100 Million PS1s and 74 Million PS2s sold to date

[kevin_psx]

There's no question that more Americans are playing video games than ever before--but since many of those new gamers are teens and preteens who've grown up with gaming, one would expect Nintendo to benefit as much as Sony, which obviously hasn't happened.

Sure it has. Nintendo's "failed" N64 and "failed" Gamecube both sold as many units as the #1 NES or #1 SNES. Nintendo benefited from the growing popularity of gaming - even "failed" consoles = NES/SNES in units sold.


Why's PS1 stuck at 100 million? It was there back in 2003. Thought PS1 = 110 million by now?

[zmweasel]

Sure it has. Nintendo's "failed" N64 and "failed" Gamecube both sold as many units as the #1 NES or #1 SNES. Nintendo benefited from the growing popularity of gaming - even "failed" consoles = NES/SNES in units sold.

Wow, how'd this thread get dug up? Crazy.

In any case, Kevin, where are you getting your sales figures? According to all the sales stats I've seen, Nintendo has sold fewer units of every home console since the NES, with the GameCube selling the fewest of all.

According to Nintendo itself, the GameCube has sold 18.5 million units as of June 2005.

A quick Google search turned up these figures as of January '05:

NES: 61,780,000
SNES: 49,020,000
Nintendo 64: 32,930,000
GameCube: 18,030,000

So...again, where are you getting your numbers? 'Cause they don't jibe with anyone else's, including Nintendo's.

Why's PS1 stuck at 100 million? It was there back in 2003. Thought PS1 = 110 million by now?

The PS1 hit the end of its lifecycle. It's not "stuck" at 100 million--it ended at 100 million. The PS2 might yet hit 110 million before it's done, though.

-- Z.

[jonathonwillie]

YAY! im one of those 74 million people

[Gemini-Phoenix]

That sure is one hell of a figure! And certainly an unimaginable amount of electronic devices that are all pretty much identical. One million PlayStation's is a lot, but 100 million is just insane!

I am also one out of 74 million. But I am also one out of 2000.

[kevin_psx]

Why's PS1 stuck at 100 million? It was there back in 2003. Thought PS1 = 110 million by now?

The PS1 hit the end of its lifecycle. It's not "stuck" at 100 million--it ended at 100 million.

PS1 hasn't reached the end of its cycle. Its still selling as the white-colored version & likely sold another 10 million since 2003.

Sure it has. Nintendo's "failed" N64 and "failed" Gamecube both sold as many units as the #1 NES or #1 SNES. Nintendo benefited from the growing popularity of gaming - such that even "failed" consoles = NES/SNES in units sold.

I was wrong about the GameCube - it only sold 20 million so far.

Between 1985-91 NES sold about 30 million. Same amount as SNES. Same amount as the N64. My source for these figures are too many to list - Newsweek, NPD, digitpress.com, and other articles.

[zmweasel]

Kevin: I responded to this in the other 100-million-Sony-systems-sold thread.

-- Z.