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Console Timeline

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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