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HigHurtenflurst on 04 February 2023
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Wman1996 said:

I think there might be some charts on the site that show the fastest-selling consoles, but you also have to compare that rate for different milestones. I'm pretty sure PS5 is one of the fastest to reach 30 million.
DS (a handheld console) already hit 100 million by March 2009, and Switch hit 100 million plus by March 2022. Wii hit 50 million by March 2009, which meant the sales were very front-loaded. After 2010, Wii sales were quite negligible compared to before.

By sales PS5 took the win for 10 million*. Then I think Wii is number 1 up to about 55 million then DS is the quickest for any milestone up to it's lifetime total (then PS2 for anything above DS total)

*at least for hardware from 2004 onwards, as GBA had an explosive start so may have reached 10 million faster, but we dont have sales and Nintendo only reported shipment figures every 6 months at the time.

For the 30 million milestone I haven't checked it to confirm for sure but believe it will be: Wii > GBA* > Switch > PS4 > DS > PS5 > 3DS > PS2* > PSP > PS3 > X360
(* GBA & PS2 are based on shipments)

Last edited by HigHurtenflurst - on 04 February 2023