What is the best-selling classic console?

[markusman64ds]

I know the PS2 is the best-selling video game console of all time, but what is the best selling classic game console? I'm guessing the NES.

[Gamevet]

I know the PS2 is the best-selling video game console of all time, but what is the best selling classic game console? I'm guessing the NES.

Well, in the world of Cars, 15 years is considered classic. If that applied to videogame hardware, then it would be the Playstation.

[Ryudo]

PS1 sold over 100 million
NES 60 million
SNES 49 million
Genesis 40 million
N64 32 million
Dreamcast 10.6 million
Saturn 9 million

[Buyatari]

PS1 sold over 100 million
NES 60 million
SNES 49 million
Genesis 40 million
N64 32 million
Dreamcast 10.6 million
Saturn 9 million

I'd be curious to see the numbers on the Atari 2600 and the Nintendo Gameboy.

[Shulamana]

I'd be curious to see the numbers on the Atari 2600 and the Nintendo Gameboy.

30 million for the 2600 and 118 million for the Game Boy (counting all variants through the GBC)

[tom]

Pretty sure Genesis and SNES are closer together in sales figures

[Rickstilwell1]

30 million for the 2600 and 118 million for the Game Boy (counting all variants through the GBC)

I don't see why they don't separate the b&W Game Boy sales from the Game Boy Color. They're pretty much a separate generation from each other. I am guessing the Game Boy Color's sales were a lot worse than original Game Boy or Game Boy Advance. The GBC had very few titles that justified buying one. Some 8 bit remakes, Pokemon Gold and Silver, Zelda Oracle of Ages and Seasons, and other than that mostly a bunch of licensed junk. Some people who waited a while for the good games to come out heard the news about Game Boy Advance around the corner and just waited for that. That's what I did. I just bought the games for GBC that I wanted to play before I had the system to play them on, then grabbed a GBA with Super Mario Advance as soon as it came out. The hybrid titles like Dragon Warrior I & II I just played on Super Game Boy with less color till then.