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SWORDF1SH on 15 January 2016

Believe it or not, the Sega Master System is still going strong in Brazil, because of this it has racked up 30 years. Just below we have the NES with 20 years and Atari 2600 with 15 year. Topping off the 10+ list is another Nintendo, 2 PlayStations, another 2 Segas and a Xbox.

Console Released Discontinued Years on Market
       
Sega Master System 1985 current 30
Nintendo Entertainment System 1983 2003 20
Atari 2600 1977 1992 15
Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1990 2003 13
PlayStation 2 2000 2013 13
Sega Pico 1993 2005 12
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 1988 1999 11
PlayStation 1994 2004 10
Xbox 360 2005 current 10
PlayStation 3 2006 current 9
Wii 2006 current 9
Bally Astrocade 1977 1985 8
TurboGrafX-16 1987 1995 8
Neo Geo 1990 1997 7
Philips CD-I 1991 1998 7
Nintendo 64 1996 2003 7
Magnavox Odyssey 2 1978 1984 6
Atari 7800 1986 1992 6
GameCube 2001 2007 6
Intellivision 1979 1984 5
Sega Saturn 1994 1998 4
PC-FX 1994 1998 4
Xbox 2001 2005 4
Magnavox Odyssey 1972 1975 3
Channel F System II 1981 1984 3
3DO 1993 1996 3
Atari Jaguar 1993 1996 3
Neo Geo CD 1994 1997 3
Sega Dreamcast 1998 2001 3
Wii U 2012 current 3
RCA Studio II 1977 1979 2
Atari 5200 1982 1984 2
Coleco Vision 1982 1984 2
Vectrex 1982 1984 2
Apple Bandai Pippin 1995 1997 2
Zeebo 2009 2011 2
Ouya 2013 2015 2
PlayStation 4 2013 current 2
Xbox One 2013 current 2
Channel F 1976 1977 1
Pioneer LaserActive 1993 1994 1
Amiga CD32 1993 1994 1
Virtual Boy 1995 1996 1
HyperScan 2006 2007 1
Epoch Cassette Vision 1981   0
Arcadia 2001 1982   0
Casio PV-1000 1983   0
Sega SG-1000 1983   0
Super Cassette Vision 1984   0
RDI Halcyon 1984   0
Action Max 1987   0
SuperGrafX 1989   0
Bandai Playdia 1994   0
Casio Loopy 1995   0
Funtech Super A'can 1995   0
Game Wave 2005   0


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Darwinianevolution on 15 January 2016

The Sega Pico is the Sega system with the longest lifespam? Really?

Also, will you do handhelds too?



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Bofferbrauer on 15 January 2016

Debatable in the cases of Sega Master System and Megadrive due to Brasil, where they got supported well into the last decade, complete with new hardware revisions.

Edit: apparently, the Master System is still selling around 150k a year in Brasil: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/brazil-is-a-video-game-alternate-universe-where-sega-beat-nintendo



SWORDF1SH on 15 January 2016
Darwinianevolution said:
The Sega Pico is the Sega system with the longest lifespam? Really?

Also, will you do handhelds too?

It's basically a Sega Genesis reskinned that runs different software. It was designed to be a educational video game console and sold the majority of units in Japan. During it's 12 years on the market is only sold about 4M units.





shenlong213 on 15 January 2016

NES, SNes and PS2 had my attention



 

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SWORDF1SH on 15 January 2016
Bofferbrauer said:

Debatable in the cases of Sega Master System and Megadrive due to Brasil, where they got supported well into the last decade, complete with new hardware revisions.

Edit: apparently, the Master System is still selling around 150k a year in Brasil: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/brazil-is-a-video-game-alternate-universe-where-sega-beat-nintendo

These are numbers for official consoles. Replicated and third party copies aren't included because it gets messy. You can buy replicated version of most old consoles.

Take a look at this you can buy on eBay UK

RETRON 5 9 IN 1 CONSOLE

  1. Nintendo NES
  2. SNES (Super Nintendo)
  3. GameBoy Advance (GBA)
  4. SEGA Genesis 
  5. SEGA Mega Drive
  6. Nintendo Famicom
  7. Super Famicom
  8. Gameboy Colour
  9. Game Boy

 





Cloudman on 15 January 2016

Right, I forgot how long the Famicom was on the market. It went on good long while. I heard they eventually ceased production and stopped doing repairs due to parts being hard to find. I'm surprised a few more Ninten as well as a few other consoles are high on the list. I am so used to them being around for only about 5-7 years. Also, there are a lot more consoles than I thought...



 

              

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d21lewis on 15 January 2016

No mention of the V Tech V-Smile? The can't take this list seriously.



Bofferbrauer on 15 January 2016
SWORDF1SH said:
Bofferbrauer said:

Debatable in the cases of Sega Master System and Megadrive due to Brasil, where they got supported well into the last decade, complete with new hardware revisions.

Edit: apparently, the Master System is still selling around 150k a year in Brasil: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/brazil-is-a-video-game-alternate-universe-where-sega-beat-nintendo

These are numbers for official consoles. Replicated and third party copies aren't included because it gets messy. You can buy replicated version of most old consoles.

Take a look at this you can buy on eBay UK

RETRON 5 9 IN 1 CONSOLE

  1. Nintendo NES
  2. SNES (Super Nintendo)
  3. GameBoy Advance (GBA)
  4. SEGA Genesis 
  5. SEGA Mega Drive
  6. Nintendo Famicom
  7. Super Famicom
  8. Gameboy Colour
  9. Game Boy

 

True, such retro consoles exist, but neither do they have an official licensing deal nor the original hardware, which those in brasil do (or did, not sure about the later editions still having the original hardware, especially the mobile versions)

While we're at it, should the RetroN 5 also chart? Could be considered a console after all.





aLkaLiNE on 15 January 2016

I'd be surprised if any of the current gen consoles make it ten years.