Game and console sales

This official sales figure comes directly from Nintendo. The company also notes software sales for the handheld closed at million units. The Game Boy Advance line of devices included many different design iterations and form factors, the last of which was the Game Boy Micro in The Game Boy Micro only sold 2. The system would continue to be produced for an additional two years, during which time it's unknown exactly how many units were sold.

While Microsoft stopped reporting specific sales figures in , the system remained in production for nearly two years. During that two-year period, we can safely assume Microsoft converted that 84 million figure from sell-in to sell-through, while, conservatively estimating, moving an additional one million units. If accurate, that would place Xbox in the eighth spot on the list of best-selling consoles.

The system would remain in production through May of that same year. With that in mind, it's likely PS3 ended its run with somewhere between 87 and 88 million units sold, leaving us with our conservative estimate of As of June 30, , Switch had surpassed the sales totals of both Xbox and PlayStation 3 with over 89 million units sold, according to Nintendo. That number grew to just under 93 million by the end of September. Over million software units have been sold for Switch. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe remains the console's best-selling game, with over 38 million copies sold.

The Switch attempts to combine the console and handheld business lines Nintendo formerly supported with separate hardware and software. According to official sales figures from Nintendo, Wii ended its run as the sixth-best-selling console of all time.

With over million systems sold, Wii generated million units of software sales — the second most for any Nintendo console. According to Sony , the original PlayStation's final sales total sits at This makes it the third-best-selling Sony console ever, as it's since been surpassed by PlayStation 4. PlayStation 4 dominated the eighth generation of consoles. After shipping , units during Q2 of Sony's current fiscal year, PS4 sales are now just shy of million.

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Despite being released over three years later than its rivals, Switch global sales have already reached over 78 million units worldwide, with approximately a third of the regional console sales occurring in North America.

The future of console gaming This fight for supremacy shows no signs of slowing down with the next battle of the console wars upon the horizon. Following years of speculation, both Sony and Microsoft released their next-generation consoles in the lead up to the holiday season as PlayStation 5 and Xbox S respectively. Forecasts already suggest that Sony may continue to have the upper hand, as sales of its PlayStation 5 are due to hit 50 million by You need a Single Account for unlimited access.

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