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.

  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
	PlayStation	December 4, 1994	21,590,000[2]
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	36,820,000[6]	December 31, 2024
	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	Family Computer	July 15, 1983	19,350,000[7]	March 2004
	Super Famicom	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
	PlayStation 4 #	February 22, 2014	9,503,963	August 18, 2024
NEC	PC Engine	October 30, 1987	8,000,000[11]	?
Sony	PlayStation 5 #	November 12, 2020	6,804,660	April 24, 2025
	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
	Family Computer Disk System	February 21, 1986	4,500,000[13]	?
	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
	Color TV-Game	June 1, 1977	3,000,000[14]	1993
Sega	Dreamcast	November 27, 1998	2,526,000[9]	2002
	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
	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	622,390	August 18, 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	Family Computer Network System	1988	300,000	1989
Epoch	Super Cassette Vision	1984	300,000[12]	1986
	Cassette Vision	1981	300,000[19][better source needed]
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
	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
	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

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

Manufacturer (licensor)	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Nintendo	Switch #	December 1, 2017	>2,314,955[26]	December 31, 2021
Sony	PlayStation 4	December 2013	>1,100,000[27]	December 31, 2019
Sony	PlayStation 2	February 22, 2002	1,000,000[28]	October 2004
Samsung (Sega)	Gam*Boy / Aladdin Boy (Master System)	April 1989	730,000[19]	1993
Daewoo	Zemmix	1985	415,000[29][better source needed]	1992
Hyundai (Nintendo)	Comboy (NES)	December 1989	360,000[29]	1993
Samsung (Sega)	Super Gam*Boy / Super Aladdin Boy (Mega Drive)	1990	194,000[29]
Hyundai (Nintendo)	Super Comboy (SNES)	1992	80,000[29]	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 1997
	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 Switch #	March 3, 2017	57,830,000[6]	December 31, 2024
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
Atari	Atari 2600	1977	<30,000,000[31]	2012
Nintendo	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+[32]	December 2013
Sega	Genesis (Mega Drive)	August 14, 1989	20,000,000+[33]	March 1998
Microsoft	Xbox	November 15, 2001	14,600,000[5]	June 2005
Nintendo	GameCube	November 18, 2001	<12,940,000[7]	March 2008
	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[34]	2020
Nintendo	Nintendo 64	September 29, 1996	1,300,000[35]
	Wii	November 19, 2006	1,060,000[36]
Microsoft	Xbox 360	November 22, 2005	870,000[36]
Sony	PlayStation 3	November 17, 2006	520,000[36]	2008

Mexico

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Sony	PlayStation 2	2004	860,000[37]	2007
Microsoft	Xbox One	2013	700,000	2020

United States

Based on figures from the NPD Group as of June 2014^[38][39] unless cited otherwise.

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[40][41]
PlayStation 2	Home	Sony	2000	46.5 million[41]
Xbox 360	Home	Microsoft	2005	42.7 million[42]
Wii	Home	Nintendo	2006	41.7 million[41]
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[7]
PlayStation	Home	Sony	1995	30.4 million
PlayStation 3	Home	Sony	2006	26.7 million[41]
PlayStation Portable	Handheld	Sony	2005	20.2 million
Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Home	Nintendo	1991	20.0 million[43]
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[44]
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[45]
Wii U	Home	Nintendo	2012	5.3 million[46]
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[47]
Master System	Home	Sega	1986	2 million[48]
Atari 7800	Home	Atari	1986	2 million[49]
Sega CD	Home	Sega	1992	1.5 million[17]
Sega Saturn	Home	Sega	1995	1.4 million

Brazil

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Tectoy (Sega)	Master System	September 4, 1989	>8,000,000[50]	2015
	Mega Drive	1990	>3,000,000[51]	2012

Europe

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Sony	PlayStation 2	November 24, 2000	48,000,000[52]	May 2008
	PlayStation	September 29, 1995	40,120,000[2]	March 2007
Nintendo	Switch #	March 3, 2017	39,000,000[a][6]	December 31, 2024
	DS	March 11, 2005	38,100,000[53]	March 2009
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[54]	September 2008
Sega	Master System	June 1987	6,800,000+[d]	1994
Micro Genius	Dendy	1992	6,000,000[55]	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[52]	May 2008
Nintendo	Nintendo 64	March 1, 1997	4,500,000[56]	January 1999
Sega	Dreamcast	October 14, 1999	1,630,000[22]	March 2001
	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^[61] 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[62]	January 2023
	Wii	December 8, 2006	6,400,000[63]	2015
Sony	PlayStation 4 #	November 29, 2013	6,000,000[62]	January 2023
	PlayStation 2	2000	5,900,000[64]	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
	Game Boy	September 28, 1990	2,000,000[65]	1995
Sega	Master System	1987	1,600,000[17]	1993
	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
Commodore	Amiga	?	700,000[66]	1994
Atari	VCS / 2600	1982	600,000[67]	1989
Sony	PS Vita #	February 22, 2012	535,000	2016
Sega	Game Gear	April 1991	300,000[65]	1995
SNK	Neo Geo	1991	100,000[65]	1995
Sega	Mega CD	1993	65,000[17]	1994
Atari	XE-GS	1989	30,000[67]	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[68]	February 2000
Sony	PlayStation	September 1995	4,000,000[68]	October 2000
	PlayStation 4 #	November 29, 2013	3,200,000[69]	June 2016
Nintendo	Nintendo 64	March 1997	1,500,000[68]	February 2000
	Game Boy Color	November 1998	1,500,000[68]	February 2000
Commodore	Amiga	?	1,400,000[66]	1994
Nintendo	SNES	December 8, 2006	1,400,000[17]	1994
	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[69]	June 2016
Sega	Master System	September 1987	700,000[17]	1993
Nintendo	Wii U #	November 30, 2012	750,000[69] (estimated)	June 2016
	Switch #	March 3, 2017	600,000	2017
Sony	PlayStation 3	March 23, 2007	500,000[70]	March 2008
Atari	2600	1978	450,000[71]	1983
Microsoft	Xbox 360	December 2, 2005	281,000[72]	June 2007
Sega	Saturn	July 1995	200,000[68]	1999
	Dreamcast	October 1999	180,000[73]	February 2001
	Mega CD	1993	140,000[17]	1994
Mattel	Intellivision	1982	100,000[71]	1983

Spain

Manufacturer	Console	Release	Units sold	Date of figure
Nintendo	DS	March 11, 2005	5,700,000[74]	Early 2012
Sony	PlayStation 2	November 24, 2000	5,000,000[75]	Early 2009
	PlayStation 4 #	November 22, 2013	3,300,000[76]	December 2019
Nintendo	Switch #	March 3, 2017	3,000,000[77]	December 2023
	Wii	December 8, 2006	2,700,000[78]	2010
Sony	PlayStation 3	March 23, 2007	2,700,000[79]	2013
Nintendo	Game Boy	January 1991[80]	2,300,000[81]	Late 1998/Early 1999
Sony	PlayStation Portable	September 1, 2005	2,100,000[82]	2008
Nintendo	Nintendo 3DS	March 25, 2011	2,000,000[83]	Early 2018
	Game Boy Advance	June 22, 2001	1,600,000[84]	2004
Sony	PlayStation	September 29, 1995	1,400,000[85]	1999
	PlayStation 5 #	November 19, 2020	1,126,000[86]	December 2023
Microsoft	Xbox 360	December 2, 2005	1,000,000[87]	2011
Sega	Mega Drive	September 1990	<700,000[88]	1994
Nintendo	SNES	June 1, 1992[60]	630,000[60]	1998
Sony	PlayStation Vita	February 22, 2012	600,000[89]	Mid 2015
Sega	Master System	1987[90]	550,000[17]	1993
Nintendo	NES	1988[91]	440,000[17]	1993
Microsoft	Xbox Series #	November 10, 2020	310,000[86]	December 2023
	Xbox One	November 22, 2013	305,000[92]~500,000[93]	2017
Nintendo	GameCube	May 3, 2002	<300,000[94]	2006
Sega	Dreamcast	October 14, 1999	200,000[95]	Early 2001
	Game Gear	1991	175,000[96]	1992
	Saturn	July 7, 1995[97]	70,000[98]	Early 1997
	Mega CD	1993	30,000[17]	1994

United Kingdom

Based on figures from GfK Chart-Track, as of December 2005,^[99] unless cited otherwise.

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Nintendo	Nintendo DS	March 11, 2005	12,300,000[100]	2011
Microsoft	Xbox 360	December 2, 2005	9,030,000[101]	June 2015
Nintendo	Wii	December 8, 2006	8,400,000[102]	June 27, 2013
Sony	PlayStation 2	November 24, 2000	8,030,000	December 2005
	PlayStation	September 1995	7,190,000	December 2005
	PlayStation 4 #	November 29, 2013	6,800,000[103]	September 2019
Nintendo	Game Boy	September 1990	6,630,000	December 2005
Sony	PlayStation 3	March 23, 2007	5,920,000[101]	June 2015
Nintendo	Switch #	March 3, 2017	5,000,000[104][105]	November 3, 2022
Microsoft	Xbox One #	November 22, 2013	5,000,000[105]	December 11, 2018
Nintendo	Game Boy Advance	June 22, 2001	4,550,000	December 2005
Sony	PlayStation 5 #	November 19, 2020	4,000,000[106]	August 9, 2024
	PlayStation Portable	September 1, 2005	3,600,000[107]	January 2010
Sega	Mega Drive	November 30, 1990	3,000,000[58]	June 1996
Microsoft	Xbox	March 14, 2002	2,140,000	December 2005
Microsoft	Xbox Series #	November 10, 2020	2,000,000[108]	May 15, 2023
Commodore	Amiga	1986[109]	1,500,000[110]	1993
Nintendo	Nintendo 64	March 1, 1997	1,500,000[111]	April 2022
	Game Boy Color	November 1998	1,500,000[112]	December 1999
Sega	Master System	September 1987	1,350,000[17]	1993
Nintendo	Gamecube	May 3, 2002	1,150,000	December 2005
	NES	1987	1,150,000[59]	October 1993
	SNES	April 1992	1,050,000[17]	1994
Sega	Game Gear	April 1991	591,000[113]	December 1993
Sega	Dreamcast	October 1999	240,000[112]	December 1999
	Saturn	July 1995	214,460[114]	December 1999
Nintendo	Wii U #	November 30, 2012	150,000[115]	2012
Atari	Atari VCS	1978	125,000[116]	December 1980
Sega	Mega CD	April 2, 1993	104,000[113]	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[117]	October 2018
	PlayStation 2	November 30, 2000	2,200,000[118]	January 2007
Nintendo	Wii	December 7, 2006	2,100,000[119]	April 4, 2011
Sony	PlayStation	November 15th, 1995	1,000,000[120]	April 1999
Microsoft	Xbox 360	March 2, 2006	700,000[121]	June 2009
Nintendo	SNES	July 3rd, 1992 [122]	700,000[123]	February 1997
Sega	Master System	1987	650,000[124]	November 1994
Nintendo	Nintendo 64	March 1st, 1997	500,000[125]	January 1999
Sega	Mega Drive	1990	300,000[126]	November 1994
Sony	PlayStation 3	March 3, 2007	285,000[119]	June 2008
Nintendo	Gamecube	September 14, 2001	167,899[127]	Late 2007
	Game Boy Color	November 27, 1998	80,000[128]	May 1999

South Africa

Manufacturer	Console	Released	Units sold	Date of figure
Sony	PlayStation 3	March 23, 2007	>300,000[129]
Nintendo	Wii	November, 2007	≈126,000[130]	2009

"Other/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 #	17,220,000[a][6]	December 31, 2024
	Super Famicom/SNES	8,580,000[7]	March 2001
	Famicom/NES	8,560,000[7]	March 1995
	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

Notes

1. Before June 2019, European Switch sales were not given a separate section on Nintendo's financial statements.
2. Mega Drive sales in Western Europe

   • Belgium – 160,000 (1994)^[17]
   • France – 1.3 million (1994)^[17]
   • Germany – 800,000 in Germany (1994)^[17]
   • Italy – 400,000 (1994)^[17]
   • Netherlands – 160,000 (1994)^[17]
   • Spain – 600,000 (1994)^[57]
   • United Kingdom – 3 million (June 1996)^[58]
   • Other countries – 1.9 million (1994)^[17]
3. NES sales in Western Europe

   • Belgium – 220,000 (1993)^[17]
   • France – 2.4 million (1992)^[17]
   • Germany – 1.2 million in Germany (1993)^[17]
   • Italy – 500,000 (1992)^[17]
   • Netherlands – 400,000 (1993)^[17]
   • Spain – 440,000 (1993)^[17]
   • United Kingdom – 1.15 million (October 1993)^[59]
   • Other countries – 1.76 million (1992)^[17]
4. Master System sales in Western Europe^[17]

   • Belgium – 600,000 (1991)
   • France – 1.6 million (1993)
   • Germany – 700,000 in Germany (1993)
   • Italy – 400,000 (1992)
   • Netherlands – 200,000 (1993)
   • Spain – 550,000 (1993)
   • United Kingdom – 1.35 million (1993)
   • Other countries – 1.4 million (1993)
5. SNES sales in Western Europe

   • Belgium – 70,000 (1994)^[17]
   • France – 1 million (1994)^[17]
   • Germany – 1.4 million in Germany (1994)^[17]
   • Italy – 200,000 (1994)^[17]
   • Netherlands – 130,000 (1994)^[17]
   • Spain – 630,000 (1998)^[60]
   • United Kingdom – 1.05 million (1994)^[17]
   • Other countries – 500,000 (1994)^[17]