Over 1.56 billion games consoles have been sold worldwide to date
As of March 2020, more than 1.56 billion game consoles had been sold worldwide since their introduction. Of the current top consoles—the Nintendo Switch, the Xbox One, and the PlayStation 4—the latter recorded the highest sales.
Nevertheless, the venerable PlayStation 2 is still the record holder with more than 157 million units sold, according to figures from the business website Learnbonds.com show
Current consoles beaten
"Although the PlayStation 4 is very popular, its sales will not exceed those of the PlayStation 2. Sony will release the PlayStation 5 later this year," says LearnBonds. The PlayStation 2 accounts for ten percent of all games consoles ever sold.
In second place is the handheld console Nintendo DS with over 154 million units sold. In third place is another Nintendo handheld, the original Game Boy. Only in fourth place is the PlayStation 4, a current console that has sold around 110 million units to date. In comparison, the Nintendo Switch (56 million units) and the Xbox One (47 million units) are far behind.
"Europe's largest Sony consumer"
"Interestingly, Europe has turned out to be the biggest consumer of Sony consoles," write the experts at LearnBonds. European customers have bought a total of 45 million units of the PlayStation 4. In contrast, only 36 million units of the console were sold in the USA. The PlayStation 2, which Sony produced and supported for 13 years, was also particularly popular in Europe. (pte)
