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Magnavox Odyssey
Released by Magnavox in 1972, it was sold for about $100 and sold 330,000 units. -
Home Pong
Pong was manufactured by Atari and was one of the first arcade games. Home Pong was released as a way for people to play Pong without going to the arcade. Over 35,000 were sold over the years at $99 a piece. -
Fairchild VES
This was the world's first CPU-based game console and introduced the cartridge into consoles. This sold for $169.95 in 1976 and '77. -
Atari 2600
Widely known, this is the most popular of the early game consoles. It popularized the microprocessor and ROMs, selling 30 million units as of 2004. -
SG-1000
The SG-1000 was SEGA's first home video game system. It was released in Japan and Australia. Since it was released at the same time as the NES it wasn't very successful. -
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
The NES was an 8-bit console designed by Nintendo. This is the most well known of 3rd Gen and even of all time. IGN rated the NES as the best console in history. -
Sega Genesis
The Genesis was a 16-bit system developed by SEGA. This, as well as the Super System, pushed SEGA into the top 5 arcade manufacturers. -
Super NES
Following the NES, this was the most popular console of the 4th Gen. It sold out within hours, and sold over 49 million units to date. This remained popular even into the 32-bit consoles. -
Atari Jaguar
The Atari Jaguar was a mostly unsuccessful console that contributed to the end of Atari's fame. -
PlayStation 1
The PlayStation was Sony's first successful home game console, selling over 100 million units to date. This remains in the top 2 of consoles sold ever, only second to the PS2. -
Nintendo 64
The N64 followed the success of the SNES, selling 32.9 million units before being discontinued in 2003. -
PlayStation 2
The PS2 was Sony's second video game console and remains the most successful console to date, selling over 150 million units. It sold for $299 at launch. -
Nintendo Gamecube
The GameCube was the successor to the N64 and was part of the 6th Generation. It wasn't nearly as successful as the previous consoles released by Nintendo. -
Microsoft's Xbox
This was the first of the consoles released in the Xbox series. It competed against the PS2 and Gamecube, selling significantly less than both at 24 million units. -
PSP
The PsP was PlayStation's rival to Nintendo's DS and was the first handheld console they made. -
Xbox 360
This was the successor of the original Xbox and was way more successful as well. It sold out at release and has sold 84 million units to date. -
PlayStation 3
The PS3 succeeded the PS2 and continued Sony's console success. It was the first console to use Blu-Ray and sold the least of the 3 Gen-7 consoles at 83.8 million. -
Nintendo Wii
The Wii was the first console to use motion sensors with their games and was marketed for a wider demographic than just gamers. It was also the most successful of the Gen-7 consoles. -
Nintendo Wii U
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PlayStation 4
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Xbox One
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Nintendo Switch
The NX is the 7th video game console produced by Nintendo. It sold over 3 million units in the first month and is a very revolutionary console due to how portable it is.
