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An ill-fated handheld console

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This console sold only 25k before being discontinued in 2006. Yep, I'm talking about Tiger Telematics' Gizmondo.

Best-selling video game consoles by company

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The companies being Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Sega and Atari. Sony PlayStation 2 (2000) - 160 million PlayStation 4 (2013) - 117.2 million PlayStation (1994) - 102.49 million PlayStation 5 (2020) - 92.2 million PlayStation 3 (2006) - 87.4 million Nintendo Nintendo Switch (2017) - 155.37 million Nintendo DS (2004) - 154.02 million Game Boy (1989) and Game Boy Color (1998) - 118.69 million Wii (2006) - 101.63 million Game Boy Advance (2001) - 81.51 million Microsoft Xbox 360 (2005) - 84 million Xbox One (2013) - 58 million Xbox Series X/S (2020) - 28.3 million Xbox (2001) - 24 million ROG Xbox Ally (2025) - 4 million Sega Sega Genesis (1988) - 30.75 million Game Gear (1990) - 10.62 million Sega Master System (1985) - 10 million Sega Saturn (1994) - 9.26 million Dreamcast (1998) - 9.14 million Atari Atari 2600 (1977) - 30 million Atari 7800 (1986) - 3.77 million Atari Lynx (1989) - 2 million Atari 5200 (1982) - 1 million Atari Jaguar (1993) - 150,000

Almanac for the best-selling video console by generation

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Combined between handhelds and home. First generation - Color TV-Game (Nintendo, 3 million units sold) Second generation - Atari 2600 (Atari, 30 million units sold); increased by 27 million Third generation - Nintendo Entertainment System (Nintendo, 61.91 million units sold); increased by 31.91 million Fourth generation - Game Boy (Nintendo, 118.69 million units sold); increased by 56.78 million Fifth generation - PlayStation (Sony, 102.49 million units sold); decreased by 16.2 million Sixth generation - PlayStation 2 (Sony, 160 million units sold); increased by 57.51 million Seventh generation - Nintendo DS (Nintendo, 154.02 million units sold); decreased by 5.98 million Eighth generation - Nintendo Switch (Nintendo, 141.32 million units sold); decreased by 12.7 million Ninth generation - PlayStation 5 (Sony, 65.5 million units sold); decreased by 75.82 million Tenth generation - Nintendo Switch 2 (Nintendo, 5.82 million units sold); decreased by 59.68 million

Video game console by generation

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Starting with the first generation from the 1970s and this focuses on major consoles in question. First (began with Magnavox Odyssey on September 1972) Magnavox Odyssey (September 1972-1975) Odyssey series (Magnavox; 1975-1977) TV Tennis Electrotennis (Epoch; September 12, 1975-1976) Home Pong (Atari; late 1975-1977) Coleco Telstar (1976-1978) Mattel Auto Race (1976-1980) Color TV-Game series (Nintendo; June 1, 1977-1983) Electronic Quarterback (Coleco; 1978-1979) Second (began with Fairchild Channel F on November 1976) Fairchild Channel F (November 1976-1983) Atari 2600 (September 1977-1992) Bally Astrocade (1978-1983) Magnavox Odyssey² (September 1978-1984) Intellivision (Mattel; 1979-1990) Microvision (Milton Bradley; November 1979-1981) Game & Watch (Nintendo; April 28, 1980-1991) Entex Select-A-Game (1981-1982) Arcadia 2001 (Emerson; 1982-1984) ColecoVision (Coleco; August 1982-1985) Entex Adventure Vision (August or October 1982-1983) Atari 5200 (November 1982-May 21, 1984) V...

Entertainment superlatives

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Any form of released entertainment, of course Highest-grossing film by major film studio (past and present) from the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films#Highest-grossing films 20th Century Studios: James Cameron's Avatar  (2009) - $2.923 billion Walt Disney Studios (represented by Marvel Studios): Avengers: Endgame  (2019) - $2.797 billion Paramount Pictures: Titanic  (1997) - $2.257 billion Columbia Pictures (Sony): Spider-Man: No Way Home  (2021) - $1.921 billion Universal Pictures (Comcast NBC Universal): Jurassic World  (2015) - $1.671 billion Warner Bros. Pictures (Warner Bros. Discovery): Barbie  (2023) - $1.445 billion Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Amazon MGM): Skyfall  (2012) - $1.108 billion Highest-grossing film adjusted for inflation by major film studio (past and present) from the Wikipedia page:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films#Highest-grossing_films_adjusted_for_inflation M...