,026,000

| rowspan="2" |2016

Nintendo

|Wii U

|November 30, 2012

|align=right|832,000

Commodore

|Amiga

|?

|align=right|700,000

|1994

Atari

|VCS / 2600

|1982

|align=right|600,000{{cite magazine |title=Guerre Dans Le Salon |trans-title=War in the Living Room |magazine=Science & Vie Micro |date=December 1989 |issue=67 |pages=126–8 |lang=fr |url=https://abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=48&num=2280&album=oui}}

|1989

Sony

|PS Vita #

|February 22, 2012

|align=right|535,000

|2016

Sega

|Game Gear

|April 1991

|align=right|300,000

|1995

SNK

|Neo Geo

|1991

|align=right|100,000

|1995

Sega

|Mega CD

|1993

|align=right|65,000

|1994

Atari

|XE-GS

|1989

|align=right|30,000

|1989

Epoch/Yeno

|Super Cassette Vision

|1985

|align=right|>17,800

|1986

= Germany =

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
Manufacturer

! Console

! Released

! data-sort-type="number" | Units sold

! Date of figure

Nintendo

|Game Boy

|September 1990

|align=right|6,800,000{{cite magazine |title=Marketdaten |trans-title=Market data |magazine=MCV |date=January 2001 |page=5 |lang=de |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/4/44/MCV_DE_2000_50-02.pdf#page=5}}

|February 2000

rowspan="2" |Sony

|PlayStation

|September 1995

|align=right|4,000,000

|October 2000

style="background:#b6fcb6;"|PlayStation 4 #

|November 29, 2013

|align=right|3,200,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.boerse-online.de/nachrichten/aktien/spielekonsolen-sony-zockt-microsoft-mit-der-ps4-in-deutschland-ab-1001354158|title=Spielekonsolen: Sony zockt Microsoft mit der PS4 in Deutschland ab - 17.08.16 - BÖRSE ONLINE|last=GmbH|first=finanzen net|website=www.boerse-online.de|date=17 August 2016 |language=en|access-date=2019-02-16}}

|June 2016

rowspan="2" |Nintendo

|Nintendo 64

|March 1997

|align=right|1,500,000

|February 2000

Game Boy Color

|November 1998

|align=right|1,500,000

|February 2000

Commodore

|Amiga

|?

|align=right|1,400,000{{Cite web|url=http://www.amigahistory.plus.com/sales.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518080844/http://www.amigahistory.plus.com/sales.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-05-18|title=Commodore-Amiga Sales Figures|date=2015-05-18|access-date=2019-02-17}}

|1994

rowspan="2" |Nintendo

|SNES

|December 8, 2006

|align=right|1,400,000

|1994

NES

|1986

|align=right|1,200,000

|1994

Sega

|Mega Drive

|November 30, 1990

|align=right|800,000

|1994

Microsoft

|Xbox One

|November 22, 2013

|align=right|710,000

|June 2016

Sega

|Master System

|data-sort-value="September 1, 1987"|September 1987

|align=right|700,000

|1993

rowspan="2" |Nintendo

|Wii U #

|November 30, 2012

|align=right|750,000 (estimated)

|June 2016

style="background:#b6fcb6;"|Switch #

|March 3, 2017

|align=right|600,000

|2017

Sony

|PlayStation 3

|March 23, 2007

|align=right|500,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.golem.de/0804/59315.html|title=Sony will installierte Basis der PS3 verdoppeln - Golem.de|website=www.golem.de|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-02-16}}

|March 2008

Atari

|2600

|data-sort-value="January 1, 1978"|1978

|align=right|450,000{{Cite magazine|title=EG Goes Continental|url=http://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_02_Number_11_1984-01_Reese_Communications_US|magazine=Electronic Games|volume=02|number=11|last1=Honden|first1=Lisa|last2=Kunkel|first2=Bill|date=1984-01-01|publisher=Reese Communications|location=United States|pages=[https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_02_Number_11_1984-01_Reese_Communications_US/page/n45 49]|access-date=2019-10-28}}

|1983

Microsoft

|Xbox 360

|December 2, 2005

|align=right|281,000{{Cite web|url=http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2007/08/20/total_german_hardware_sales.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418154204/http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2007/08/20/total_german_hardware_sales.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-04-18|title=Total German Hardware Sales - Kotaku Australia|date=2009-04-18|access-date=2019-02-16}}

|June 2007

rowspan="3" |Sega

|Saturn

|July 1995

|align=right|200,000

|1999

Dreamcast

|October 1999

|align=right|180,000{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/mcv-de-2001-03-06/page/n1/mode/2up?view=theater | title=MCV Monatsspiegel 2001 03-06 | date=16 February 2001 }}

|February 2001

Mega CD

|1993

|align=right|140,000

|1994

Mattel

|Intellivision

|data-sort-value="January 1, 1978"|1982

|align=right|100,000

|1983

= Spain =

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
Manufacturer

!Console

!Release

!data-sort-type="number"|Units sold

!Date of figure

Nintendo

|DS

|March 11, 2005

|align=right|5,700,000{{cite web|url=https://vandal.elespanol.com/noticia/64927/nintendo-3ds-ya-suma-330000-unidades-en-espana/|title=Nintendo 3DS ya suma 330.000 unidades en España|date=2 February 2012|author=Javier Andrés|accessdate=15 May 2018|language=Spanish}}

|Early 2012

rowspan="2" |Sony

|PlayStation 2

|November 24, 2000

|align=right|5,000,000{{cite web|url=http://www.expansion.com/2009/02/05/empresas/tecnologia/1233870316.html|title=Videojuegos: la partida se complica|author=Miriam Prieto|date=6 February 2009|accessdate=15 May 2018|language=Spanish}}

|Early 2009

style="background:#b6fcb6;"|PlayStation 4 #

|November 22, 2013

|align=right|3,300,000{{cite web|url=https://as.com/meristation/2020/11/27/noticias/1606465774_150559.html|title=PS5 bate récords de ventas en España: mejor lanzamiento de una PlayStation de sobremesa|author=Sergio C. González|date=27 November 2020|accessdate=29 November 2020|language=Spanish}}

|December 2019

rowspan="2" |Nintendo

|style="background:#b6fcb6;"|Switch #

|March 3, 2017

|align=right|3,000,000{{cite web |title=Ventas: Ya hay 3 millones de consolas Nintendo Switch en España |url=https://www.gamereactor.es/ventas-ya-hay-3-millones-de-consolas-nintendo-switch-en-espana-1080743/ |website=www.gamereactor.es |date=20 December 2023 |access-date=20 December 2023}}

|December 2023

Wii

|December 8, 2006

|align=right|2,700,000{{cite web|url=http://meristation.as.com/noticias/nintendo-espana-vendio-casi-13-million-de-consolas-en-2010/1665148|title=Nintendo España vendió casi 1,3 millones de consolas en 2010|date=18 January 2011|author=Javier Andrés|accessdate=15 May 2018|language=Spanish}}

|2010

Sony

|PlayStation 3

|March 23, 2007

|align=right|2,700,000{{cite web|url=https://www.3djuegos.com/noticia/140005/0/playstation-3/ventas-espana/sony/|title=Sony fija en 2,7 millones las PS3 instaladas en España|date=31 January 2014|author=Marcos Yasif|accessdate=15 May 2018|language=Spanish}}

|2013

Nintendo

|Game Boy

|January 1991{{cite journal|title=El éxito de una evolución|page=13|issue=49|date=December 1996|journal=Nintendo Acción|language=Spanish}}

|align=right|2,300,000{{cite journal|title=¿Pokémon? ¡¡Lo siento, está agotado!!|page=7|issue=87|date=February 1999|journal=Nintendo Acción|language=Spanish}}

|Late 1998/Early 1999

Sony

|PlayStation Portable

|September 1, 2005

|align=right|2,100,000{{cite web|url=http://www.diariodesevilla.es/tecnologia/PSP-alcanza-million-unidades-vendidas_0_232176788.html|title=PSP alcanza los 50 millones de unidades vendidas en todo el mundo|date=13 February 2009|author=J. Ollero|accessdate=15 May 2018|language=Spanish}}

|2008

rowspan="2" |Nintendo

|Nintendo 3DS

|March 25, 2011

|align=right|2,000,000{{cite web|url=https://neox.atresmedia.com/games/noticias/actualidad/reveladas-cifras-ventas-consolas-espana_201801275a6c4fb90cf2717a3c2bfe23.html|title=Reveladas las cifras de ventas de consolas en España|date=22 March 2018|accessdate=15 May 2018|language=Spanish}}

|Early 2018

Game Boy Advance

|June 22, 2001

|align=right|1,600,000{{cite web|url=http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/temadia/mas-de-un-millon-de-consolas-se-venderan-este-ano-en-espana_151520.html|title=Más de un millón de consolas se venderán este año en España|author=Carmen Jane|date=22 November 2004|accessdate=15 May 2018|language=Spanish}}

|2004

rowspan="2" |Sony

|PlayStation

|September 29, 1995

|align=right|1,400,000{{cite journal|title=Los buenos resultados de PlayStation en España, motivo de reconocimiento|page=12|issue=96|date=September 1999|journal=Hobby Consolas|issn=6239-0104|language=Spanish}}

|1999

style="background:#b6fcb6;"|PlayStation 5 #

|November 19, 2020

|align=right|1,126,000

|December 2023

Microsoft

|Xbox 360

|December 2, 2005

|align=right|1,000,000{{cite web|url=http://www.alfabetajuega.com/noticia/ya-se-han-vendido-mas-de-un-millon-de-xbox-360-en-espana-n-4478|title=Ya se han vendido más de un millón de Xbox 360 en España|date=31 January 2012|accessdate=15 May 2018|language=Spanish|archive-date=16 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516174307/http://www.alfabetajuega.com/noticia/ya-se-han-vendido-mas-de-un-millon-de-xbox-360-en-espana-n-4478|url-status=dead}}

|2011

Sega

|Mega Drive

|September 1990

|align=right|<700,000{{cite magazine |title=Cifras, cifras... |page=16 |issue=14 |date=May 1994 |magazine=Todo Sega |language=es}}

|1994

Nintendo

|SNES

|June 1, 1992

|align=right|630,000{{cite book |title=Super Nintendo Legends|date=May 2019|publisher=Game Press |isbn=978-84-947303-6-8 |page=17|language=Spanish}}

|1998

Sony

|PlayStation Vita

|February 22, 2012

|align=right|600,000{{cite news|url=http://tecnologia.elpais.com/tecnologia/2015/06/17/actualidad/1434528496_919702.html|title=Vender medio millón de algo que vale 400 euros en España tiene su mérito|last=Cano|first=Jiménez|newspaper=El País|date=17 June 2015|accessdate=15 May 2018|language=Spanish}}

|Mid 2015

Sega

|Master System

|1987{{cite web|url=http://retrolaser.es/los-inicios-de-nintendo-nes-en-espana/|title=Los verdaderos inicios de Nintendo NES en España|date=10 January 2015|accessdate=15 May 2018|language=Spanish}}

|align=right|550,000

|1993

rowspan="1" |Nintendo

|NES

|1988{{cite web | url = https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/videojuegos/abandonamos-recreativas-enchufamos-television_1_1718304.html | title = Videojuegos a 10.000 pesetas y NASA en lugar de NES: así fue la llegada de las consolas a España | first = José Antonio | last = Luna | date = February 3, 2019 | access-date = December 13, 2021 | work = eldiario.es | language = es | archive-date = December 13, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211213232305/https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/videojuegos/abandonamos-recreativas-enchufamos-television_1_1718304.html | url-status = live }}

|align=right|440,000

|1993

rowspan="2" |Microsoft

| style="background:#b6fcb6;" |Xbox Series #

|November 10, 2020

|align=right|310,000{{cite web|URL=https://areajugones.sport.es/videojuegos/ps5-se-lleva-la-corona-en-las-ventas-de-consolas-en-espana-en-2023-asi-van-sus-ventas-totales/|title=PS5 se lleva la corona en las ventas de consolas en España en 2023: así van sus ventas totales|author=Claudio Torres|date=30 January 2024|accessdate=21 March 2024|language=Spanish}}

|December 2023

Xbox One

|November 22, 2013

|align=right|305,000{{cite web|url=https://vandal.elespanol.com/noticia/1350702978/nintendo-switch-ya-ha-superado-las-ventas-de-xbox-one-en-espana/|title=Nintendo Switch ya ha superado las ventas de Xbox One en España|author=Jorge Cano|date=26 January 2018|accessdate=15 May 2018|language=Spanish}}~500,000{{cite web|url=https://www.kippel01.com/empresa/microsoft-rompe-la-barrera-del-medio-millon-de-xbox-one-vendidas-en-espana-en-2017.html|title=Microsoft rompe la barrera del medio millón de Xbox One vendidas en España en 2017|author=Daniel López|date=29 January 2018|accessdate=15 May 2018|language=Spanish}}

|2017

Nintendo

|GameCube

|May 3, 2002

|align=right|<300,000{{cite web|url=https://vandal.elespanol.com/reportaje/wii-en-espana-cronica-y-entrevista/2|author1=Daniel Escandell|author2=Jacobo Blasco|title=Wii en España: Crónica y Entrevista|date=27 June 2006 |accessdate=15 May 2018|language=Spanish}}

|2006

rowspan="4" |Sega

|Dreamcast

|October 14, 1999

|align=right|200,000{{cite journal|title=El negocio del hardware nunca ha sido rentable para Sega|page=10|issue=114|date=March 2001|journal=Hobby Consolas|issn=6239-0104|language=Spanish}}

|Early 2001

Game Gear

|1991

|align=right|175,000{{cite journal |title=Spain: Sega installed base forecasts |journal=Screen Digest |date=1993 |page=168 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M1nvAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Screen Digest Limited |language=en}}

|1992

Saturn

|July 7, 1995{{cite magazine |title=Llegó la hora de la verdad |page=18 |issue=29 |date=August 1995 |magazine=Todo Sega |language=Spanish}}

|align=right|70,000{{cite journal|title=""Sega Rally" "Virtua Fighter 2" o "World Wide Soccer", exclusivos para Saturn, no han sido superados en sus géneros por ningún otro título"|author=José Ángel Sánchez|page=17|issue=66|date=March 1997|journal=Hobby Consolas|issn=6239-0104|language=Spanish}}

|Early 1997

Mega CD

|1993

|align=right|30,000

|1994

= United Kingdom =

Based on figures from GfK Chart-Track, as of December 2005,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=ELSPA - The UK Interactive Entertainment Industry 2005 |url=http://www.elspa.com/assets/files/0/20060505174657708_319.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514073935/http://www.elspa.com/assets/files/0/20060505174657708_319.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-05-14|access-date= |website=}} unless cited otherwise.

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
Manufacturer

! Console

! Released

! data-sort-type="number" | Units sold

! Date of figure

Nintendo

|Nintendo DS

|March 11, 2005

|align=right|12,300,000{{Cite news |last=MCV Editors |date=2011-03-11 |title=3DS LAUNCH: Trade Guide |url=https://mcvuk.com/business-news/3ds-launch-trade-guide/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |work=MCV |language=en |issn=1469-4832}}

|2011

Microsoft

|Xbox 360

|December 2, 2005

| align="right" |9,030,000{{Cite web |date=2021-10-09 |title=PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Lifetimes Sales in 14 European Countries |url=https://www.installbaseforum.com/threads/playstation-3-and-xbox-360-lifetimes-sales-in-14-european-countries.56/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Install Base |language=en-US}}

|June 2015

Nintendo

|Wii

|December 8, 2006

| align="right" |8,400,000{{Cite web |last=Editor-in-Chief |first=Tom Phillips |date=2013-06-27 |title=Xbox 360 set to overtake Wii in UK in matter of days |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/xbox-360-set-to-overtake-wii-in-uk-in-matter-of-days |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Eurogamer.net |language=en}}

|June 27, 2013

rowspan="3" |Sony

|PlayStation 2

|November 24, 2000

|8,030,000

|December 2005

PlayStation

|September 1995

| align="right" |7,190,000

|December 2005

style="background:#b6fcb6;" |PlayStation 4 #

|November 29, 2013

| align="right" |6,800,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/spielinfonews/PlayStation4/34337/2185278/PlayStation_4-Hat_sich_72_Millionen_Mal_in_Deutschland_verkauft.html|title=PlayStation 4: Hat sich 7,2 Millionen Mal in Deutschland verkauft|trans-title=PlayStation 4: 7.2 million units sold in Germany|website=4Players.de|date=September 15, 2019 |language=de|access-date=September 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922171939/https://www.4players.de/4players.php/spielinfonews/PlayStation4/34337/2185278/PlayStation_4-Hat_sich_72_Millionen_Mal_in_Deutschland_verkauft.html|archive-date=September 22, 2019|url-status=live}}

|September 2019

Nintendo

|Game Boy

|September 1990

| align="right" |6,630,000

|December 2005

Sony

|PlayStation 3

|March 23, 2007

| align="right" |5,920,000

|June 2015

Nintendo

|style="background:#b6fcb6;"|Switch #

|March 3, 2017

|align=right|5,000,000{{Cite web|url=https://mynintendonews.com/2022/11/03/uk-nintendo-switch-has-now-surpassed-xbox-one-lifetime-sales/|title=UK: Nintendo Switch has now surpassed Xbox One lifetime sales|website=mynintendonews.com|date=November 3, 2022|access-date=March 7, 2024}}

|November 3, 2022

Microsoft

|Xbox One #

|November 22, 2013

|align=right|5,000,000{{cite web | url = https://gamingbolt.com/ps4-sells-1-million-units-in-2018-in-uk-switch-ltd-sales-at-1-4-million-xbox-one-at-under-5-million | title = PS4 Sells 1 Million Units In 2018 In UK, Switch LTD Sales At 1.4 Million, Xbox One At Under 5 Million | first = Shubhankar | last = Parijat | date = December 11, 2018 |access-date= June 27, 2021 | work = GamingBolt.com }}

|December 11, 2018

Nintendo

|Game Boy Advance

|June 22, 2001

|4,550,000

|December 2005

rowspan="2" |Sony

|style="background:#b6fcb6;"|PlayStation 5 #

|November 19, 2020

|4,000,000{{Cite web |date=August 9, 2024 |title=PS5 hits 4m UK sales, 31 weeks slower than PS4 |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ps5-hits-4m-uk-sales-31-weeks-slower-than-ps4 |access-date=March 7, 2024 |website=gamesindustry.biz}}

|August 9, 2024

PlayStation Portable

|September 1, 2005

| align="right" |3,600,000{{Cite web |last=Bkk |date=2010-08-05 |title=Worldwide Video Game Markets: UK Installed Bases through January 2010 |url=https://wwvgsales.blogspot.com/2010/08/uk-installed-bases-through-january-2010.html |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Worldwide Video Game Markets}}

|January 2010

Sega

|Mega Drive

|November 30, 1990

|align=right|3,000,000{{cite news |last1=Millar |first1=Stuart |title=Cable channel offers Sonic the Hedgehog video game round the clock |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/260860811/ |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=June 20, 1996 |page=4}}

|June 1996

Microsoft

|Xbox

|March 14, 2002

|2,140,000

|December 2005

Microsoft

|style="background:#b6fcb6;"|Xbox Series #

|November 10, 2020

|align=right|2,000,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/xbox-series-s-and-x-hit-2m-sales-in-the-uk-12-weeks-faster-than-nintendo-switch|title=Xbox Series S and X hit 2m sales in the UK, 12 weeks faster than Nintendo Switch|website=gamesindustry.biz|date=May 15, 2023|access-date=March 7, 2024}}

|May 15, 2023

Commodore

|Amiga

|1986{{Cite web|url=https://theamigamuseum.com/amiga-timeline/|title=The Amiga timeline|access-date=March 7, 2024}}

|align=right|1,500,000{{cite magazine |last1=Dyson |first1=Marcus |title=World of Commodore New York |magazine=Amiga Format |date=13 May 1993 |issue=47 (June 1993) |pages=16–7, 20–1 |url=https://archive.org/details/AmigaFormatMagazine_201902/Amiga_Format_Issue_047_1993_06_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n15/mode/2up}}

|1993

rowspan="2" |Nintendo

|Nintendo 64

|March 1, 1997

|align=right|1,500,000{{Cite web |last=B2B |first=Christopher Dring Head of Games |date=2022-04-21 |title=The alternative UK console Top Ten |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-alternative-uk-console-top-ten |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en}}

|April 2022

Game Boy Color

|November 1998

|align=right|1,500,000{{cite magazine |date=26 January 2000 |title=Final Triumph For PlayStation Presence |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/b/b4/Edge_UK_081.pdf#page=7 |magazine=Edge |page=7 |issue=81 (February 2000)}}

|December 1999

Sega

|Master System

|data-sort-value="September 1, 1987"|September 1987

|align=right|1,350,000

|1993

rowspan="3" |Nintendo

|Gamecube

|May 3, 2002

|1,150,000

|December 2005

NES

|1987

| align="right" |1,150,000{{cite magazine |title=Data stream |magazine=Edge |date=19 August 1993 |issue=1 (October 1993) |page=14 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/5/55/Edge_UK_001.pdf#page=14}}

|October 1993

SNES

|April 1992

|align=right|1,050,000

|1994

Sega

|Game Gear

|April 1991

|align=right|591,000{{Cite book|title=Video Games: A Report on the Supply of Video Games in the UK|publisher=Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC), H.M. Stationery Office|date=April 1995|isbn=978-0-10-127812-6|location=United Kingdom|pages=[https://i.imgur.com/CLYiKIp.jpg 66] to [https://i.imgur.com/vR9vtPX.jpg 68]|chapter=Market size and market shares}}

|December 1993

rowspan="2" |Sega

|Dreamcast

|October 1999

|align=right|240,000

|December 1999

Saturn

|July 1995

|align=right|214,460{{cite magazine |title=DataStream |magazine=Edge |date=22 February 2000 |issue=82 (March 2000) |page=122 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/7/7a/Edge_UK_082.pdf#page=#page=122}}

|December 1999

Nintendo

|Wii U #

|November 30, 2012

|align=right|150,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-12-02-playstation-4-uk-launch--are-over-250k|title=PlayStation 4 UK launch hit 250k|last=Phillips|first=Tom|date=2013-12-02|website=Eurogamer|language=en|access-date=2019-02-16}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|2012

Atari

|Atari VCS

|1978

|align=right|125,000{{cite magazine |title=Technology: The games that aliens play |magazine=New Scientist |date=18 December 1980 |volume=88 |issue=1232–1233 |page=782 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ainC3-wuz_kC&pg=PA782 |publisher=Reed Business Information |issn=0262-4079 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|December 1980

Sega

|Mega CD

|April 2, 1993

|align=right|104,000

|December 1993

Philips

|CD-i

|1990

|align=right|100,000

|1994

Other regions

=Australia=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Manufacturer

!Console

!Released

!Units sold

!Date of figure

rowspan="2" |Sony

|style="background:#b6fcb6;"|PlayStation 4 #

|November 29, 2013

|2,500,000{{Cite web|date=2018-11-21|title=The PS4 Has Been Australia's Best Selling Console For Five Years Running|url=https://press-start.com.au/news/playstation/2018/11/21/the-ps4-has-been-australias-best-selling-console-for-five-years-running/|access-date=2021-10-24|website=Press Start|language=en-US}}

|October 2018

PlayStation 2

|November 30, 2000

| align="right" |2,200,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespom/articles/xbox-au-boss-360-doing-better-than-ps2/1100-6165509/|title=Xbox AU boss: 360 doing better than PS2|last=Ramsay|first=Randolph|date=2007-02-07|website=GameSpot|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-16}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|January 2007

Nintendo

|Wii

|December 7, 2006

|align=right|2,100,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.vooks.net/nintendo-3ds-breaks-sales-record-in-australia/|title=NINTENDO 3DS BREAKS SALES RECORD IN AUSTRALIA|last=VUCKOVIC|first=DANIEL |date=2011-04-12|website=Vooks|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-16}}

|April 4, 2011

Sony

|PlayStation

|November 15th, 1995

|1,000,000{{Cite book |title=Official PlayStation Magazine Australia Issue 21 |publisher=ACP Publishing |publication-date=April 1999 |pages=25}}

|April 1999

Microsoft

|Xbox 360

|March 2, 2006

|align=right|700,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-360-sells-700000-units-down-under/1100-6216253/|title=Xbox 360 sells 700,000 units down under|last=Parker|first=Laura|date=2009-08-26|website=GameSpot|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-18}}

|June 2009

Nintendo

|SNES

|July 3rd, 1992 {{Cite news |date=3 July 1992 |title=The Super Nintendo Has Arrived |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126932699?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FC%2Ftitle%2F11%2F1992%2F07%2F03%2Fpage%2F13952604%2Farticle%2F126932699 |work=The Canberra Times |pages=13}}

|700,000{{Cite book |title=Nintendo Magazine System Issue 47 |date=February 1997 |publisher=Catalyst Publishing |year=1997 |location=Australia |pages=8}}

|February 1997

Sega

|Master System

|1987

|align=right|650,000{{cite magazine |title=Statistics: Sega Hardware in Oz |magazine=Mega Zone |date=November 1994 |issue=45 |page=23 |url=https://archive.org/details/megazoneau45/page/n22}}

|November 1994

Nintendo

|Nintendo 64

|March 1st, 1997

|500,000{{Cite book |title=Nintendo Magazine System Issue 70 |publisher=Catalyst Publishing |publication-date=1999 |pages=6}}

|January 1999

Sega

|Mega Drive

|1990

| align="right" |300,000{{cite magazine |title=News Bits: Some Numbers |magazine=Mega Zone |date=November 1994 |issue=45 |page=5 |url=https://archive.org/details/megazoneau45/page/n4}}

|November 1994

Sony

|PlayStation 3

|March 3, 2007

|align=right|285,000

|June 2008

rowspan="2" |Nintendo

|Gamecube

|September 14, 2001

|align=right|167,899{{Cite web|url=http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/11/25/australians-love-the-wii-too/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216190938/http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/11/25/australians-love-the-wii-too/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2007-12-16|title=Australians love the Wii, too - Nintendo Wii Fanboy|date=2007-12-16|access-date=2019-02-18}}

|Late 2007

Game Boy Color

|November 27, 1998

|80,000{{Cite book |title=Nintendo Magazine System Issue 74 |publisher=Catalyst Publishing |location=Australia |pages=4}}

|May 1999

= South Africa =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Manufacturer

!Console

!Released

!Units sold

!Date of figure

Sony

|PlayStation 3

|March 23, 2007

|align=right|>300,000{{Cite web|url=https://mygaming.co.za/news/playstation/69955-playstation-at-over-9000-in-south-africa.html|title=PlayStation at OVER 9000 in South Africa|website=mygaming.co.za|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-16}}

|

Nintendo

|Wii

|November, 2007

|align=right|≈126,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.neogaf.com/threads/pal-charts-week-19-2010.395630/|title=PAL Charts - Week 19, 2010|website=NeoGAF|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-16}}

|2009

"Other/Unknown" regions

class="wikitable sortable"

!Manufacturer

!Console

!Units sold

!Date of figure

rowspan="11" |Nintendo

|DS

| align="right" |61,100,000

|March 2016

Game Boy

| align="right" |42,160,000

|March 2003

Wii

| align="right" |40,230,000

|March 2016

3DS #

| align="right" |23,780,000

|March 2020

Game Boy Advance

| align="right" |22,910,000

|March 2010

style="background:#b6fcb6;" |Switch #

| align="right" |17,410,000{{efn|name=euoth}}

|March 31, 2025

Super Famicom/SNES

| align="right" |8,580,000

|March 2001

Famicom/NES

| align="right" |8,560,000

|March 1995

Nintendo 64

| align="right" |6,750,000

|March 2002

GameCube

| align="right" |4,770,000

|March 2008

Wii U #

| align="right" |3,740,000

|March 2017

Sega

|Mega Drive

| align="right" |1,000,000

|1994

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