*Estimates, CESA white paper will give us the exact NPD/Circana numbers for 2023 later this year
Top Three Selling Platforms in the U.S per Calendar Year (millions of units)
Note: 1987 - 1993 is data found on Video Game Sales Wiki and may not be completely accurate, 1994 onwards is from NPD
1987
NES - 3.00
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1988
NES - 5.00
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1989
NES - 9.00
GB - 1.50
GEN - 0.50
1990
NES - 7.20
GB - 3.90
GEN - 1.00
1991
NES - 4.40
GB - 2.10
SNES - 2.00
1992
SNES - 4.90
GEN - 4.50
GB - 3.20
1993
GEN - 5.50
SNES - 4.40
GB - 3.60
1994
GEN - 3.27
SNES - 2.82
GB - 2.22
1995
SNES - 2.32
GB - 1.93
GEN - 1.89
1996
PS1 - 1.99
N64 - 1.97
GB - 1.68
1997
PS1 - 5.05
N64 - 4.49
GB - 2.10
1998
PS1 - 7.11
N64 - 4.14
GB - 1.92
1999
GBC - 6.45
PS1 - 5.84
N64 - 3.54
2000
GBC - 6.82
PS1 - 3.25
N64 - 2.53
2001
PS2 - 6.18
GBA - 4.75
GBC - 2.95
2002
PS2 - 8.39
GBA - 6.94
XB - 3.17
2003
GBA - 7.78
PS2 - 6.31
GCN - 3.27
2004
GBA - 7.08
PS2 - 4.68
XB - 4.01
2005
PS2 - 5.51
GBA - 4.37
PSP - 3.63
2006
NDS - 5.32
PS2 - 4.84
X360 - 3.90
2007
NDS - 8.43
Wii - 6.29
X360 - 4.62
2008
Wii - 10.17
NDS - 9.95
X360 - 4.74
2009
NDS - 11.19
Wii - 9.59
X360 - 4.77
2010
NDS - 8.58
Wii - 7.07
X360 - 6.76
2011
X360 - 7.28
Wii - 4.53
PS3 - 4.52
2012
X360 - 5.30
3DS - 3.63
PS3 - 3.41
2013
3DS - 3.81
X360 - 3.07
PS3 - 2.18
2014
PS4 - 4.68
XBO - 4.37
3DS - 2.57
2015
PS4 - 5.72
XBO - 4.93
3DS - 2.40
2016
PS4 - 5.10
XBO - 4.73
3DS - 2.49
2017
PS4 - 5.42
NSW - 4.87
XBO - 4.28
2018
NSW - 5.64
PS4 - 5.29
XBO - 4.36
2019
NSW - 6.48
PS4 - 3.83
XBO - 3.04
2020
NSW - 8.98
PS4 - 2.07
PS5 - 1.96
2021
NSW - 7.61
PS5 - 4.28
XBS - 3.73
2022
NSW - 5.83
PS5 - 5.66
XBS - 4.48
2023
PS5 - 6.83*
NSW - 4.80*
XBS - 3.88*