Ryng on 12 August 2015
NOTE: Those numbers aren't 100% correct, and some are estimates. Also, there is a problem for the seventh generation since 2011.
After that, here the history of handhelds sales in the US since 2000.
6 GENERATION ( GBA era)
monthly sales
| 6*gen | GBA |
| 2001 | |
| June | 880.000 |
| July | 365.000 |
| August | 334.000 |
| September | 329.000 |
| October | 290.000 |
| November | 929.000 |
| December | 1.618.000 |
| 2002 | |
| January | 171.000 |
| February | 412.000 |
| March | 505.000 |
| April | 311.000 |
| May | 310.000 |
| June | 553.000 |
| July | 324.000 |
| August | 268.000 |
| September | 281.000 |
| October | 314.000 |
| November | 1.283.000 |
| December | 2.215.000 |
| 2003 | |
| January | 266.000 |
| February | 291.000 |
| March | 838.000 |
| April | 432.000 |
| May | 403.000 |
| June | 660.000 |
| July | 485.000 |
| August | 369.000 |
| September | 410.000 |
| October | 401.000 |
| November | 1.323.000 |
| December | 2.316.000 |
| 2004 | |
| January | 299.000 |
| February | 353.000 |
| March | 497.000 |
| April | 293.000 |
| May | 270.000 |
| June | 521.000 |
| July | 395.000 |
| August | 312.000 |
| September | 527.000 |
| October | 464.000 |
| November | 1.117.000 |
| December | 2.060.000 |
| 2005 | |
| January | 292.000 |
| February | 226.000 |
| March | 312.000 |
| April | 188.000 |
| May | 220.000 |
| June | 288.000 |
| July | 220.000 |
| August | 180.000 |
| September | 185.000 |
| October | 208.000 |
| November | 820.000 |
| December | 1.213.000 |
| 2006 | |
| January | 172.000 |
| February | 190.000 |
| March | 201.000 |
| April | 169.000 |
| May | 152.000 |
| June | |
| July | 163.000 |
| August | 139.000 |
| September | 177.000 |
| October | 169.000 |
| November | 641.000 |
| December | 851.000 |
Yearly sales
| 6*gen | GBA |
| 2001 | 4.745.000 |
| 2002 | 6.947.000 |
| 2003 | 8.194.000 |
| 2004 | 7.108.000 |
| 2005 | 4.352.000 |
| 2006 | >3.024.000 |
| 2007 | >606.000 |
7 GENERATION ( NDS, PSP era)
monthly sales
| 7*gen | DS | PSP |
| 2004 | ||
| November | 479.000 | |
| December | 746.000 | |
| 2005 | ||
| January | 152.000 | |
| February | 136.000 | |
| March | 137.000 | 620.000 |
| April | 62.000 | 351.000 |
| May | 59.000 | 273.000 |
| June | 112.000 | 294.000 |
| July | 67.000 | 202.000 |
| August | 100.000 | 167.000 |
| September | 164.000 | 146.000 |
| October | 136.000 | 122.000 |
| November | 369.000 | 356.000 |
| December | 1.070.000 | 1.120.000 |
| 2006 | ||
| January | 158.000 | 179.000 |
| February | 150.000 | 170.000 |
| March | 184.000 | 186.000 |
| April | 138.000 | 162.000 |
| May | 146.000 | 160.000 |
| June | 593.000 | 221.000 |
| July | 377.000 | 161.000 |
| August | 268.000 | 147.000 |
| September | 403.000 | 153.000 |
| October | 360.000 | 130.000 |
| November | 918.000 | 412.000 |
| December | 1.600.000 | 953.000 |
| 2007 | ||
| January | 239.000 | 211.000 |
| February | 485.000 | 176.000 |
| March | 509.000 | 180.000 |
| April | 471.000 | 183.000 |
| May | 423.000 | 221.000 |
| June | 561.000 | 230.000 |
| July | 405.000 | 214.000 |
| August | 383.000 | 151.000 |
| September | 496.000 | 284.000 |
| October | 458.000 | 286.000 |
| November | 1.530.000 | 567.000 |
| December | 2.470.000 | 1.060.000 |
| 2008 | ||
| January | 251.000 | 230.000 |
| February | 588.000 | 243.000 |
| March | 698.000 | 297.000 |
| April | 415.000 | 193.000 |
| May | 453.000 | 182.000 |
| June | 783.000 | 337.000 |
| July | 608.000 | 222.000 |
| August | 518.000 | 253.000 |
| September | 537.000 | 238.000 |
| October | 491.000 | 193.000 |
| November | 1.570.000 | 421.000 |
| December | 3.040.000 | 1.020.000 |
| 2009 | ||
| January | 511.000 | 173.000 |
| February | 588.000 | 199.000 |
| March | 563.000 | 168.000 |
| April | 1.040.000 | 116.000 |
| May | 633.000 | 100.000 |
| June | 766.000 | 163.000 |
| July | 539.000 | 129.000 |
| August | 553.000 | 140.000 |
| September | 524.000 | 190.000 |
| October | 458.000 | 175.000 |
| November | 1.700.000 | 294.000 |
| December | 3.310.000 | 655.000 |
| 2010 | ||
| January | 422.000 | 100.000 |
| February | 613.000 | 133.000 |
| March | 701.000 | 120.000 |
| April | 441.000 | 65.000 |
| May | 384.000 | 59.000 |
| June | 511.000 | 121.000 |
| July | 398.000 | 84.000 |
| August | 343.000 | 79.000 |
| September | 403.000 | 108.000 |
| October | 342.000 | 75.000 |
| November | 1.500.000 | 288.000 |
| December | 2.500.000 | 428.000 |
yearly sales
| 7*gen | DS | PSP |
| 2004 | 1.225.000 | |
| 2005 | 2.564.000 | 3.651.000 |
| 2006 | 5.295.000 | 3.034.000 |
| 2007 | 8.430.000 | 3.763.000 |
| 2008 | 9.951.000 | 3.829.000 |
| 2009 | 11.185.000 | 2.502.000 |
| 2010 | 8.558.000 | 1.660.000 |
| 2011 | 3.800.000 | >346.000 |
| 2012 | >1.440.000 | N/A |
| 2013 | >371.000 | N/A |
| 2014 | >2.000 (lol) | N/A |
8 GENERATION ( 3DS, PSV era )
monthly sales
| 8*gen | 3DS | PSV |
| 2011 | ||
| March | 398.000 | |
| April | 194.000 | |
| May | 97.000 | |
| June | 143.000 | |
| July | 77.000 | |
| August | 235.000 | |
| September | 260.000 | |
| October | 251.000 | |
| November | 795.000 | |
| December | 1.650.000 | |
| 2012 | ||
| January | 160.000 | |
| February | 262.000 | 225.000 |
| March | 225.000 | 201.000 |
| April | 125.000 | 75.000 |
| May | 113.000 | 56.000 |
| June | 155.000 | 75.000 |
| July | 131.000 | 48.000 |
| August | 178.000 | 75.000 |
| September | 240.000 | 55.000 |
| October | 245.000 | 35.000 |
| November | 540.000 | 217.000 |
| December | 1.250.000 | 218.000 |
| 2013 | ||
| January | 145.000 | 35.000 |
| February | 189.000 | 38.000 |
| March | 230.000 | 33.000 |
| April | 113.000 | 15.000 |
| May | 115.000 | 16.000 |
| June | 225.000 | 27.000 |
| July | 150.000 | 16.000 |
| August | 131.000 | 29.000 |
| September | 209.000 | 38.000 |
| October | 452.000 | 25.000 |
| November | 770.000 | 70.000 |
| December | 1.100.000 | 95.000 |
| 2014 | ||
| January | 97.000 | 19.000 |
| February | 155.000 | 21.000 |
| March | 159.000 | 10.000 |
| April | 106.000 | 3.000 |
| May | 97.000 | 59.000 |
| June | 152.000 | 15.000 |
| July | 108.000 | 17.000 |
| August | 91.000 | 6.000 |
| September | 140.000 | 20.000 |
| October | 148.000 | 24.000 |
| November | 515.000 | 32.000 |
| December | 810.000 | 150.000 |
| 2015 | ||
| January | 74.000 | 35.000 |
| February | 395.000 | 60.000 |
| March | 263.000 | |
| April | 116.000 | |
| May | 97.000 | |
| June | 125.000 |
yearly sales
| 8*gen | 3DS | PSV |
| 2011 | 4.100.000 | |
| 2012 | 3.624.000 | 1.280.000 |
| 2013 | 3.829.000 | 437.000 |
| 2014 | 2.578.000 | 376.000 |
| 2015 | 1.070.000 | >95.000 |
GBA VS NDS VS PSP VS 3DS VS PSV
And here, generation sales:
