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Sixth generation console sales

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 2013 as the Playstation 2 was discontinued

Sixth generation hardware sales[]

The sixth generation of video games sold a record-breaking 180+ million consoles[1] and 85 million handheld systems.

System Worldwide Americas Japan Elsewhere
Console
PlayStation 2 127 million (as of December 31, 2007)[2] North America: 50 million (as of November 2008)[3] 21,418,700 (as of January 2009)[4] Europe: 48 million (as of May 2008)[5]
Xbox 24 million (as of May 10, 2006)[6] North America: 14.6 million [7] 472,552 (as of 2006)[8] Europe: 5.5 million [7]
GameCube 21.74 million (as of March 31, 2008 )[9] 12.94 million (as of March 2008)[9] 4.04 million (as of March 2008)[9] 4.77 million (March 2008)[9]
Dreamcast 9.13 million (as of March 2002)[10] US: 4.64 Million (as of March 2002) 2.526 million (as of March 2002)[11] Europe: 1.63 million (as of March 2001)[11]
Handheld
Game Boy Advance 81.06 million (43M for SP, 2M for Micro) 41.64 million [9] 16.88 million [9] 22.53 million [9]
N-Gage 3 million

North America[]

Year Sales
Dreamcast (US) PlayStation 2 [12] GameCube [13] Xbox [7]
1999 2,100,000 N/A N/A N/A
2000 4,280,000
(+1,780,000)
1,460,000 N/A N/A
2001 4,640,000
(+760,000)
9,870,000
(+8,410,000)
2,220,000 1,500,000
2002 4,640,000 21,200,000
(+11,330,000)
5,130,000
(+2,910,000)
5,400,000
(+3,900,000)
2003 N/A 29,090,000
(+7,890,000)
7,850,000
(+2,720,000)
8,600,000
(+3,200,000)
2004 N/A 32,860,000
(+3,770,000)
10,460,000
(+2,610,000)
13,200,000
(+4,600,000)
2005 N/A 40,990,000
(+8,130,000)
12,180,000
(+1,720,000)
14,600,000
(+1,400,000)
2006 N/A 46,530,000
(+5,540,000)
12,810,000
(+630,000)
N/A

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Charts[]

References[]

  1. http://www.dfcint.com/wp/?p=209
  2. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/hirai-targets-150-million-ps3-sales
  3. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28642933/
  4. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=348979
  5. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ps3-has-outsold-xbox-360-in-europe
  6. Xbox.com | News - 20060510
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 http://web.archive.org/web/20060516005813/forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=14535
  8. [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]
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Consolidated Financial Statements (PDF) 22. Nintendo (2008-04-24). Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
  10. https://www.neogaf.com/threads/retro-sales-age-thread.981407/
  11. 11.0 11.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20150725185700/www.toyo.ac.jp/uploaded/attachment/3049.pdf
  12. PlayStation2 Cumulative Production Shipments of Hardware | CORPORATE INFORMATION | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.. SCEI. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved on July 16, 2011.
  13. https://web.archive.org/web/20080910032515/www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/historical_data/pdf/consolidated_sales_e0806.pdf

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