Lifetime global unit sales of video game consoles as of September 2023

The total number of video game consoles sold worldwide across the products entire lifetime on the shelves are shown here as of September 2023. At this time the PlayStation 2 is the top games console having sold a total of around 158.7 million units worldwide.

Top game consoles

According to the graph above, amongst the most popular game consoles around the world are the PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS/3DS and the Game Boy. The PlayStation, designed by Japanese company Sony has a loyal following with many millions of registered accounts on their network worldwide. The number of registered PlayStation accounts has been increasing steadily over the past few years.

Gaming behavior

Around the world there are millions of gamers who play on a daily basis. Daily gaming is particularly prevalent in the Asia Pacific region and also across Europe. Thanks to modern advancements there are now a wider range of mediums available to the public to access gaming, for example: online gaming, social network gaming, mobile gaming, handheld consoles, more traditional home based gaming consoles and more. More recently the most popular online game on the social-networking site Facebook, was Candy Crush with almost 11 million daily active users. This game has in fact proven itself to be so addictive that there is even a rehab program available in the United States, specialized in treating addicts of the popular game.