Bestselling Console In The United States By Year Since 1986

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ShadowLink93 said:

Zippy6 said:

Edit: I see while I was making this table you also posted yearly rankings, oh well. lol

Thanks for posting this data. So if we convert this to calendar years and rank the consoles:

Year	1st	2nd	3rd
1996	PS1	N64	-
1997	PS1	N64	-
1998	PS1	N64	GBC
1999	GBC	PS1	N64
2000	GBC	PS1	N64
2001	PS2	GBA	GBC
2002	PS2	GBA	XB
2003	GBA	PS2	GCN
2004	GBA	PS2	XB
2005	PS2	GBA	PSP
2006	DS	PS2	X360
2007	DS	Wii	X360
2008	Wii	DS	X360
2009	DS	Wii	X360
2010	DS	Wii	X360
2011	X360	Wii	PS3
2012	X360	3DS	PS3
2013	3DS	X360	PS3
2014	PS4	XBO	3DS
2015	PS4	XBO	3DS
2016	PS4	XBO	3DS
2017	PS4	SW	XBO
2018	SW	XBO	PS4
2019	SW	XBO	PS4
2020	SW	PS5	XBS
2021	SW	PS5	XBS
2022	SW	PS5	XBS
2023	PS5	SW	XBS

2009 onwards is the same as the OP but before that many years actually have a different winner. The N64 winning more years than the PS1 and the PS2 only winning one year definitely had alarm bells ringing for me so I thought something was wrong.

Yeah there are a few mistakes in the OP. Also PS5 should win 2024 but that's where it's yearly wins will probably end.

With GTA VI and the right 1st party games it might get a 3rd year victory in 2025. Especially if Switch successor doesn't launch Q4 2024 or in Q1 2025. Also shortages might bottleneck Switch 2.