The three primary players in the console gaming market are Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony, with a combined installed base of over 142 million gaming consoles in 2020. The global installed base of console gaming hardware for Sony is forecast to reach 59.3 million units by 2025.
Global console gaming hardware active installed base from 2012 to 2025, by brand (in million units)
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Sony PlayStation
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- Premium Statistic Sony PlayStation gaming hardware sales revenues worldwide 2012-2025
- Premium Statistic PlayStation gaming software sales revenues worldwide 2012-2025
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Microsoft Xbox
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- Basic Statistic Microsoft annual Xbox gaming revenue 2021, by segment
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Nintendo Switch
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- Premium Statistic Nintendo gaming hardware sales revenues worldwide 2012-2025
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Spotlight: best-selling console games
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- Premium Statistic All-time best selling console games worldwide 2023, based on unit sales
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DFC Intelligence. (August 9, 2021). Global console gaming hardware active installed base from 2012 to 2025, by brand (in million units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 24, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1260264/global-gaming-console-installed-base/
DFC Intelligence. "Global console gaming hardware active installed base from 2012 to 2025, by brand (in million units)." Chart. August 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed September 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1260264/global-gaming-console-installed-base/
DFC Intelligence. (2021). Global console gaming hardware active installed base from 2012 to 2025, by brand (in million units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1260264/global-gaming-console-installed-base/
DFC Intelligence. "Global Console Gaming Hardware Active Installed Base from 2012 to 2025, by Brand (in Million Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1260264/global-gaming-console-installed-base/
DFC Intelligence, Global console gaming hardware active installed base from 2012 to 2025, by brand (in million units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1260264/global-gaming-console-installed-base/ (last visited September 24, 2023)
Global console gaming hardware active installed base from 2012 to 2025, by brand (in million units) [Graph], DFC Intelligence, August 9, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1260264/global-gaming-console-installed-base/