By defenition it's a lie since consoles usually release around the same time. Switch and the Xbox obviously being the exception. Would be weird if a 5 year old console wouldn't usually win. Now this year will be more of a challenge for PS4 to outsell the Switch and win the most shipped console for 6 times in a row. Which is pretty in most gens too the PS2 did it.

Do we even have concrete numbers on how many got sold?

Anyway, the reason is probably because the games are not exchangeable, meaning for another game you'd need to buy another G&W.

And if one really would want to be stingy like this, where are the Color TV Game 7 and 15?

43 million.

And i agree, its not the same because Game & Watch were multiple devices that only played a single game each so it belongs in a different category.

Even with your arbitrary starting point, 12-7 isn't a tie.  Not even "pretty much".

This is a near monopoly?

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  Not to mention the fact that:

Here is a list of sales figures compiled so far, including sources:

• Genesis (North America) - 20 million
• Mega Drive (Japan) - 4.3 million
• Mega Drive (Europe) - 6.9 million
  
• Mega Drive (Brazil) - 2 million+
• Genesis 3 (North America) - 2 million
• Nomad (North America) - 1 million
• Mega Drive (Other Regions) - 3.5 million
  

This brings the total sold worldwide to around 39.7 million. The most widely-quoted figure of 29 million total units sold must therefore be inaccurate

http://segatastic.blogspot.com/2009/12/mega-drive-sales-figures-update.html

Whoa, such a snarky and childish post.  You must have been quite triggered.  That, or you're actually 12, in which case I apologize and you may continue as you are.  And what's "Racist" got to do with anything?  That's just silly, there are a million images you could have used instead.  

Regardless, I see you posted the SNES totals but you forgot to post the NES totals.  That's an odd omission.  Why would you neglect that?

And why are you adding up different generations?  That makes no sense.  

The racist comment is quite weird.

But hes not adding up different generations, they are all different variants of the same hardware.

As for NES, its estimated that it had ~80% marketshare which is similar to the ~75% PS/PS2 had.

Oops, you're right, I was thinking Master System instead of Mega Drive.  Damn Sega for being confusing.

80% market share is enough for me to think of something as a near monopoly, especially with it being even higher in North America.  Still, I don't really care that much--if he wants to get offended over "near monopoly" then I can change it to "near near monopoly" or even "near near near monopoly."  It's a ridiculous thing to get bent out of shape over.

The point is, it's an interesting subject that would make a good documentary.

Yeah, Sega's naming strategy was way more complicated than it needed to be lol.

Wii U really hurt Nintendo.