The Best-Selling Game Console of All Time (1972–2026)

The best-selling game console of all time has held the record for twenty years — and the Switch is about to take it. This bar chart race ranks the best-selling game consoles of all time by lifetime units sold, 1985–2026. PlayStation 2 finishes on top with 160M. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 1985 — Atari 2600 leads 0:43 1989 — Nintendo Entertainment System takes the lead 2:27 1998 — Game Boy / Color takes the lead 4:10 2007 — PlayStation 2 takes the lead 🏁 Final top 5 — PlayStation 2 160M · Nintendo Switch 156M · Nintendo DS 154M · Game Boy / Color 119M · PlayStation 4 117M 📊 Cumulative lifetime units sold · millions 🔔 New rankings every week →    / @geo_graphs_official   #gaming #playstation #nintendo #videogames #gamer #gamingnews #tech #technology #innovation #gadgets #barchartrace #datavisualization #dataviz #ranking #top10