Bestselling Console In The United States By Year Since 1986

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Wman1996 said:

I'm surprised 3DS ever went at the top. But if any time makes sense, around 2013 adds up.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf, A Link Between Worlds and Pokemon Gen X/Y were released that year. Also, you had a build-up of titles already like Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7.
The Game Boy was lumping the GB and GBC together (as Nintendo does). Individually, neither would probably be the best-selling in 1999 or 2000.
The Xbox 360 was clearly relying on Kinect and different price options. The Wii was declining sharply by then and PS3 wasn't ever as popular in the US.
NES, PS4, and Switch have the longest streaks. 5 years for each of those Nintendo platforms and 4 (ha) for the PS4. DS and Wii were close in 2008, so the DS narrowly missed a 5-year streak.

3DS managed to become the best selling in 2013 cause of good timing. 3DS was just hitting its prime when the other consoles sales were at its slowest point in years. The DS,Wii,Xbox 360,PS3 were all on a big decline by that point and PS4 & Xbox One came out too late in the year to catch up the 3DS sales. Wii U & PS Vita sales were floundering as well. Had it been any other year it would've been very difficult for the 3DS to become the bestselling console in any year but managed to make it cause of good timing. I'm happy to at least see it make it their once though