Nintendo? PlayStation? Sony?
These are the consoles you grew up, the ones that were home to your favourite games and were responsible for thousands of hours in front of the TV.
But which was the best?
Despite how you feel about a console, nothing says more about a platform’s popularity than cold, hard facts.
Check out the bestselling videogame consoles of all time below:
| Best Selling Consoles (in millions of units) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Platform | North America | Europe | Japan | Rest of World | Global |
| 1 | PlayStation 2 (PS2) | 157.68 |
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| 2 | Nintendo DS (DS) | 57.37 |
52.07 |
33.01 |
12.43 |
154.88 |
| 3 | Game Boy (GB) | 43.18 |
40.05 |
32.47 |
2.99 |
118.69 |
| 4 | PlayStation (PS) | 38.94 |
36.91 |
19.36 |
9.04 |
104.25 |
| 5 | Wii (Wii) | 45.38 |
33.75 |
12.77 |
9.28 |
101.18 |
| 6 | PlayStation 3 (PS3) | 29.34 |
34.41 |
10.43 |
12.39 |
86.57 |
| 7 | Xbox 360 (X360) | 48.95 |
25.82 |
1.66 |
9.13 |
85.56 |
| 8 | Game Boy Advance (GBA) | 40.39 |
21.31 |
16.96 |
2.85 |
81.51 |
| 9 | PlayStation Portable (PSP) | 21.41 |
24.14 |
20.01 |
15.26 |
80.82 |
| 10 | Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) | 33.49 |
8.30 |
19.35 |
0.77 |
61.91 |
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