Worst selling consoles ever

[A.C. Sativa]

First time, long time...

Anyway, I'm trying to find out what are the worst selling consoles ever. The only thing I can find is the old GamePro list, which is total B.S., just like everything else involved with that crappy rag. The Dreamcast is listed with over 10 million sold, but the Neo-Geo isn't even mentioned, which I know didn't sell anywhere near 1 million. Yeah, GamePro sucks... Any help would be appreciated, I'm guessing the list goes: RDI Halclyon (that might not even count...), Pippin, Jaguar CD (not mentioned in the GamePro article), and after that I'm lost...

[fluid_matrix]

First time, long time...

Anyway, I'm trying to find out what are the worst selling consoles ever. The only thing I can find is the old GamePro list, which is total B.S., just like everything else involved with that crappy rag. The Dreamcast is listed with over 10 million sold, but the Neo-Geo isn't even mentioned, which I know didn't sell anywhere near 1 million. Yeah, GamePro sucks... Any help would be appreciated, I'm guessing the list goes: RDI Halclyon (that might not even count...), Pippin, Jaguar CD (not mentioned in the GamePro article), and after that I'm lost...

Worldwide? or just US?

And would the Jag CD be considered a system or an accessory?

[wiggyx]

Considering that the Sega CD is on the list, I would say that the Jag CD should count. Hell, the TG-16 CD should be on that list as well.

I'm guessing that this is the list that you speak of?

Pretty busted-ass list, no doubt.

[SwimyGreen]

Pretty much search for the worst consoles of all time and you will probably finde them.

Here's a few from the top of my head:

Apple/Bandai PipPin
Game.com
AmigaCD32

There are quite a few under 100k.

[alec006]

Well if your going by numbers, Magnavox Odyssey (330,000) & Fairchild Channel F (250,000) would be on that list. One of the big reasons the Odyssey is so low in sales is well, alot of people thought it would only work on Magnavox branded TV's, and it was the first video game console, people didn't wanna spend $100 for a game. Now is it the worst console of all time, by no means of course not, it has it's flaws, but it will always be the first so it's a piece of history.

Again if your going ONLY by numbers, those would be on the list, but if you take in account marketing, appeal and alot of other factors, it wouldn't be on the list.

And if you count "add ons" like the Sega CD, or 32X, then the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive would be on that list as well at 15000 only being sold in Japan of course.

[wiggyx]

Based on serial numbers, the 64DD community thinks that there may be well over 30K units out there. Still, not a top seller, obviously

[icbrkr]

Pretty much search for the worst consoles of all time and you will probably finde them.

Here's a few from the top of my head:

Apple/Bandai PipPin
Game.com
AmigaCD32

There are quite a few under 100k.

Actually, the Amiga CD32 sold over 100,000 in its short lifespan of 9 or 10 months. Unlike the Pippin/Game.com, it wasn't a "commercial failure" but with the parent company going bust, it shortened its life.

[A.C. Sativa]

Considering that the Sega CD is on the list, I would say that the Jag CD should count. Hell, the TG-16 CD should be on that list as well.

I'm guessing that this is the list that you speak of?

Pretty busted-ass list, no doubt.

I'm counting the Jag CD for the reasons you mentioned. Besides, if it has it's own unique games than it's a system as far as I'm concerned, which is why I'm not counting the CDX, X-Eye, Twin Famicom, or anything like that.

And yeah, the TG-CD should be on the list, as should the SuperGraphix. Though I doubt either one sold anywhere near as poorly as the Pippin or Jag CD.

And to answer a couple questions above, I'm looking for worldwide figures, and counting all regions together, so the PAL TG-16 doesn't count with the TG-16 selling something like 10 million in the U.S. and Japan.

[tom]

Sega CD, SNES Super Game Boy, Famicom Disk System, 64DD, Game Cube Game Boy Player, Jaguar CD, PC Engine CD ROM, etc...are all add-ons, eg storage facilities, as they have no OS to start up without the main console.

It's like saying the A8/cart, A8/1050 and A8/1010 are three different systems

[Slipdeath]

If we're talking North American, the Zodiac and especially the Gizmondo should be high on the list.

[XYXZYZ]

but the Neo-Geo isn't even mentioned, which I know didn't sell anywhere near 1 million.

SNK knew the Neo Geo was only going to be a niche market thing, and was never expected to sell anywhere near Super Nintendo or Sega Genesis. I'd say it sold pretty well considering how long new games were being produced for it. So, I think you have to keep the console's market in mind when considering whether or not it sold well.

[jammajup]

What about the Vectrex,anybody got any sales figures on that machine?

[markusman64ds]

A few more obscure ones...

Gamate
Super A'Can
Romtec Colorvision
Entex Adventure Vision

[Haoie]

A few more obscure ones...

Gamate
Super A'Can
Romtec Colorvision
Entex Adventure Vision

Wow, I had a Gamate!

I think it was only released in Taiwan?

[tom]

And UK