Mindblown how well the PSP sold, even doing better numbers than the 3DS which has like a million revisions. Makes it even more impressive how badly Sony managed to screw the Vita.
Poor Sega. Respectable numbers for that era. Good hardware, and some damn good software too. It would have been nice to see more competition in the current arena.
Of the big three (Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft) who do you think is most likely in the future to surpass their current high water mark?
Nintendo – DS with 154M (I think the Switch will come close, but just short of it at ~140M)
Sony – PS2 with 159M (I don’t see PS5 hitting those numbers, probably closer to PS4 ~120M)
Microsoft – 360 with 86M (Series X/S likely be between 360 and One with ~60M)
It is hard to think of even the current system’s successor achieving such sales unless the global market booms beyond traditional of Japan, North America, and Europe.
I hate it still says 117 m for ps4, we know for a fact it has reached 120m at this point but I guess they wont say that till they fully stop selling it.
For some reason I thought the PS4 outsold the PS2 recently. Goes to show how awesome that console was and the *absurd* amount of good games that were on it. Backwards compatibility as well.
Also, I would’ve bet top dollar that the 360 beat the PS3 too. Xbox live was *THE* thing back in the day.
I wonder how big the number would’ve been if NES was tallied up with Famicon and all the clones. At least in the mid-’90s former Warsaw Pact countries literally every single kid on the block had a clone and I’ve seen them sold on markets for as little as $10 well into 2000’s. I also haven’t seen any other console cloned back then – SNES or N64 were so exotic and rare (I’m 35 and I haven’t seen any in person and knew some games only through emulation) due to people mostly upgrading as such: Atari 2600 clone in the late ’80s -> NES clone in the ’90s -> PC or rarely PSX/PS2 in early 2000s -> PS3/PS4 late 2000s-2010s.
I’ve seen a grand total of two PSXes and one PS2 through my late teens, around 2002-2005-ish. Of course all of them modded as genuine game prices were like 10-20% of an average salary a pop back then. Sometime after PS3 and Xbox 360 release things slowly started changing and they took over the console market, but overall most people were still mostly gaming on PCs (torrents, edonkey, bootleg CD/DVDs) until the advent of PS4, kids owning laptops with crappy iGPUs and online gaming that (mostly) slashed piracy.
XBOX360 in primary school looked like a super sports car to me. It’s so unreachable and holy, it even looked like an angel or something. I finally got a XBOXONE when I was 15 and… meh it was fun for a while but it really began to breath heavily after one year or so
It’s always crazy to me that the Vita “failed” but it still outsold the Wii U
Mindblown how well the PSP sold, even doing better numbers than the 3DS which has like a million revisions. Makes it even more impressive how badly Sony managed to screw the Vita.
Source is Statista
Kinda seems weird the GameBoy and GameBoy color get tracked together in these charts.
In my mind growing up, everyone in the world but me had an N64. I’m now surprised how few people actually did.
Big shout out to Sega Game Gear, Sega Saturn and the beloved Dreamcast.
Updated numbers:
[PS5 = 45.5m](https://www.eurogamer.net/playstation-5-sales-reach-465m)
[Switch = 132.46](https://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-financial-results-november-2023-switch-at-132-46-million-units/)
[Xbox Series = 23.9](https://www.vgchartz.com/article/458788/ps5-vs-xbox-series-xs-sales-comparison-september-2023/)
Shocking to me that PS4 outsold the Wii! Seemed like those were absolutely everywhere during its heyday
Poor Sega. Respectable numbers for that era. Good hardware, and some damn good software too. It would have been nice to see more competition in the current arena.
Of the big three (Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft) who do you think is most likely in the future to surpass their current high water mark?
Nintendo – DS with 154M (I think the Switch will come close, but just short of it at ~140M)
Sony – PS2 with 159M (I don’t see PS5 hitting those numbers, probably closer to PS4 ~120M)
Microsoft – 360 with 86M (Series X/S likely be between 360 and One with ~60M)
It is hard to think of even the current system’s successor achieving such sales unless the global market booms beyond traditional of Japan, North America, and Europe.
Series X is so low.
PS2 really WAS peak gaming.
Wonder if we have any info on the steam deck sales and how it compares
Ps2 was the best console for me, so good games and so many good memories
Wild how the PS3 squeaked by the 360 despite how dominant the 360 felt for most of that generation. I guess that was mostly just true in the US.
The GameCube was such a fucking good system
I hate it still says 117 m for ps4, we know for a fact it has reached 120m at this point but I guess they wont say that till they fully stop selling it.
Ooof. The best generation of Xbox Gaming not outselling the PSP.
Kinda makes you wonder why Sony completely abandoned Handhelds, or even how the VITA bombed in comparison.
Also where’s the SP? Young me thought the Gameboy Advanced SP was peak handheld gaming.
Edit – Apparently the SP sold 42 Mil
GameCube is still my favorite
And my stupid ass thought the switch was the best selling console ever
Considering the GameCube wasn’t a big sales success it had an absolutely amazing game library
Damn the switch sold more than the ps4
Poor gamecube. I really wish i hadnt sold mine all those years ago when i was a poor 20 something
I still can’t wrap my head around how the PS3 ended up outselling the 360 (albeit slightly). PS3 got slaughtered at launch.
ME WITH MY PS VITA 💪 its so goood
Wow, only 154 Nintendo DS sold and I was one of the lucky few 😭
Isn’t the switch closing 140mil rn?
For some reason I thought the PS4 outsold the PS2 recently. Goes to show how awesome that console was and the *absurd* amount of good games that were on it. Backwards compatibility as well.
Also, I would’ve bet top dollar that the 360 beat the PS3 too. Xbox live was *THE* thing back in the day.
wtf xbox doing
I wonder what the Steam Deck has. Especially now for the launch day of its OLED variant today
The PS5 passed 40 million in July…
I wonder how big the number would’ve been if NES was tallied up with Famicon and all the clones. At least in the mid-’90s former Warsaw Pact countries literally every single kid on the block had a clone and I’ve seen them sold on markets for as little as $10 well into 2000’s. I also haven’t seen any other console cloned back then – SNES or N64 were so exotic and rare (I’m 35 and I haven’t seen any in person and knew some games only through emulation) due to people mostly upgrading as such: Atari 2600 clone in the late ’80s -> NES clone in the ’90s -> PC or rarely PSX/PS2 in early 2000s -> PS3/PS4 late 2000s-2010s.
I’ve seen a grand total of two PSXes and one PS2 through my late teens, around 2002-2005-ish. Of course all of them modded as genuine game prices were like 10-20% of an average salary a pop back then. Sometime after PS3 and Xbox 360 release things slowly started changing and they took over the console market, but overall most people were still mostly gaming on PCs (torrents, edonkey, bootleg CD/DVDs) until the advent of PS4, kids owning laptops with crappy iGPUs and online gaming that (mostly) slashed piracy.
Switch is higher than that now
Me having to squint once I get to Xbox tells you all you need to know
XBOX360 in primary school looked like a super sports car to me. It’s so unreachable and holy, it even looked like an angel or something. I finally got a XBOXONE when I was 15 and… meh it was fun for a while but it really began to breath heavily after one year or so
Nintendo is printing money with their gaming handhelds and consoles.
PS2 era was just way too good. The library of available games made this machine the best selling console everx
PS owns xbox
Where’s the Ouya??