Gaming Consoles have been very popular for years, the age factor does not matter when it comes to these gaming consoles. PlayStation played the lead role in initiating the manufacture of such gaming stations. Followed by the Xbox Series. Let’s talk about the top 5 best-selling Gaming consoles to date.
1. The first on our list is the legend of all gaming consoles, the one with which all this started – Play Station 2 (Launched in 2000)
The PlayStation 2 stands mighty as the best selling console ever. Sony’s gaming giant sold around 157.68 million units across 13 years of sale. This gaming legend made its debut in the year 2000 in Japan on 4th March 2000. The length of time it remained on sale was one of those, but so too was its vast library of games, the fact it played DVDs and the way Sony would go onto re-released in ever smaller (and cheaper) iterations.
2. Nintendo DS
The DS went on to sell 154.90 million units between 2004 and 2013 to become the best-selling handheld console ever. Its success was aided by the fact it was also backwards compatible with Game Boy Advance games, meaning gamers could choose from a huge number of titles instantly from the system’s launch. The Nintendo DS was released on 21st November 2004, but its success shows that the gimmick proved to be worthy in the end.
3. Nintendo Wii
Nintendo was on the back foot when it unleashed the Wii, scrabbling as it was to design a console able to compete with the machines of Sony and Microsoft. Its two prior consoles, the N64 and GameCube had disappointed (if not quite tanked) in terms of sales, with the consoles selling 32.93 and 21.74 million units respectively.
However, the Wii catapulted Nintendo back into the industry with its unique motion controls and Wii Sports appealing to gamers and non-gamers alike. It went on to sell 101.64 million units from its Japanese debut on 19 November 2006 through to its eventual discontinuation in 2017 (when the Wii Mini was finally put into retirement).
4. PlayStation 4
The phenomenon that is the PS4 is the only console in our top 10 that’s still on sale – to date, from its launch on 15 November 2013, the console has racked up an impressive 88.06 million copies. Rumours abound that 2019 could be the year that Sony unveils its inevitable PS5 console, but even so, there’s every chance that the PS4 could continue to charge up this list.
5. Xbox 360
Microsoft took all of the experience it had gained during the development of the original Xbox and used it to make the Xbox 360 a console that became a must-have machine of its generation. A seamless online multiplayer (boosted by the introduction of the Xbox Live service), impressive exclusive games – from Halo 3 to Gears of War – and a reportedly easier development process (than the PS3) ensured the console would go on to sell 85.80 million units. Only relative poor sales in Japan stopped it from ranking even higher on this list.
Reference:
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/12/top-10-best-selling-videogame-consoles-551938
