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Table 8.1
Major Hardware Systems in the History of Video Game Consoles
Worldwide
accumulative
sales (million
units) as of Dec
31, 2010
Console
Platform
generation
Year fi rst
introduced
at a region
Game software
storage capacity
(Mb)
Initial launch
price in Japan
(US dollar/Yen)
Console
platform
Processor clock
speed (Mhz)
2
Atari VCS/2600
1977.10.14 (NA)
1.19
30 (est.
)*
3
Nintendo Entertainment
System/Famicom
1983.7.15 (JP)
1.79
4
61.91
$190/¥14.800
3
Sega Master System
1985.10.20 (JP)
3.58
4
$192/¥15.000
4
Sega Mega Drive (Genesis)
1988.10.29 (JP)
7.67
5
30.75
$269/¥21.000
4
Nintendo Super
Entertainment System/
Super Famicom
1990.11.21 (JP)
3.58
4
49.10
$320/¥25.000
5
Sega Saturn
1994.11.22 (JP)
2 x 28.63
6
9.26
$574/¥44.800
5
Sony PlayStation
1994.12.3 (JP)
33.9
660
100
$510/¥39.800
5
Nintendo 64
1996.6.23 (JP)
93.75
64
32.93
$320/¥25.000
6
Sega Dreamcast
1998.11.27 (JP)
200
1229
9.13
$383/¥29.900
6
Sony PlayStation 2
2000.3.4 (JP)
295
4813
149.80
$510/¥39.800
6
Nintendo Gamecube
2001.9.14 (JP)
485
1536
21.74
$320/¥25.000
6
Microsoft Xbox
2001.11.15 (NA)
733
4813
$446/¥34.800
7
Microsoft Xbox 360
2005.11.22 (NA)
3 x 3200
7168
50
$510/¥39.795
$2.6 mil./¥198.7 mil.
7
Sony PlayStation 3
2006.11.11 (NA)
7 x 3200
51200
47.80
$640/¥49980
(20 Gb model)
$4mil./ ¥310.6 mil.
7
Nintendo Wii
2006.11.19 (NA)
729
8745
84.64
$320/¥25000
$1.6 mil./ ¥122.4 mil.
Sources: . O'Donnell (2008), Forster (2005), Schilling (2003), CESA (1998-2011), company press releases.
*E
stimation for Atari VCS/2600 sales from Forster (2005, 24), all others from CESA white paper.
**A
verage development cost of game software in Japan, calculated for the period 2006-2010. Only including full-priced titles. Based on data from the
annual survey to Japanese game companies by CESA (1998-2011). Number of games in the sample: Wii (N = 136), PlayStation 3 (N = 55), Xbox 360 (N
= 79).
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