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The fifth-generation era includes home consoles such as the Nintendo 64, Playstation, Sega Saturn as well as handheld consoles such as the Game Boy Color.

Worldwide sales[]

See also: List of best-selling game consoles

All consoles[]

Platform Type Firm Release Sales Ref
Game Boy and Game Boy Color Handheld Nintendo 1998 118,690,000
PlayStation Home Sony 1994 102,490,000 [1][2][3][4]
Nintendo 64 Home Nintendo 1996 32,930,000 [5][6][7]
Sega Saturn Home Sega 2000 9,500,000 [8]
3DO Home 3DO 1993 2,000,000 [8][9]
Neo Geo Pocket Handheld SNK 1998 2,000,000 [10]
Sega Nomad Handheld Sega 1995 1,000,000 [11]
Virtual Boy VR headset Nintendo 1995 770,000 [12]
PC-FX Home NEC 1994 400,000 [13][14]
Game.com Handheld Tiger 1997 300,000 [15]
Atari Jaguar Home Atari 1993 250,000 [8]
Amiga CD32 Home Commodore 1993 100,000 [16]
Playdia Home Bandai 1994 50,000 [17]
FM Towns Marty Home Fujitsu 1993 45,000 [18]
Apple Bandai Pippin Home Bandai 1996 42,000 [19]
iQue Player Home Nintendo 2003 8,000 [20]
CPS Changer Home Capcom 1994 1,000 [21]
MGA Game Wizard Handheld MGA 1994 Unknown [22]
Design Master Senshi Handheld Bandai 1995 Unknown [23]
Casio Loopy Home Casio 1995 Unknown [24]
Tiger R-Zone Handheld Tiger 1995 Unknown [25]
PasoGo Handheld Koei 1996 Unknown [26]
Total sales 270,576,000

Home consoles[]

Home console Firm Year Worldwide Japan North America Ref
PlayStation Sony 1994 102,490,000 19,410,000 40,780,000 [1][2][3][4]
Nintendo 64 Nintendo 1996 32,930,000 5,540,000 20,630,000 [5][6][7]
Sega Saturn Sega 2000 9,500,000 5,750,000 1,800,000
3DO 3DO Company 1993 2,000,000 750,000 – [8][9]
PC-FX NEC 1994 400,000 290,000 – [13][14]
Atari Jaguar Atari 1993 250,000 – – [8]
Amiga CD32 Commodore 1993 100,000 – – [16]
Playdia Bandai 1994 50,000 – – [17]
FM Towns Marty Fujitsu 1993 45,000 45,000 – [18]
Apple Bandai Pippin Bandai 1996 42,000 – – [19]
iQue Player Nintendo 2003 8,000 – – [27]
CPS Changer Capcom 1994 1,000 – – [21]
Casio Loopy Casio 1995 Unknown – – [24]
Total sales 147,816,000 31,785,000 63,210,000

Handheld consoles[]

Handheld console Firm Release Worldwide Japan North America Ref
Game Boy / Game Boy Color Nintendo 1989 118,690,000 32,470,000 44,060,000
Neo Geo Pocket SNK 1998 2,000,000 – – [28]
Sega Nomad Sega 1995 1,000,000 – 1,000,000 [11]
Virtual Boy Nintendo 1995 770,000 – – [12]
Game.com Tiger 1997 300,000 – – [15]
MGA Game Wizard MGA 1994 Unknown – – [22]
Design Master Senshi Bandai 1995 Unknown – – [23]
Tiger R-Zone Tiger 1995 Unknown – – [25]
PasoGo Koei 1996 Unknown – – [26]
Total sales 122,760,000 32,470,000 45,060,000

Console add-ons[]

Add-on Type Firm Release Sales Ref
Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak Home Nintendo 1998 5,966,613 [29][30]
Jaguar CD Home Atari 1995 20,000 [31]
Nintendo 64 DD Home Nintendo 1994 15,000 [31]
Total sales 6,001,613

Market share[]

The fifth generation market share was Game Boy at 43.9%, PlayStation at 37.9%, Nintendo 64 at 12.2%, Sega Saturn at 3.5%, 3DO at 0.7%, Neo Geo Pocket at 0.7%, Sega Nomad at 0.4%, Virtual Boy at 0.3%, PC-FX at 0.1%, Game.com at 0.1% and the Atari Jaguar at 0.1%.

The fifth generation market share for home consoles was PlayStation at 69.3%, Nintendo 64 at 22.3%, Sega Saturn at 6.4%, 3DO at 1.4%, PC-FX at 0.3%, Atari Jaguar at 0.2% and the Amiga CD32 at 0.1%.

The fifth generation market share for handheld consoles was Game Boy at 97.3%, Neo Geo Pocket at 1.6% ,Sega Nomad at 0.8% and the Game.com at 0.2%.

Sales history[]

Worldwide[]

Year Sega Saturn PlayStation[1] Nintendo 64[32]
1994 840,000[33] 300,000
1995 3,000,000[34]
(+2,160,000) 		3,400,000
(+3,100,000)
1996 7,000,000[35]
(+4,000,000) 		10,000,000
(+6,600,000) 		5,800,000
1997 8,800,000[36]
(+1,800,000) 		28,200,000
(+18,200,000) 		15,220,000
(+9,420,000)
1998 9,080,000
(+280,000) 		50,700,000
(+22,500,000) 		23,080,000
(+7,860,000)
1999 71,820,000
(+21,120,000) 		29,570,000
(+6,490,000)
2000 79,610,000
(+7,790,000) 		32,420,000
(+2,850,000)
2001 89,290,000
(+9,680,000) 		32,920,000
(+500,000)

Japan[]

Year Sales
FMT
Marty 		3DO JAG Sega Saturn PlayStation
  		NEC
PC-FX 		Nintendo
64
1993 45,000
1994
[37] 		365,800 2,000 840,000 [33] 300,000 [37] 70,000
1995 615,800
(+250,000)
[38] 		2,500,000
(+1,660,000)
[33][39] 		2,000,000
[1]
(+1,700,000)
1996
[9] 		750,000
(+134,200) 		4,800,000
(+2,300,000)
[33][40] 		4,200,000
[41]
(+2,200,000) 		270,000 2,030,000
[32]
1997
[14] 		5,600,000
(+800,000)
[33] 		8,600,000
[14]
(+4,400,000) 		290,000
(+20,000) 		3,140,000
(+1,110,000)
[32]
1998 5,750,000

(+150,000)

14,710,000
[41]
(+6,110,000) 		4,350,000
(+1,210,000)
[32]
1999 5,290,000
(+940,000)[32]
2000 5,490,000
(+200,000)[32]
2001 19,41,000
[3] 		5,540,000
(+50,000)[32]

Sales trends[]

Fifth generation console sales

Fifth generation console sales


See also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "PlayStation Cumulative Production Shipments of Hardware". Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1c46ad2e-5678-11dd-8686-000077b07658.html
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20150725185700/www.toyo.ac.jp/uploaded/attachment/3049.pdf
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://garaph.info/shipmentbar.html
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2002/020530e.pdf
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://garaph.info/shipmentbar.html
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://garaph.info/shipmentbar.html
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Blake Snow (2007-05-04). "The 10 Worst-Selling Consoles of All Time". GamePro.com. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Mega, issue 23, August 1994
  10. ↑ "Best Handheld Consoles Of All Time". Time Extension. 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Genesis Nomad - Wikipedia
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Nintendo Virtual Boy | Game Medium
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 NEC PC-FX | Game Medium
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Japon Previews, Consoles +, issue 73 (March 1997)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Tiger Game.com | Game Medium
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Commodore Amiga CD32 | Game Medium
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 segaclassics: The real Sega CD sales figures
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Fujitsu FM Towns Marty | Game Medium
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Apple Bandai Pippin gaming console | Game Medium
  20. ↑ Record No. 17: iQue China (Part I) - Touch Music
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 CP System - Wikipedia
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 MGA Game Wizard | Game Medium
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Bandai Design Master Senshi | Game Medium
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Casio Loopy | Game Medium
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Tiger R-Zone | Game Medium
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Koei PasoGo | Game Medium
  27. ↑ iQue Player - Wikipedia
  28. ↑ Platform Totals - VGChartz
  29. ↑ Nintendo 64 accessories - Wikipedia
  30. ↑ Nintendo 64 | Video Game Sales Wiki | Fandom
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 segaclassics: The real Sega CD sales figures
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.5 32.6 "Consolidated Sales Transition by Region" (PDF). Nintendo. 2012-10-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 Sega Saturn sales in Japan:
  34. ↑ https://retrocdn.net/images/f/fa/SegaPro_UK_56.pdf#page=11
  35. ↑ https://lexpansion.lexpress.fr/actualite-economique/jeux-video-une-industrie-lourde-est-nee_1409552.html
  36. ↑ https://segaretro.org/images/f/fe/AnnualReport1998_English.pdf#page=9
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 Edge, April 1995, page 10
  38. ↑ Annual (FY) Japanese Home Console Hardware Shipments, Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei)
  39. ↑ Kohler, Chris (2004). Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life. Indianapolis, IN: BradyGames. pp. 118–9. ISBN 978-0-7440-0424-3.
  40. ↑ Edge
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 "PlayStation Cumulative Production Shipments of Hardware". Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2008-03-22.. Note: These Japan sales figures include shipments to other Asian countries.

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