10 Most Successful Hardware Platforms (Pending Nintendo/Sony results through March 31 2009)
PS2 - 136.3m (unit sales to retail)
GB - 118.7m
PS1 - 102.5m (production shipments)
DS - 100m * (press release issued March 11, figures likely through ~9 weeks of the quarter)
GBA - 81.4m
NES - 61.9m
PSP - 50m * (per Sony press release issued in January - figures for unit sales to retail)
SNES - 49.1m
Wii - 45.0m
N64 - 32.9m
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Shipment Estimates through March 31, 2009:
PS2 - 137.4m
GB - 118.7m
PS1 - 102.5m
DS - 102.1m
GBA - 81.5m
NES - 61.9m
PSP - 52.0m
Wii - 51.0m
SNES - 49.1m
N64 - 32.9m
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A very rough estimate of the top ten for March 31, 2010:
PS2 - 142m
DS - 135m
GB - 118.7m
PS1 - 102.5m
GBA - 81.5m
Wii - 80m
PSP - 65m
NES - 61.9m
SNES - 49.1m
X360 - 40.0m
NES probably wont be pushed out of the top ten for another five years+ as its doubtful 360 and PS3 will top it, while Wii and PSP almost certaintly will.
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