Sixth generation of video games
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The sixth-generation era includes Sega Dreamcast, Playstation 2, Xbox, and Nintendo GameCube. Game Boy Advance was the lone successful handheld. This era began on November 27, 1998 and ended in November 2006 as the next-generation of consoles launched.
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[edit] Sixth generation hardware sales
The sixth generation of video games sold a record-breaking 180+ million consoles[2] and 85 million handheld systems.
| System | Worldwide (units shipped) | United States | Japan | Europe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Console | |||||
| PlayStation 2 | 127 million (as of December 31 2007)[1] | 43 million (as of November 2008)[2] | 21,418,700 (as of January 2009)[3] | 48 million (as of May 2008)[4] | |
| Xbox | 24.0 million (as of May 10 2006)[5] | ~14.5 million (16 million in North America)[6] | 472,552 (total)[7] | 6 million shipped [6] | |
| GameCube | 21.74 million (as of March 31 2008 )[8] | 12.94 million shipped (Americas) (as of March 2008)[8] | 4.04 million shipped (as of March 2008)[8] | 4.77 million shipped (Others) (March 2008)[8] | |
| Dreamcast | 10.6 million (as of September 6 2005)[9][10] | 4.28 million (NA) (end of 2004)[11] | 2.32 million (end of 2004)[11] | 1.97 million [11] | |
| Handheld | |||||
| Game Boy Advance | 81.06 million (including 43M for SP and 2M for Micro version) | 41.64 million shipped (Americas) [8] | 16.88 million shipped [8] | 22.53 million shipped (Others) [8] | |
| N-Gage | 3 million | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] Charts
 6th generation NPD first 5 months [1] |
 Sixth generation NPD yearly sales |
 Japan console sales Famicom and above |
 Economist graph from 2002. (post 2002 are forecasts) |
[edit] References
- ↑ http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/hirai-targets-150-million-ps3-sales
- ↑ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28642933/
- ↑ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=348979
- ↑ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ps3-has-outsold-xbox-360-in-europe
- ↑ Xbox.com | News - 20060510
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=14535
- ↑ http://garaph.info/linecompare.php?weeks=230&sum=1&width=&height=&title=&ymin=&ymax=&html=1&sys[0]=Xbox&date[0]=2001-12-31&sfd[0]=&std[0]=2006-01-02&gr[0]=&tra[0]=fam&sys[1]=&date[1]=&sfd[1]=&std[1]=&gr[1]=&tra[1]=&sys[2]=&date[2]=&sfd[2]=&std[2]=&gr[2]=&tra[2]=&sys[3]=&date[3]=&sfd[3]=&std[3]=&gr[3]=&tra[3]=&sys[4]=&date[4]=&sfd[4]=&std[4]=&gr[4]=&tra[4]=&sys[5]=&date[5]=&sfd[5]=&std[5]=&gr[5]=&tra[5]= Original Xbox total Japan hardware sales Garaph]
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Consolidated Financial Statements (PDF) 22. Nintendo (2008-04-24). Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ↑ Russell Carroll (September 6 2005). Good Enough: Why graphics aren't number one. Game Tunnel. Retrieved on 2006-08-07.
- ↑ Blake Snow (2007-05-04). The 10 Worst-Selling Consoles of All Time. GamePro.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-22.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=18610
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