Feature: The 10 Worst-Selling Consoles of All Time

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hunter_alien on 18 April 2008

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I own a Saturn, Dreamcast, Virtual Boy, 3DO, and Jaguar. No mention of 7800 huh? Nor the Neo Geo Pocket Color... two add-ons? This list screams of bias and bogus.

No Ngage? WTF?

look at the handheld list :) lol they left out so many systems :P

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GhaleonUnlimited on 18 April 2008

Yeah, they left out some big ones, but overall pretty fair. Too bad these "official" reports don't tell you how godlike and unique the top Saturn/Sega CD games were. People just act like they had shovelware so of course they didn't sell. Uh no.

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ckmlb on 18 April 2008

I remember last year people here were questioning if the PS3 would sell over 10 million thus making it on this list. That's back when Sony was supposed to withdraw from the console race this year.

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waron on 18 April 2008

10. Dreamcast

Released in the fall of 1998 in Japan and a year later in the US, the Dreamcast was Sega's fifth and final video game system. The much beloved console launched years ahead of the competition but ultimately struggled to shed the negative reputation it had gained during the Saturn, Sega 32X, and Sega CD days. As a result, casual gamers and jaded third-party developers doubted Sega's ability to deliver. Despite a much celebrated game library, the Dreamcast only sold 10.6 million units during its short, three-year lifespan.

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i've got a question. where the hell is shenmue series, sonic adventure series, jet set radio or even skies of arcadia did the pull those titles out of their *****?

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mike_intellivision on 18 April 2008

That's an old list -- though nothing current would really change things.

And there are a lot of systems from the classic age which would belong on there.

For example, the Intellivision which is thought to be somewhat successful sold only 6M units (3M original run and 3M post-crash run). (

The Colecovision is also thought to have sold 6M (according to Wikipedia), though the article claims only 1M plus sales pre-crash. (The CV was also sold as the Dina clone by Telegames for years).

I cannot find a quick information on the Atari 5200 or 7800.
Meanwhile, the Atari 2600 is thought to have sold 30M over its close to a decade-and-a-half lifespan.

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