8/16/32 bit console sales

[xS]

Source: Gerard Klauer Mattison "Gameplay" reports April 2002

Quick Ranking:
NES: 31.3 m
PSX - 28.7 m
N64 - 18.1 m
SNES 17.5 m
Genesis: 16.8 m
DC - 4.1 m
Saturn - 1.3 m

NES
1986 - 1.1 m
1987 - 3.0 m
1988 - 7.0 m
1989 - 9.0 m
1990 - 7.2 m
1991 - 4.0 m
Total - 31.3 m

Genesis
1990 - 0.7 m
1991 - 1.6 m
1992 - 4.0 m
1993 - 5.0 m
1994 - 4.0 m
1995 - 1.5 m
Total - 16.8 m

Saturn
1995 - 0.3 m
1996 - 0.7 m
1997 - 0.2 m
1998 - 0.1 m
Total - 1.3 m

PSX
1995 - 0.8 m
1996 - 2.3 m
1997 - 5.5 m
1998 - 8.4 m
1999 - 7.4 m
2000 - 4.3 m
Total - 28.7 m

DC

1999 - 1.5 m
2000 - 1.3 m
2001 - 1.3 m
Total - 4.1 m

N64
1996 - 2.2 m
1997 - 5.0 m
1998 - 4.6 m
1999 - 4.0 m
2000 - 2.9 m
Total - 18.1 m

SNES
1991 - 1.8 m
1992 - 5.5 m
1993 - 5.0 m
1994 - 3.7 m
1995 - 1.5 m
Total - 17.5 m

[Technosphile]

The Saturn fucking bombed in the United States.



-Tech

[Zerodash]

I'm a bit suprised to learn that the N64 did so well.

I'm also suprised that the NES still outdid the PSX.

[BioMechanic]

Combined w/PSone sales, I bet it tops the NES.

[Johnny Nighttrain]

I'm a bit suprised to learn that the N64 did so well.

market was bigger at this point. besides, the N64 only did bad comparitivley speaking.

I'm also suprised that the NES still outdid the PSX.

it had no competetion back then. remember, at one point, Nintendo was synonymous with videogames.

[piku]

Why does the SNES list end at 1995? Nintendo pushed that thing way past then...

[rezo]

piku: Nothing was looked at beyond a six year period.

[gamevet]

I'm a bit suprised to learn that the N64 did so well.

I'm also suprised that the NES still outdid the PSX.

The N64 sold 1 unit for every 3 PSX units sold worldwide. I'm not surprised, considering how many titles on the N64 were in the top 10 every month.


The NES sold 75 million units worldwide VS. 100 million for the PSX. I remember reading that 1 in every 10 US households, had a Nintendo system, back in the day.

[SearchManX]

No Virtual Boy? Jaguar? Lynx? Game Gear? 3DO? CD-i? I guess this list is only for the systems that mattered? :P

[Jeremy]

The Genesis had games coming out semi-regularly in 96, I'm surprised the list ends in 95.