The third generation of video games (1983–1993), also commonly known as the 8-bit era, includes the Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom), Sega SG-1000 series (including the Sega Master System) and Atari 7800. The NES/Famicom (released 1983) was the first console with hardware support for multi-color sprites and scrolling tilemap backgrounds, like golden age arcade games.
Hardware sales figures
- See also: List of best-selling game consoles
Worldwide
| Console | Year | Worldwide sales | Regional sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | Americas | Elsewhere | |||
| Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom) | 1983 | 61.91 million (2009)[1][2] | 19.35 million (2009)[1] | 34 million (1996)[1] USA: 33.29 million (1993)[3] Other: 710,000 |
8.56 million (1996)[1] EU: 7.74 million (1993)[4][5] South Korea: 360,000 (1993)[6] |
| Sega SG-1000 series | 22.84 million | 3.52 million | 10 million | 8.32 million | |
| Sega Master System (Mark III) | 1985 | 20.84 million (2012) | 2.52 million (1989)[7] |
10 million Brazil: 8 million (2016)[8] USA: 2 million (1992)[9] |
8.32 million Western Europe: 6.95 million (1993)[10] South Korea: 720,000 (1993)[6] Australia: 650,000 (1994)[11] |
| Sega SG-1000 (Mark II) | 1983 | 2 million (1996)[12] | 1 million (1986)[7] | ||
| Famiclone consoles | 8 million | 8 million | |||
| Dendy | 1992 | 6 million (1998) | Former USSR: 6 million (1998)[13] | ||
| Subor Xiǎo Bàwáng | 1989 | 2 million (1999) | China: 2 million (1999)[14] | ||
| Atari consoles | 1.13 million | ||||
| Atari 7800 | 1986 | 1 million (1988)[15] | |||
| Atari XEGS | 1987 | 130,000 (1989) | USA: 100,000 (1988)[16] | France: 30,000 (1989)[3] | |
| Other consoles | |||||
| Daewoo Zemmix (MSX) | 1985 | 415,000 (1990)[6] | South Korea: 415,000 (1990)[6] | ||
| Super Cassette Vision | 1984 | 330,000 (1986) | 300,000 (1986)[17] | France: 30,000 (1986)[3] | |
| Commodore 64 Games System | 1990 | 80,000 (1991) | EU: 80,000 (1991)[18] | ||
| Amstrad GX4000 | 1990 | 15,000 (1991) | EU: 15,000 (1991)[19] | ||
| Total | 94.72 million | 23.17 million | 44.1 million+ | 25.75 million | |
| Home computer | Year | Worldwide sales | Regional sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | Americas | Elsewhere | |||
| NEC PC-98 | 1982 | 18 million (1999) | 18 million (1999)[20] | ||
| Commodore 64 | 1982 | 12.5 million (1993)[21] | 100,000 (1983)[22] | 2.1 million (1993)[21] | 10.3 million (1993)[21] |
| MSX | 1983 | 9.2 million (2013) | 9 million (2013)[23] | EU: 200,000 (1985)[24] | |
| Sinclair ZX Spectrum | 1982 | 5 million (2000)[25] | |||
| Commodore Amiga | 1985 | 4.85 million (1993)[26] | 700,000 (1993)[26] | EU: 3.8 million (1993)[26] | |
| Amstrad CPC | 1984 | 2.5 million (1990)[27] | |||
| Atari ST | 1985 | 2.1 million (1993)[28] | US: 50,000 (1985)[29] | UK: 120,000 (1988)[30] | |
| Sega SC-3000 | 1983 | 120,000 (1983)[31] | |||
| Tomy Tutor | 1982 | 120,000 (1985) | 120,000 (1985)[32] | ||
| Total | 51.88 million | 27.22 million | 2.85 million | 14.42 million+ | |
Asia
In South Korea, the NES and Master System were released in 1989.[6] The Master System, sold by Samsung,[33] was the market leader, outselling the NES.[6]
Japan
The cumulative (including annual) sales figures for Japan:
| Year | Sales | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Famicom series | Sega SG-1000 series | Epoch SCV | |||||
| Famicom [34] | FDS | Modem | SG-1000 [34] | Mark III | Master System | ||
| 1983 | 1,000,000[35][36] | 210,000[37] | |||||
| 1984 | 3,940,000 (+2,940,000)[38] |
460,000 (+250,000)[37] |
300,000 [38][17] | ||||
| 1985 | 6,600,000[39][40] (+2,660,000) (95% market)[41] |
720,000 (+260,000) |
370,000[42] | ||||
| 1986 | 10,500,000 (+3,900,000) |
2,500,000[43] | 1,000,000 (+280,000) |
1,000,000[44] (+630,000) |
|||
| 1987 | 12,280,000 (+1,780,000) |
1,280,000 (+280,000)[34][45] |
800,000[46] | ||||
| 1988 | 13,870,000 (+1,590,000) (90% market)[47] |
100,000[48] | 1,040,000 (+240,000)[34] | ||||
| 1989 | 15,390,000 (+1,520,000) |
150,000[49] (+50,000) |
1,240,000 (+200,000)[34] | ||||
| 1990 | 16,750,000 (+1,360,000) |
4,400,000[50] | 2,520,000 | ||||
| 1991 | 17,390,000[3] (+640,000) |
3,520,000 | |||||
| 1992 | 18,130,000 (+790,000)[3] (40% of Japan homes)[51] |
||||||
| 1993 | 18,600,000[3] (+470,000) | ||||||
| 1994 | 18,870,000 (+80,000)[52] | ||||||
| 1995 | 18,950,000[52] (+70,000) | ||||||
| 1996 | 19,020,000 (+60,000)[1] | ||||||
| 1997 | 19,050,000 (+30,000)[1] | ||||||
| 1998 | 19,100,000 (+50,000)[1] | ||||||
| 1999 | 19,150,000 (+50,000)[1] | ||||||
| 2000 | 19,200,000 (+50,000)[1] | ||||||
| 2001 | 19,260,000 (+60,000)[1] | ||||||
| 2002 | 19,320,000 (+60,000)[1] | ||||||
| 2003 | 19,350,000 (+30,000)[1] |
4,500,000[53] | |||||
Americas
In Brazil, the Master System, sold by Tec Toy, was the market leader, outselling the NES. Tec Toy still sells the Master System in Brazil through to the present day. By 1996, the Master System and Mega Drive sold a combined 2 million units, mostly the Master System.[54] By 2012, Tec Toy sold 5 million Master System consoles in Brazil.[55] By 2016, 8 million Master System consoles were sold in Brazil, indicating at least 4 million sales between 2012 and 2016.[8]
United States
The cumulative (including annual) sales figures for the United States:
| Year | Sales | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Entertainment System | Sega Master System | Atari | ||
| 7800 | XEGS | |||
| 1985 | 90,000 (NYC)[56][57] | |||
| 1986 | 3,090,000[58] (+3,000,000)[59][60][40] (+$310 million) (73% market)[61] |
250,000[62] (125,000 Base) (125,000 Master)[59] |
100,000[59][63] | |
| 1987 | 6,090,000 (+3,000,000)[64][65] (+$1 billion)[66][67] (70% market)[68] |
750,000 (+500,000)[69] (10% market)[70] |
600,000 (+400,000) (est.) |
100,000[16] |
| 1988 | 11,100,000 (+5,010,000)[71] (+$1.7 billion)[66][72] (75-85% market)[73][74] |
1,250,000 (+500,000) (+$300 million) (13% market)[75] |
1,000,000[15] (+500,000)[76] (est.) |
|
| 1989 | 20,300,000 (+9,200,000)[77][78] (79-90% market)[79][80] |
1,500,000[81] (+250,000) (est.) |
||
| 1990 | 27,500,000 (+7,200,000)[82][83] (85-90% market)[84][82] |
1,750,000 (+250,000) (est.) |
||
| 1991 | 31,900,000[85][3][86] (+4,400,000) |
2,000,000[9] (+250,000) (est.) |
||
| 1992 | 33,290,000[3] (+1,390,000) (33% of US homes)[51] |
|||
Western Europe
In 1990, Computer + Video Games reported that the Master System was the biggest-selling console in Europe. However, they noted that the NES was beginning to have a fast-growing user base at the time.[87]
The NES and Master System had the following estimated installed base figures for Western Europe:
| Year | Sales | |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Entertainment System [88] | Sega Master System[88] | |
| 1987 | 75,000+[89] | 155,000[89] |
| 1988 | — | 350,000[90] |
| 1989 | — | 700,000[90] |
| 1990 | 655,000+[91] | 1,608,000[91] |
| 1991 | 4,710,000 | 3,840,000 |
| 1992 | 7,740,000 | 5,650,000 |
| 1993 | 7,260,000 | 6,250,000 |
| 1993 | 5,110,000 | 4,460,000 |
The regional sales figures for Western Europe:
| Nation(s) | Sales | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NES [88] | SMS [88] | SCV [3] | XEGS [3] | MSX | Amiga [26] | Atari ST | |
| United Kingdom | 1,308,000-1,500,000[92][93][94] | 1,350,000-1,500,000[95][96] | — | — | — | 1,500,000 | 120,000[30] |
| France | 1,400,000-1,788,000[97][98] | 970,000-1,600,000[88] | 30,000 | 30,000 | — | 250,000 | — |
| Germany | 1,500,000[99] | 540,000-700,000[100] | — | — | — | 1,300,000 | — |
| Italy | 500,000 | 400,000 | — | — | — | 600,000 | — |
| Belgium | 220,000 | 600,000 | — | — | — | 45,000 | — |
| Netherlands | 250,000 | 200,000 | |||||
| Spain | 440,000 | 550,000 | — | — | — | 105,000 | — |
| Others | 1,760,000 | 1,400,000 | |||||
| Platform Total | 7,260,000[88][5] | 6,950,000[88] | 30,000 | 30,000 | 200,000[24] | 3,800,000 | 120,000 |
Australia
In Australia, the most successful console during this generation was the Sega Master System, which outsold the NES as well as home computers.[101] The Master System sold 250,000 units in 1990 alone,[102] and sold a total of 650,000 units in Australia by 1994.[11]
Software sales figures
| System | Software sales | Attach rate (per console) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Entertainment System | 500,010,000 | 8.08 | [103] |
| Sega Master System | 422,470,000 | 20.9 | [104] |
| Atari 7800 | 3,770,000 | 3.77 | [105] |
| Atari XEGS | 827,504 | 6.37 | [105] |
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Best-selling toys of 1988 (...) 1. Action set (Nintendo)
2. Pictionary (Games Gang)
3. Power Set (Nintendo)
4. Kitchen Center (Fisher-Price )
5. Control Deck (Nintendo)
6. Li'l Miss Makeup Doll (Mattel)
7. Tape Recorder (Fisher-Price)
8. 7800 Video Game System (Atari)
9. Micro Machines (Lewis Galoob)
10. Pee Wee Herman Talking Doll (Matchbox)
USN & WR - Basic data: NPD Research, Playthings magazine
Taking stock of the toy box
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Ozi Soft, [sic] has been distributing Sega video games since 1988 and also offers computer games. Christina Caddy, the company's public relations manager, said that last year it sold 250,000 units of the Sega Master system [sic], which carried an eight-bit console, at a recommended retail price of $99.
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- United States – 2 million hardware units, each bundled with one or more games = More than 2 million software units
- Western Europe – 6.95 million hardware units, each bundled with one or more games = More than 6.95 million software units
- Brazil (1989-2016) – 8 million hardware units = More than 411 million software units
- 1989-2012 – 5 million hardware units, each bundled with 3 or more games = More than 15 million software units
- 2012-2016 – 3 million hardware units, each bundled with 132 games = 396 million software units
- Japan – 2.52 million hardware units = At least 2.52 million software units
- ↑ 105.0 105.1 http://www.atarimuseum.com/whatsnew/2009-MAY-28.html
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