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Forums - Sales Discussion - Total software sold for each console

As you know, the main thing people look at on this site is LTD hardware sales. But this industry is about software. Moreover, the consoles these days have more and more functionalities, which can help them sell more than the older "games only" systems. So it's interesting to take into account the amount of software sold.

Software Sold Worldwide (based on WW million sellers only) :

1) PS2 :  535.5M

2) PS : 352.2M

3) GB : 243.1M

4) NES : 219.6M 

5) SNES : 149.3M 

6) DS : 146.8M 

7) N64 : 144.6M 

8) GBA : 124.8M

9) GC : 78.6M

10) XBOX : 68.9M 

11) X360 : 61.8M 

12) WII : 55.2M 

13) GEN : 29.2M 

14) PSP : 25.7M 

15) PS3 : 10.1M 

16) DC : 8.8M

17) SAT : 4.2M

18) SCD : 1.5M 

 

Now here is the ranking for current-gen systems for each territory.

Japan (VGC totals) :

DS : 90.8M

Wii : 14.6M 

PSP : 14.5M

PS3 : 3.6M 

X360 : 2.3M 

 

America (VGC totals) :

DS : 77.1M

X360 : 76.0M 

PSP : 44.0M 

Wii : 43.9M 

PS3 : 17.5M

 

Europe (WW million sellers only) :

DS : 48.3M

X360 : 19.3M 

Wii : 18.9M 

PSP : 10.1M 

PS3 : 5.8M