List of best-selling game consoles by region

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.

Background shading indicates video game consoles on the market.

# indicates Eighth & Ninth generation consoles.

Asia

Region-wide

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Sony	PlayStation 2	March 4, 2000	25,420,000^[1]	March 2007
Sony	PlayStation	December 4, 1994	21,590,000^[2]	March 2007
Sega	Dreamcast	November 27, 1998	2,690,000^[3]	March 2001
Nintendo	Switch #	March 3, 2017	2,259,000 (excluding Japan)^[4]	2018
Microsoft	Xbox	2002	1,800,000^[5]	June 2005
Nintendo	3DS #	February 26, 2011	1,047,760 (excluding Japan)^[4]	2018

Japan

Based on figures from Famitsu, unless cited otherwise.

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Nintendo	Nintendo Switch #	March 3, 2017	33,340,000^[6]	December 2023
	Nintendo DS	December 2, 2004	32,990,000^[7]	March 2013
	Game Boy and Game Boy Color	April 21, 1989	32,470,000^[7]	March 2003
	Nintendo 3DS #	February 26, 2011	25,260,000^[8]	March 2020
Sony	PlayStation 2	March 4, 2000	24,420,000^[9]	2008
	PlayStation Portable	December 12, 2004	19,632,197	December 14, 2014
	PlayStation	December 3, 1994	19,411,000^[9]	2005
Nintendo	Famicom (NES)	July 15, 1983	19,350,000^[7]	March 2004
	Super Famicom (SNES)	November 21, 1990	17,170,000^[7]	March 2004
	Game Boy Advance	March 21, 2001	16,960,000^[7]	March 2009
	Wii	December 2, 2006	12,750,000^[7]	March 2014
Sony	PlayStation 3	November 11, 2006	10,469,971^[10]	2017
Sony	PlayStation 4 #	February 22, 2014	9,501,062	March 31, 2024
NEC	PC Engine	October 30, 1987	8,000,000^[11]	?
Sony	PlayStation Vita #	December 17, 2011	5,863,022	December 29, 2019
Sega	Saturn	November 22, 1994	5,800,000^[12]	2000
Nintendo	Nintendo 64	June 23, 1996	5,540,000^[7]	March 2008
Sony	PlayStation 5 #	November 12, 2020	5,459,563	March 31, 2024
Nintendo	Famicom Disk System	February 21, 1986	4,500,000^[13]	?
Nintendo	GameCube	September 14, 2001	4,040,000^[7]	September 2008
Sega	Mega Drive	October 29, 1988	3,590,000^[12]	1997
Nintendo	Wii U #	December 8, 2012	3,340,000^[7]	March 2017
Nintendo	Color TV-Game	June 1, 1977	3,000,000^[14]	1993
Sega	Dreamcast	November 27, 1998	2,526,000^[9]	2002
Sega	Game Gear	October 6, 1990	1,980,000^[9]	1996
NEC	PC Engine Duo + CD·ROM²	September 21, 1991	1,920,000^[15]	March 1996
Bandai	WonderSwan	March 4, 1999	1,803,092	April 1, 2004
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]	1986
Sega	Mega CD	December 12, 1991	850,000^[17]	1994
Panasonic	3DO Interactive Multiplayer	March 20, 1994	750,000^[9]	1996
Microsoft	Xbox Series X # Xbox Series S #	November 10, 2020	569,120	March 31, 2024
Atari	Lynx	September 1, 1989	500,000	1991
Microsoft	Xbox	February 22, 2002	472,994	April 12, 2005
Sega	SG-1000	July 15, 1983	440,000^[18]^{[better source needed]}	1988
SNK	Neo Geo Pocket	October 28, 1998	311,315	July 29, 2001
Nintendo	Famicom Modem	1988	300,000	1989
Epoch	Super Cassette Vision	1984	300,000^[12]	1986
Epoch	Cassette Vision	1981	300,000^[19]^{[better source needed]}	1986
NEC	PC-FX	December 23, 1994	300,000^[9]	1997
Sega	32X	December 3, 1994	270,000^[20]	1994
Epoch	TV Baseball	1978	230,000^[19]	1986
Epoch	System 10	1977	200,000^[19]
Microsoft	Xbox One	September 4, 2014	140,700^[21]	June 2019
Nintendo	Virtual Boy	July 21, 1995	14,000^[22]^{[better source needed]}	March 1996
Epoch	TV Tennis	1975	10,000^[19]	1986
Atari	Jaguar	December 8, 1994	3,000	1995

China

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Nintendo	Switch	2019	4,000,000^[23]	January 2021
Sony	PlayStation 4	2015	3,520,000^[24]	December 2020
Microsoft	Xbox One	2014	1,240,000^[24]	December 2020

Middle East

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Sony	PlayStation 2	2003	5,200,000^[25]	March 2010
Sony	PlayStation Portable	September 1, 2005	5,200,000^[25]
Nintendo	DS	2005	850,000^[25]
Sony	PlayStation 3	?	450,000^[25]
Nintendo	Wii		315,000^[25]
Microsoft	Xbox 360		180,000^[25]

South Korea

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

Manufacturer (licensor)	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Sony	PlayStation 2	February 22, 2002	1,000,000^[26]	October 2004
Samsung (Sega)	Gam*Boy / Aladdin Boy (Master System)	April 1989	730,000^[19]	1993
Daewoo	Zemmix	1985	415,000^[27]^{[better source needed]}	1992
Sony	PlayStation 4	December 2013	1,100,000+^[28]	December 31, 2019
Hyundai (Nintendo)	Comboy (NES)	December 1989	360,000^[27]	1993
Samsung (Sega)	Super Gam*Boy / Super Aladdin Boy (Mega Drive)	1990	194,000^[27]	1993
Nintendo	Switch #	December 1, 2017	2,314,955+^[29]	December 31, 2021
Hyundai (Nintendo)	Super Comboy (SNES)	1992	80,000^[27]	1993

Americas

Region-wide

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Nintendo	Nintendo DS	November 21, 2004	59,930,000^[7]	September 2013
	Wii	November 19, 2006	48,640,000^[7]	March 2015
	Game Boy and Game Boy Color	July 31, 1989	44,060,000^[7]	March 2002
	Game Boy Advance	June 11, 2001	41,640,000^[7]	March 2008
	NES	October 18, 1985	34,000,000^[7]	March 1998
	SNES	August 23, 1991	23,350,000^[7]	March 2001
	Nintendo 64	September 29, 1996	20,630,000^[7]	March 2003
	GameCube	November 18, 2001	12,940,000^[7]	March 2008

North America

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Nintendo	Nintendo DS	November 21, 2004	<59,930,000^[7]	September 2013
Nintendo	Nintendo Switch #	March 3, 2017	53,850,000^[6]	December 2023
Sony	PlayStation 2	October 26, 2000	50,000,000^[30]	March 2007
Nintendo	Wii	November 19, 2006	<48,640,000^[7]	March 2015
	Game Boy and Game Boy Color	July 31, 1989	<44,060,000^[7]	March 2002
	Game Boy Advance	June 11, 2001	<41,640,000^[7]	March 2008
Sony	PlayStation	September 9, 1995	40,780,000^[2]	March 2007?
Nintendo	NES	October 18, 1985	<34,000,000^[7]	March 1998
	Nintendo 3DS	March 27, 2011	26,730,000^[8]	March 2020
	Nintendo 64	September 29, 1996	<20,630,000^[7]	March 2003
	SNES	August 23, 1991	20,000,000+^[31]	December 2013
Sega	Genesis (Mega Drive)	August 14, 1989	20,000,000+^[32]	March 1998
Microsoft	Xbox	November 15, 2001	14,600,000^[5]	June 2005
Nintendo	GameCube	November 18, 2001	<12,940,000^[7]	March 2008
Nintendo	Wii U	November 18, 2012	7,200,000	2020
Sega	Dreamcast	September 9, 1999	4,640,000^[22]	March 2002
Sony	PlayStation 5 #	November 12, 2020	3,100,000	Nov 2020
Sega	Saturn	May 11, 1995	1,800,000	March 1999

Canada

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Sony	PlayStation 5 #	November 12, 2020	1,500,000^[33]	2020
Nintendo	Nintendo 64	September 29, 1996	1,300,000^[34]
Nintendo	Wii	November 19, 2006	1,060,000^[35]
Microsoft	Xbox 360	November 22, 2005	870,000^[35]
Sony	PlayStation 3	November 17, 2006	520,000^[35]	2008

Mexico

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Sony	PlayStation 2	2004	860,000^[36]	2007
Microsoft	Xbox One	2013	700,000	2020

United States

Based on figures from the NPD Group unless cited otherwise.

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Nintendo	DS	November 21, 2004	51,100,000^[37]	March 2009
Sony	PlayStation 2	October 26, 2000	46,400,000^[31]	December 2013
Microsoft	Xbox 360	November 22, 2005	38,800,000^[38]	June 2013
Nintendo	NES	October 18, 1985	<34,000,000^[7]	March 1998
Nintendo	Wii	November 19, 2006	30,000,000^[39]	July 2010
Sony	PlayStation	September 1995	30,400,000^[31]	December 2013
Nintendo	3DS #	March 27, 2011	23,340,000^[40]	2018
Nintendo	SNES	August 23, 1991	20,000,000^[31]	December 2013
Sega	Genesis (Mega Drive)	August 14, 1989	20,000,000^[32]	March 1998
Nintendo	Nintendo 64	September 1996	18,100,000^[41]	June 2002
Microsoft	Xbox	November 15, 2001	14,500,000^[31]	December 2013
Sony	PlayStation 3	November 17, 2006	13,500,000^[42]	September 2009
Nintendo	Gamecube	November 18, 2001	11,800,000^[31]	December 2013
Sony	PlayStation Portable	March 24, 2005	11,560,000^[43]^[44]	2007
Atari	Atari VCS	1977	10,000,000^[45]	1982
Sega	Dreamcast	September 1999	4,100,000^[41]	June 2002
NEC	TurboGrafx-16 (PC Engine)	August 29, 1989	2,500,000^[46]	1991
Sega	Master System	June 1986	2,000,000^[47]	1988
Atari	7800	January 1986	2,000,000^[48]	1987?
Sega	Sega CD	November 1992	1,500,000^[17]	1994
	Saturn	May 11, 1995	1,500,000^[49]	1998
	32X	November 21, 1994	500,000^[50]	December 1994
Philips	CD-i	1990	350,000^[20]	1994
Atari	Atari Jaguar	November 23, 1993	250,000^[20]	1994
Panasonic	3DO Interactive Multiplayer	October 4, 1993	175,000^[20]	1994
NEC	TurboDuo	September 21, 1991	100,000^[22]	September 1992
Atari	XE-GS	1987	100,000^[51]	1987

Brazil

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Tectoy (Sega)	Master System	September 4, 1989	>8,000,000^[52]	2015
Tectoy (Sega)	Mega Drive	1990	>3,000,000^[53]	2012

Europe

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Sony	PlayStation 2	November 24, 2000	48,000,000^[54]	May 2008
Sony	PlayStation	September 29, 1995	40,120,000^[2]	March 2007
Nintendo	DS	March 11, 2005	38,100,000^[37]	March 2009
Nintendo	Switch #	March 3, 2017	36,150,000^[a]^[6]	December 2023
Sega	Mega Drive	September 1990	8,320,000+^[b]	October 1996
Nintendo	NES	September 1986	8,025,000+^[c]	1994
Microsoft	Xbox 360	December 2, 2005	7,000,000^[55]	September 2008
Sega	Master System	June 1987	6,800,000+^[d]	1994
Micro Genius	Dendy	1992	6,000,000^[56]	1998
Microsoft	Xbox	March 14, 2002	5,500,000^[5]	June 2005
Nintendo	SNES	June, 1987	5,280,000+^[e]	1998
Sony	PlayStation 3	March 23, 2007	5,000,000^[54]	May 2008
Nintendo	Nintendo 64	March 1, 1997	4,500,000^[57]	January 1999
Sega	Dreamcast	October 14, 1999	1,630,000^[22]	March 2001
Sega	Saturn	July 8, 1995	1,000,000^[22]	March 1999

Western Europe

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Sega	Mega Drive	September 1990	8,320,000+^[b]	June 1996
Nintendo	NES	September 1986	8,025,000^[c]	1994
Sega	Master System	June 1987	6,800,000^[d]	1994
Nintendo	SNES	June 1992	5,280,000+^[e]	1998
Sega	Mega CD	April 2, 1993	415,000^[17]	1994

France

Based on GFK 2016 figures^[62] unless cited otherwise.

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Nintendo	DS	March 11, 2005	10,596,000	2016
	Switch #	March 3, 2017	7,090,000^[63]	January 2023
	Wii	December 8, 2006	6,400,000^[64]	2015
Sony	PlayStation 4 #	November 29, 2013	6,000,000^[63]	January 2023
	PlayStation 2	2000	5,900,000^[65]	2009
	PlayStation 3	March 23, 2007	5,235,000	2016
Nintendo	3DS #	March 25, 2011	4,765,000
Sony	PSP	September 1, 2005	3,582,000
Microsoft	Xbox 360	December 2, 2005	3,379,000
Nintendo	NES	1986	2,400,000^[17]	1994
Nintendo	Game Boy	September 28, 1990	2,000,000^[66]	1995
Sega	Master System	1987	1,600,000^[17]	1993
Sega	Mega Drive	1990	1,300,000^[17]	1994
Nintendo	SNES	1992	1,000,000^[17]	1994
Microsoft	Xbox One	November 22, 2013	1,026,000	2016
Nintendo	Wii U	November 30, 2012	832,000	2016
Commodore	Amiga	?	700,000^[67]	1994
Atari	VCS / 2600	1982	600,000^[68]	1989
Sony	PS Vita #	February 22, 2012	535,000	2016
Sega	Game Gear	April 1991	300,000^[66]	1995
SNK	Neo Geo	1991	100,000^[66]	1995
Sega	Mega CD	1993	65,000^[17]	1994
Atari	XE-GS	1989	30,000^[68]	1989
Epoch/Yeno	Super Cassette Vision	1985	>17,800^[19]	1986

Germany

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Nintendo	Game Boy	September 1990	6,800,000^[69]	February 2000
Sony	PlayStation	September 1995	4,000,000^[69]	October 2000
Sony	PlayStation 4 #	November 29, 2013	3,200,000^[70]	June 2016
Nintendo	Nintendo 64	March 1997	1,500,000^[69]	February 2000
Nintendo	Game Boy Color	November 1998	1,500,000^[69]	February 2000
Commodore	Amiga	?	1,400,000^[67]	1994
Nintendo	SNES	December 8, 2006	1,400,000^[17]	1994
Nintendo	NES	1986	1,200,000^[17]	1994
Sega	Mega Drive	November 30, 1990	800,000^[17]	1994
Microsoft	Xbox One	November 22, 2013	710,000^[70]	June 2016
Sega	Master System	September 1987	700,000^[17]	1993
Nintendo	Wii U #	November 30, 2012	750,000^[70] (estimated)	June 2016
Nintendo	Switch #	March 3, 2017	600,000	2017
Sony	PlayStation 3	March 23, 2007	500,000^[71]	March 2008
Atari	2600	1978	450,000^[72]	1983
Microsoft	Xbox 360	December 2, 2005	281,000^[73]	June 2007
Sega	Saturn	July 1995	200,000^[69]	1999
	Dreamcast	October 1999	180,000^[74]	February 2001
	Mega CD	1993	140,000^[17]	1994
Mattel	Intellivision	1982	100,000^[72]	1983

Spain

Manufacturer	Console	Release	Units sold	Date of figure
Nintendo	DS	March 11, 2005	5,700,000^[75]	Early 2012
Sony	PlayStation 2	November 24, 2000	5,000,000^[76]	Early 2009
Sony	PlayStation 4 #	November 22, 2013	3,300,000^[77]	December 2019
Nintendo	Switch #	March 3, 2017	3,000,000^[78]	December 2023
Nintendo	Wii	December 8, 2006	2,700,000^[79]	2010
Sony	PlayStation 3	March 23, 2007	2,700,000^[80]	2013
Nintendo	Game Boy	January 1991^[81]	2,300,000^[82]	Late 1998/Early 1999
Sony	PlayStation Portable	September 1, 2005	2,100,000^[83]	2008
Nintendo	Nintendo 3DS	March 25, 2011	2,000,000^[84]	Early 2018
Nintendo	Game Boy Advance	June 22, 2001	1,600,000^[85]	2004
Sony	PlayStation	September 29, 1995	1,400,000^[86]	1999
Sony	PlayStation 5 #	November 19, 2020	1,126,000^[87]	December 2023
Microsoft	Xbox 360	December 2, 2005	1,000,000^[88]	2011
Sega	Mega Drive	September 1990	<700,000^[89]	1994
Nintendo	SNES	June 1, 1992^[61]	630,000^[61]	1998
Sony	PlayStation Vita	February 22, 2012	600,000^[90]	Mid 2015
Sega	Master System	1987^[91]	550,000^[17]	1993
Nintendo	NES	1988^[92]	440,000^[17]	1993
Microsoft	Xbox Series X # Xbox Series S #	November 10, 2020	310,000^[87]	December 2023
Microsoft	Xbox One	November 22, 2013	305,000^[93]~500,000^[94]	2017
Nintendo	GameCube	May 3, 2002	<300,000^[95]	2006
Sega	Dreamcast	October 14, 1999	200,000^[96]	Early 2001
	Game Gear	1991	175,000^[97]	1992
	Saturn	July 7, 1995^[98]	70,000^[99]	Early 1997
	Mega CD	1993	30,000^[17]	1994

United Kingdom

Based on figures from GfK Chart-Track, as of January 3, 2009,^[100] unless cited otherwise.

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Nintendo	DS	March 11, 2005	8,800,000	2008
Nintendo	Wii	December 8, 2006	8,400,000^[101]	June 27, 2013
Microsoft	Xbox 360	December 2, 2005	8,400,000^[101]	June 27, 2013
Sony	PlayStation 4 #	November 29, 2013	6,800,000^[102]	September 2019
	PlayStation 2	November 24, 2000	6,600,000^[103]	October 2004
	PlayStation	September 1995	5,500,000^[104]	December 1999
	PlayStation 3	March 23, 2007	5,500,000^[101]	June 27, 2013
Nintendo	Switch #	March 3, 2017	5,000,000^[105]^[106]	November 3, 2022
Microsoft	Xbox One #	November 22, 2013	5,000,000^[106]	December 11, 2018
Sony	PlayStation Portable	September 1, 2005	3,200,000	2008
Sega	Mega Drive	November 30, 1990	3,000,000^[59]	June 1996
Nintendo	Game Boy	September 1990	3,000,000^[107]	December 1997
Sony	PlayStation 5 #	November 19, 2020	2,000,000^[108]	October 13, 2022
Microsoft	Xbox Series #	November 10, 2020	2,000,000^[109]	May 15, 2023
Commodore	Amiga	1986^[110]	1,500,000^[111]	1993
Nintendo	Nintendo 64	March 1, 1997	1,500,000^[104]	December 1999
Nintendo	Game Boy Color	November 1998	1,500,000^[104]	December 1999
Sega	Master System	September 1987	1,350,000^[17]	1993
Nintendo	NES	1987	1,150,000^[60]	October 1993
Nintendo	SNES	April 1992	1,050,000^[17]	1994
Sega	Game Gear	April 1991	591,000^[112]	December 1993
Sega	Dreamcast	October 1999	240,000^[104]	December 1999
Sega	Saturn	July 1995	214,460^[113]	December 1999
Nintendo	Wii U #	November 30, 2012	150,000^[114]	2012
Atari	Atari VCS	1978	125,000^[115]	December 1980
Sega	Mega CD	April 2, 1993	104,000^[112]	December 1993
Philips	CD-i	1990	100,000^[20]	1994

Other regions

Australia

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Sony	PlayStation 4 #	November 29, 2013	2,500,000^[116]	October 2018
Sony	PlayStation 2	November 30, 2000	2,200,000^[117]	January 2007
Nintendo	Wii	December 7, 2006	2,100,000^[118]	April 4, 2011
Microsoft	Xbox 360	March 2, 2006	700,000^[119]	June 2009
Sega	Master System	1987	650,000^[120]	November 1994
Sega	Mega Drive	1990	300,000^[121]	November 1994
Sony	PlayStation 3	March 3, 2007	285,000^[118]	June 2008
Nintendo	Gamecube	September 14, 2001	167,899^[122]	Late 2007

South Africa

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Sony	PlayStation 3	March 23, 2007	>300,000^[123]
Nintendo	Wii	November, 2007	≈126,000^[124]	2009

Unknown regions

Manufacturer	Console	Units sold	Date of figure
Nintendo	DS	61,100,000^[7]	March 2016
	Game Boy	42,160,000^[7]	March 2003
	Wii	40,230,000^[7]	March 2016
	3DS #	23,780,000^[8]	March 2020
	Game Boy Advance	22,910,000^[7]	March 2010
	Switch #	16,030,000^[a]^[6]	December 2023
	Super Famicom/SNES	8,580,000^[7]	March 2001
	Famicom/NES	8,560,000^[7]	<March 1998
	Nintendo 64	6,750,000^[7]	March 2002
	GameCube	4,770,000^[7]	March 2008
	Wii U #	3,740,000^[7]	March 2017
Sega	Mega Drive	1,000,000^[17]	1994

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List of best-selling game consoles by region

Contents

Asia

Region-wide

Japan

China

Middle East

South Korea

Americas

Region-wide

North America

Canada

Mexico

United States

Brazil

Europe

Western Europe

France

Germany

Spain

United Kingdom

Other regions

Australia

South Africa

Unknown regions

Notes

References