The evolution of videogame consoles (1967 - 2013) From Atari to PlayStation 4
There are 87 video consoles that have been launched in the last 46 years. From the Brown Box created by Raplh Bear, going through the golden age of Nintendo, to the PlayStation 4 that we will see at the end of the year. The following infographic shows us the surprising evolution of the hardware of what is now the largest sector of the entertainment industry (more than movies and music). There is also the list of the 10 most sold consoles in history.
PCs, or portable devices like the GameBoy or the Nintendo 3DS were not included.
The 10 most sold consoles in history
- Sony Playstation 2 - 155 million units
- Sony Playstation 1 - 102.49 million units
- Nintendo Wii - 99.84 million units
- Microsoft Xbox 360 - 77.2 million units
- Sony Playstation - 3 77 million units
- Nintendo NES - 61.91 million units
- Nintendo SNES - 49.1 million units
- Sega Genesis - 40 million units
- Nintendo 64 - 32.93 million units
- Atari 2600 - 20 million units
1967
- Brown Box
1972
- Magnavox Odyssey
1975
- Magnavox Odyssey 100
- Magnavox Odyssey 200
1976
- Atari Pong
- Telstar Coleco
- Fairchild Channel F
- Magnavox Odyssey 300
- Atari Pong Doubles & Atari Super Pong
- Wonder Wizard 7702
1977
- RCA Studio II
- Coleco Telstar Arcade
- Atari VCS 2600
- Nintendo Color TV Game series
- Telstar Alpha Cole, Telstar Colormatic, Telstar Ranger
- Magnavox Odyssey 3000
- Magnavox Odyssey 4000
- Atari Video Pinball
- Atari Stunt Cycle
1978
- Bally Professional Arcade
- Telstar Sportsman, Telstar Combat !, Telstar Colortron, Telstar Marksman
- Magnavox Odyssey 2
- APF-M1000
1979
- Mattel Intellivision
- Milton Bradley Microvision
1981
- Epoch Cassette Vision
- Bally Computer System
1982
- Emerson Arcadia 2001
- ColecoVision
- Bandai Arcadia
- Milton Bradley Vectrex
- Atari 5200
- Bally Astrocade
- Coleco Gemini
1983
- Nintendo Family Computer (Famicom) (JPN)
- Casio PV-1000
- Sega SG-1000
- Milton Bradley Vectrex
- Mattel Intellivision II
- Columbia Home Arcade
1985
- Sega Mark III (JPN)
1986
- Atari 7800
- Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) (US)
- Sega Master System (US)
1987
- NEC PC Engine
1988
- NEC PC Engine CD-ROM2
- Sega Genesis
1989
- NEC SuperGrafx
- NEC TurboGrafx-16
1990
- Super Famicom (JPN)
- SNK NeoGeo AES
- Sega Master System II
1991
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System (US)
- Philips CD-i
- Commodore CDTV
1992
- Sega CD
- NEC TurboDuo
- Sega Genesis 2
1993
- Atari Jaguar
- Panasonic 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
- Commodore Amiga CD32
- Sega CD 2
1994
- Sony Playstation
- Sega Genesis 32X
- Bandai Playdia
- NEC PC-FX
- Sega Saturn
- SNK Neo Geo CD
nineteen ninety five
- Nintendo Virtual Boy
- Casio Loopy
nineteen ninety six
- Nintendo 64
- Sega Skeleton Saturn
1997
- Sega Genesis 2
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System 2
1998
- Sega Dreamcast
2000
- Sony Playstation 2
- Sony PSone
2001
- Microsoft Xbox
- Nintendo GameCube
2004
- XaviX XaviXPORT
2005
- Microsoft Xbox 360
2006
- Sony Playstation 3
- Nintendo Wii
2012
- Nintendo Wii U
2013
- OUYA
- Playstation 4
- Xbox One