Best-Selling Video Game Consoles of All Time

This chart ranks the best-selling video game consoles of all time by lifetime hardware units sold worldwide, measured in millions. It includes both home and handheld consoles from Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft.

About This Dataset

Best-Selling Video Game Consoles of All Time
This chart ranks the best-selling video game consoles of all time by lifetime hardware units sold worldwide, measured in millions. It includes both home and handheld consoles from Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft.
✨ AI Insight

Sony's PlayStation 2 remains the best-selling console ever at 160 million units, a record set in the 2000s that no successor has beaten. The Nintendo Switch has climbed to second at 155.92 million and the Nintendo DS follows at 154.02 million, showing how close the top three now sit. Nintendo places four systems in the top ten, split between home and handheld hardware, while Sony occupies five of the ten slots with every mainline PlayStation. Microsoft appears only once, with the Xbox 360 at over 84 million. The clustering of PlayStation 4, PlayStation and Wii around 100-117 million highlights how many platforms have crossed the hundred-million mark.

Source:  Wikipedia (List of best-selling game consoles)

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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PlayStation 2 leads with 160 in All Time.
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Average value in All Time: 118  ·  median: 110.
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Gap in All Time: PlayStation 2 is 1.9× larger than Xbox 360.

Best-Selling Video Game Consoles of All Time

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Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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Data Points
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Top Value
160
PlayStation 2
Units Sold (Millions) · All Time
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All Time
Single year snapshot

Category Rankings

Units Sold (Millions) · All Time

# Category All Time
🥇 PlayStation 2 160
🥈 Nintendo Switch 155.92
🥉 Nintendo DS 154.02
4 Game Boy & Game Boy Color 118.69
5 PlayStation 4 117.20
6 PlayStation 102.49
7 Wii 101.63
8 PlayStation 5 93.70
9 PlayStation 3 87.40
10 Xbox 360 84
Statistical Summary — Units Sold (Millions) · All Time
160
Maximum
84
Minimum
118
Average
110
Median

What This Data Shows

Auto-generated trend summaries per category

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PlayStation 2
Recorded 160 Units Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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Nintendo Switch
Recorded 155.92 Units Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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Nintendo DS
Recorded 154.02 Units Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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Game Boy & Game Boy Color
Recorded 118.69 Units Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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PlayStation 4
Recorded 117.20 Units Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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PlayStation
Recorded 102.49 Units Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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Wii
Recorded 101.63 Units Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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PlayStation 5
Recorded 93.70 Units Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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PlayStation 3
Recorded 87.40 Units Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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Xbox 360
Recorded 84 Units Sold (Millions) in All Time.
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Full Data Table

10 records across 1 year

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Category Metric All Time Source
PlayStation 2 Units Sold (Millions) 160
Nintendo Switch Units Sold (Millions) 155.92
Nintendo DS Units Sold (Millions) 154.02
Game Boy & Game Boy Color Units Sold (Millions) 118.69
PlayStation 4 Units Sold (Millions) 117.20
PlayStation Units Sold (Millions) 102.49
Wii Units Sold (Millions) 101.63
PlayStation 5 Units Sold (Millions) 93.70
PlayStation 3 Units Sold (Millions) 87.40
Xbox 360 Units Sold (Millions) 84

Data Sources & References

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