1st Generation
Name: Magnavox Odyssey
Manufacturer: Magnavox
Released: September 1972
Discontinued: 1975
Units Sold: 350,000
Name: TV Tennis Electrotennis
Manufacturer: Epoch Co
Released: Septemer 12 1975
Discontinued: 1976
Units Sold: 3 million
Name: Home Pong
Manufacturer: Atari
Released: 1972
Discontinued: 1976
Units Sold: 150,000
Name: Binatone TV Master
Manufacturer: Binatone
Released: 1976
Discontinued:1979
Units Sold: 20,000
Name: Telstar Series
Manufacturer: Coleco
Released: 1976
Discontinued:1978
Units Sold: >1 Million
Name: Color TV-Game Series
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Released: 1 June 1977
Discontinued: 1983
Units Sold: 3 Million
Second Generation
Name: Fairchild Channel F
Manufacturer: Fairchild Camera and Instrument
Released: November 1976
Discontinued: 1983
Units Sold: 350,000
Name: Atari 2600
Manufacturer: Atari Inc
Released: 11 September 1977
Discontinued: January 1 1992
Units Sold: 30 Million
Name: Bally Astrocade
Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing
Released: April 1978
Discontinued: 1983
Units Sold: 3 Million
Name: Magnavox Odyssey 2
Manufacturer: Mahnavox/Philips
Released: December 1978
Discontinued: 1984
Units Sold: 2 MIllion
Name: Intellivision
Manufacturer: Bandai
Released: 1979
Discontinued: 1990
Units Sold: > 3 Million
Name: Emerson Radio Corp
Manufacturer: Emerson Radio
Released: May 1982
Discontinued: 1984
Units Sold: 500,000
Name: ColecoVision
Manufacturer: Coleco
Released: August 1982
Discontinued: 1985
Units Sold: > 2 Million
Third Generation
Name: SG-1000
Manufacturer: Sega
Released: July 1983
Discontinued: July 1985
Units Sold: 160,000
Name: NES
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Released: 15 July 1983
Discontinued: 1995
Units Sold: 61.1 Million
Name: SEGA mk III / Master System
Manufacturer: Sega
Released: 20 October 1985
Discontinued: 1996
Units Sold: 13 Million
Name: Atari 7800
Manufacturer: Atari
Released: May 1986
Discontinued: 1 January 1992
Units Sold: 3.77 Million
4th Generation
Name: PC Engine
Manufacturer: NEC Corp
Released: 30 October 1987
Discontinued: 1993
Units Sold: 5.8 Million
Name: TurboGrafx-16
Manufacturer: NEC Corp
Released: 1997
Discontinued: May 1993
Units Sold: 5.8 Million
Name: MegaDrive
Manufacturer: Sega
Released: 29 October 1988
Discontinued: 1997
Units Sold: 30.75 Million
Name: Super-Famicom
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Released: 21 November 1990
Discontinued: 25 September 2003
Units Sold: 49.1 Million
Name: Neo Geo
Manufacturer: SNK Corporation
Released: 26 April 1990
Discontinued: December 1997
Units Sold: 1 Million
5th Generation
Name: 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
Manufacturer: Panasonic, Sanyo and GoldStar
Released: 4 October 1993
Discontinued: 1996
Units Sold: 2 Million
Name: Atari Jaguar
Manufacturer: IMB
Released: 1993
Discontinued: 1996
Units Sold: < 250,000
Name: Sega Saturn
Manufacturer: Sega
Released: 22 November 1994
Discontinued: 2000
Units Sold: 9.26 Million
Name: PlayStation 1
Manufacturer: Sony Electronics
Released: 3 December 1994
Discontinued: 23 March 2006
Units Sold: 102.49 Million
Name: Nintendo 64
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Released: 23 June 1996
Discontinued: 2002
Units Sold: 32.93 Million
6th Generation
Name: DreamCast
Manufacturer: Sega
Released: 27 November 1998
Discontinued: 2001
Units Sold: 9.13 Million
Name: PlayStation 2
Manufacturer: Sony Electronic
Released: 4 March 2000
Discontinued: 2013
Units Sold: 155 Million
Name: GameCube
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Released: 14 September 2001
Discontinued: 2007
Units Sold: 21.75 Million
Name: Xbox
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Released: 15 November 2001
Discontinued: 11 March 2009
Units Sold: 24 Million
7th Generation
Name: Xbox 360
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Released: 22 November 2005
Discontinued: 2016
Units Sold: 84 Million
Name: PlayStation 3
Manufacturer: Sony Electronics
Released: 11 November 2007
Discontinued: 2017
Units Sold: 87.4 Million
Name: Wii
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Released: 19 November 2006
Discontinued: 2013
Units Sold: 101.63
8th Generation
Name: Wii U
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Released: 18 November 2012
Discontinued: 2017
Units Sold: 13.56 Million
Name: PlayStation 4
Manufacturer: Sony Electronics
Released: 15 November 2013
Discontinued: Present
Units Sold: 115.9 Million as of 2021
Name: Xbox One
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Released: 22 November 2013
Discontinued: 2016
Units Sold: 19 Million
Name: Nintendo Switch
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Released: 3 March 2017
Discontinued: Present
Units Sold: 84.59 Million
9th Generation
Name: Xbox Series X
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Released: 10 November 2020
Discontinued: present
Units Sold: 5.8 Million at time of 2020
Name: PlayStation 5
Manufacturer: Sony
Released: 12 November 2020
Discontinued: present
Units Sold: 7.8 Million at time of 2020
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