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on 2 May 2010 07:28

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Console Wars

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Early 8-Bit Home Consoles

6.7

1. Atari 2600 console - Game Hardware

Era: Early 8-bit
Sales: 30,000,000
*Winner

CelShader's rating:

5.4

2. Mattel Intellivision console - Game Hardware

Era: Early 8-bit
Sales: 3,000,000

3. Magnavox Odyssey2 - Game Hardware

Era: Early 8-bit
Sales: 2,000,000+

4. ColecoVision - Game Hardware

Era: Early 8-bit
Sales: 2,000,000+

5.9

5. Atari 5200 - Game Hardware

Era: Early 8-bit
Sales: 1,000,000+

8-Bit Home Consoles

286

8.5

6. Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) console - Game Hardware

Era: 8-bit
Sales: 61,910,000
*Winner

CelShader's rating:

6.6

7. SEGA Master System - Game Hardware

Era: 8-bit
Sales: 13,000,000

First Handheld War

127

7.9

8. Game Boy Color - Game Hardware

Era: First Handheld War
Sales: 118,690,000
(Game Boy Color and original Game Boy sales combined)
*Winner

5.7

9. Sega Game Gear - Game Hardware

Era: First Handheld War
Sales: 11,000,000

5.5

10. Atari Lynx - Game Hardware

Era: First Handheld War
Sales: fewer than 500,000

16-Bit Home Consoles

495

8.8

11. Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) c... - Game Hardware

Era: 16-bit
Sales: 49,100,000
*Winner

CelShader's rating:

164

8.3

12. Sega Genesis / Mega Drive console - Game Hardware

Era: 16-bit
Sales: 40,000,000

CelShader's rating:

6.6

13. TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine - Game Hardware

Era: 16-bit
Sales: 10,000,000

CelShader's rating:

32/64-Bit Home Consoles

187

8.6

14. Sony PlayStation console - Game Hardware

Era: 32/64-bit
Sales: 102,490,000
*Winner

CelShader's rating:

296

8.1

15. Nintendo 64 (N64) console - Game Hardware

Era: 32/64-bit
Sales: 32,930,000

CelShader's rating:

7.6

16. Sega Saturn console - Game Hardware

Era: 32/64-bit
Sales: 9,500,000

CelShader's rating:

17. Panasonic 3DO - Game Hardware

Era: 32/64-bit
Sales: 700,000

18. Kasumi Ninja - Atari Jaguar

Era: 32/64-bit
Sales:

Misc

3.1

19. Nintendo Virtual Boy - Game Hardware

Sales: 770,000

CelShader's rating:

Second Handheld War

7.5

20. Nintendo Game Boy Advance handheld console - Game Hardware

Era: Second Handheld War
Sales: 81,500,000
(All variations of the GBA combined)
*Winner

CelShader's rating:

4.8

21. Nokia N-Gage QD Console - Game Hardware

Era: Second Handheld War
Sales: 3,000,000

6.8

22. Neo-Geo Pocket Color - Game Hardware

Era: Second Handheld War
Sales: 2,000,000

Sixth Gen Consoles

729

8.7

23. Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2) console - Game Hardware

Era: 128-bit
Sales: 153,000,000
*Winner

CelShader's rating:

228

7.5

24. Microsoft Xbox console - Game Hardware

Era: 128-bit
Sales: 24,000,000

CelShader's rating:

382

25. Nintendo GameCube (GCN) console - Game Hardware

Era: 128-bit
Sales: 21,700,000

CelShader's rating:

183

7.9

26. Sega Dreamcast console - Game Hardware

Era: 128-bit
Sales: 10,600,000

CelShader's rating:

Seventh Gen Consoles

789

8.1

27. Nintendo Wii console - Game Hardware

Era: 128-bit pt. 2
Sales: 98,800,000
As of January 2013 (VGChartz.com)
*Winner

CelShader's rating:

567

8.3

28. Microsoft Xbox 360 - Game Hardware

Era: 128-bit pt. 2
Sales: 74,250,000
As of January 2013 (VGChartz.com)

CelShader's rating:

410

8.9

29. Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) console - Game Hardware

Era: 128-bit pt. 2
Sales: 72,490,000
As of January 2013 (VGChartz.com)

CelShader's rating:

Third Handheld War

339

8.4

30. Nintendo DS Lite - Game Hardware

Era: Third Handheld War
Sales: 154,300,000
As of January 2013 (VGChartz.com)
Life-to-date number of all DS (including Lite, DSi, and DSi XL)
*Winner

CelShader's rating:

270

8.1

31. Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) - Game Hardware

Era: Third Handheld War
Sales: 75,920,000
As of January 2013 (VGChartz.com)

CelShader's rating:

Fourth Handheld War

8.1

32. Nintendo 3DS - Game Hardware

Era: Fourth Handheld War
Sales: 27,940,000
As of January 2013 (VGChartz.com)

CelShader's rating:

4.5

33. PlayStation Vita - 3G/WiFi - Game Hardware

Era: Fourth Handheld War
Sales: 4,130,000
As of January 2013 (VGChartz.com)

Eighth Gen Consoles

34. Nintendo Wii U - Game Hardware

Era: 128-Bit pt. 3
Sales: 2,550,000
As of January 2013 (VGChartz.com)

Worldwide sales figures from the console wars

Misc:
Philips CD-I: 570,000

Missing Sales Data:
Fairchild Channel F
Bandai Wonderswan
SNK Neo Geo AES

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Comments

CelShader

Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at Jun 8 19:20

Thanks, added some early 4bit and 8bit consoles.

CelShader

Posted: 2 years, 10 months ago at Jul 20 22:20

@Karyyk, thanks, fixed... also added sections.

The Intellivion processor was 16 bit, but had only a 10-bit instruction-set, and with a sub-1mhz processor its not really comparable to later 16-bit consoles.

witness

Posted: 2 years, 9 months ago at Aug 6 9:10

What about the Atari Lynx in the first handheld wars?

CelShader

Posted: 2 years, 9 months ago at Aug 6 15:52

@witness, It was in the item description under misc. Had to add the lynx to listal's database... added to the list, thanks.

The Flagship

Posted: 2 years ago at May 14 5:31

Yo Cel, is this still up to date?

CelShader

Posted: 1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 14 6:21

The current consoles are As of May 13 2010. I need to update at some point.

johanlefourbe

Posted: 1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 14 6:57

according to Wikipedia :

- Wii
Sales : 86.01 million (april 2011)

- Xbox 360
Sales : 50 million (january 2011)

- PS3
Sales : 50 million (january 2011)

Wow! It didn't expect the Wii to be so far a head.

Kami-chan

Posted: 1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 14 9:41

Noooes, why is the Wii so popular? D:
Well put together list btw, nice! :D

rewster

Posted: 1 year, 8 months ago at Sep 5 21:02

You gave the N64 3 stars? blasphemy! lol

CelShader

Posted: 1 year, 8 months ago at Sep 7 16:44

@rewster, I didn't own an N64 until well into the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube cycle, so my opinions are probably effected by that... Still a good system. Also, my grading scales tend to be pretty harsh, I think.

Updated sales numbers for current gen... Added DS and PSP... Added 3ds and PS vita.