The history of consoles has a definite date. It was in September 1972 that the first video game console playable in the home was released. Magnavox Odyssey is in fact the world’s first console to arrive in homes. With a price of $99.95 (now equivalent to $647) and 330 thousand copies sold, Odyissey was the console that started the great change in consoles. In today’s article we will look at Best Selling Console of All Time.
Best-selling consoles 1972/2022
What are the best-selling consoles of all time? With 157.68 million units sold Playstation 2 (PS2) is the best-selling console in history. In second place among the best-selling consoles is Playstation 4 with 116.91 million units sold, and in third place is Playstation with 102.5 million copies sold. Closing the top 10 best-selling consoles in the world is Super Nintendo with 49,100,000 units sold.
At the beginning of the new millennium in 2000, Playstation was the world’s top-selling console. In total PS1 had sold over 72 million units and was followed by NES with over 61 million units sold and Super Nintendo with 49 million units. Interestingly, in January 2000 the top ten best-selling consoles included Atari 2600, a second-generation console.
Best Selling Console in History
Playstation 2 is to date the best-selling console in the world. But what were the top consoles from 1972 to 2022? Before Playstation 2, which became first in 2006, for more than 6 years at the top of the rankings was Playstation. Even before Playstation, the 1990s market had been dominated by Nintendo and NES. Nes was first released in Japan on July 20, 1983, and came to the United States in 1985 and then to Europe in 1986. The most popular game was definitely Super Mario Bros, which sold an estimated 40.23 million copies. Best Selling Console of All Time.
Before NES another famous console that was in the first position for many years was Atati 2600. On sale since September 11, 1977 it has Pac Man among the world’s most popular games. Atari 2600 was also the first successful console to use cartridges as a way of using games. This allowed it to sell over 120 million cartridges with several games including the aforementioned Pac Man.
Best-selling consoles 2022
If the best-selling console in the world to date is Playstation 2, what are the best-selling consoles in the past year? Topping the list of best-selling consoles in 2022 is Xbox X series. A total of more than 3 million units were sold. This is followed by Playstation 5 with 2,855,292 and Playstation 4 with 308,217. In the top positions we also find Xone with 28529 copies sold.
Best-selling consoles 2022:
- Nintendo Switch: 6,223,089;
- Xbox Series X: 3,017,595;
- Playstation 5: 2,855,282;
- Playstation 4: 308,217;
- Xbox One: 28,529:
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