Editing Fourth generation of video game hardware

The '''Fourth generation of video game hardware''' (1987-2003) expanded the home console market. The generation started in the late '80s with the release of [[NEC]]'s [[PC-Engine]]. The [[Mega Drive]] was released a year later to compete with the original [[NES]] as well as the [[PC-Engine]]. One year after that, both consoles came to North America as the [[TurboGrafx-16]] and [[Genesis]]. The [[Neo Geo AES]] was also brought into the market as a home version of [[SNK]]'s arcade machine, the [[Neo Geo MVS]]. One year after that, [[Nintendo]] released the [[Super Famicom]] in [[Japan]] and the [[Super Nintendo]] in [[North America]]. To compete with the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[SEGA]] released the [[SEGA CD]], as an add on to the [[Genesis]]. [[Nintendo]] tried to release a CD add on itself, but it was canceled, during this time [[Philips]] made its own console, the [[CD-i]], using the [[Nintendo]] license. The last console released in this time was the [[Jaguar]], which was a technology advance for the time, but failed to capture the market under [[Nintendo]]'s control in the market.

==Sales Comparison==

{{VG History}}
{{See also|List of best-selling game consoles}}

===Worldwide===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Console !! Units sold
|-
![[Mega Drive]]/[[Genesis]] || 46.671&ndash;51.485 million
|-
|[[Mega Drive]]/[[Genesis]] (1988) || 40&ndash;44.814 million <small>(2001)</small>{{#tag:ref|Mega Drive/Genesis:<br>'''Worldwide sales'''<br/>
1st party: over 38.314 million{{#tag:ref|SEGA has never released a total sales figure for the SEGA Genesis. However, there is a detailed history of SEGA's first party North American sales through 1998 totaling over 20.998 million, a number confirmed by the New York Times' statement "some 20 million 16-bit Genesis consoles in the United States alone" in 1998;<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/14/business/international-business-sega-enterprises-pulls-its-saturn-video-console-us-market.html?pagewanted=1 |title=SEGA Enterprises Pulls Its Saturn Video Console From the U.S. Market |accessdate=2010-01-02 |author=Stephanie Strom | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=1998-03-14}}</ref> total North American sales had reached over 22.144 million by 2001.
<p>'''North American sales history'''<br/>
1989-1990: 1.5 million<ref name="courier90">http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jU9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=miMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5346,882338</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n21_v30/ai_11513987/ |title=New technology fans video war - 16-bit video games |work=Discount Store News |accessdate=2011-01-17 |last=Hisey |first=Pete |date=1991-11-04}}</ref><br/>
1991: 1.6 million<ref name="gen91a">{{Cite magazine |title=Nintendo and SEGA face off on game market at WCES |work=[[Video Business]] |accessdate=2011-01-17 |last=Elrich |first=David |date=1992-01-24 |quote=SEGA's 1991 sales figure of 1.6 million}}</ref><ref name="gen91b">http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zEWLzTG8AaoC&pg=PA64</ref><br/>
1992: 4.5 million<ref name="buffalo92">{{Cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-22486332.html |title=SEGA Vows 1993 Will Be The Year It Overtakes Nintendo |work=Buffalo News |accessdate=2011-01-17 |last=Reuters |date=1993-01-10}}</ref><br/>
1993: 5.5 million<ref name="video93">{{Cite magazine |title=SEGA values 16-bit blitz at $500 million |work=[[Video Business]] |accessdate=2011-01-17 |last=Greenstein |first=Jane |date=1994-06-17 |quote=SEGA expects Genesis hardware sales in 1994 to be the same as last year, 5.5 million units.}}</ref><br/>
1994: over 4 million<ref name=sales94>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SEGA+threepeat+as+video+game+leader+for+Christmas+sales%3B+second...-a015997617 |title=SEGA threepeat as video game leader for Christmas sales; second annual victory; SEGA takes No. 1 position for entire digital interactive entertainment industry |work=[[Business Wire]] |accessdate=2011-01-17 |date=1995-01-06}}</ref><br/>
1995: 2.1 million<ref name=sales95>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/1996/01/14/game-system-sales.html |title=Game-System Sales |publisher=[[Newsweek]] |accessdate=2011-12-02 |date=1996-01-14 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513145332/www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/1996/01/14/game-system-sales.html |archivedate=2013-05-13}}</ref><br/>
1996: 1.32 million<ref name="npd_sales">{{Cite web |url=http://www.netinst.org/Clements_Ohashi.pdf |title=Indirect Network Effects and the Product Cycle: Video Games in the U.S., 1994-2002 |work=[http://www.netinst.org/ NET Institute] |accessdate=2011-09-21 |author=Matthew T. Clements & Hiroshi Ohashi |date=October 2004 |pages=12, 24}}</ref><br/>
1997: 477,920<ref name="npd_sales"/><br/>
1998: 658,971<ref name="npd_sales"/><br/>
1999: 431,013<ref name="npd_sales"/><br/>
2000: 54,337<ref name="npd_sales"/><br/>
2001: 1,316<ref name="npd_sales"/><br/>
Total: over 22.144 million</p>|group=sn|name=SalesNote2}}<br/>
3rd party: 3−4.5 million{{#tag:ref|[[Majesco]] sold between 1 and 2 million units of their North American only [[Variations of the SEGA Mega Drive#SEGA Mega Drive 3|SEGA Genesis 3]] by the end of 1998.<ref name=Beginning>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sega-16.com/feature_page.php?id=61&title=Genesis:%20A%20New%20Beginning |title=Genesis: A New Beginning|work=[http://www.sega-16.com/ SEGA-16] |accessdate=2008-03-06 |last=Pettus|first=Sam |date=2004-07-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516000757/www.sega-16.com/feature_page.php?id=61&title=Genesis:%20A%20New%20Beginning |archivedate=2008-05-16}}</ref> 2.5 million units were sold by the time of its discontinuation<ref name=AAA>{{Cite web |url=http://www.team-aaa.com/news-15016-0-1-flashback_la_megadrive.html |title=Flashback La MegaDrive |accessdate=2011-01-17 |author=G. Kandal |work=[http://www.team-aaa.com/ Team AAA] |date=2009-10-15}}</ref> in 1999.|group=sn|name=SalesNote3}}{{#tag:ref|[[wikipedia:Tectoy|Tec Toy]] has sold over 3 million units of their own Mega Drives in Brazil (as of July 30th, 2012).<ref name="MDB">{{Cite web | url=http://jogos.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/2012/07/30/vinte-anos-depois-master-system-e-mega-drive-vendem-150-mil-unidades-por-ano-no-brasil.htm | title=Vinte anos depois, Master System e Mega Drive vendem 150 mil unidades por ano no Brasil|language=Portuguese|accessdate=2012-10-18|publisher=[[Universo Online|UOL]]|author=Théo Azevedo |quote=Base instalada: 5 milhões de Master System; 3 milhões de Mega Drive |date=2012-07-30}}</ref> However, it is unknown if Tec Toy's pre 1995 sales are included in the initial 29 million or not. The Mega Drive is still produced and sold by Tec Toy to this day.|group=sn|name=SalesNote4}}<br/>
SEGA Nomad: 1 million<ref name="gamepro">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/125748/the-10-worst-selling-handhelds-of-all-time/ |title=The 10 Worst-Selling Handhelds of All Time |accessdate=2010-01-02 |author=Blake Snow |work=[[GamePro]] |date=2007-07-30|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/125748/the-10-worst-selling-handhelds-of-all-time/&date=2010-03-23+17:29:51|archivedate=2010-03-23}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100226114445/www.gamepro.com/article/features/125749/the-10-worst-selling-handhelds-of-all-time Archive])</ref>
<p>'''Regional sales'''<br/>
North America: over 24.144−25.644 million (over 22.144 million 1st party<ref group="sn" name="SalesNote2"/> + 1−2.5 million 3rd party<ref group="sn" name="SalesNote3"/> + 1 million SEGA Nomad<ref name="gamepro"/>)<br/>
Brazil: 3 million<ref group="sn" name="SalesNote4"/><br/>
Japan: 3.58 million<ref name="GameZine">{{Cite web | url=http://www.gamezine.co.uk/news-story/2009/4/1/japan-nintendo-wii-almost-at-8-million-sold | title=Nintendo Wii almost at 8 million sold|accessdate=2011-01-17|work=[http://www.gamezine.co.uk/ GameZine]|date=2009-04-01}}</ref><br/>
Western Europe: 9.17 million<ref>See [[#Western Europe|Western Europe]] below</ref><!-- <ref name=CVG>{{Cite news |url=http://www.retromags.com/forums/files/file/2166-computer-video-games-issue-180/ |title=Over 1 Million Saturns In Europe By March |work=[[Computer and Video Games|CVG]] |page=10 |quote=8 million potential Saturn upgraders! |accessdate=2010-010-06 |last=Lomas |first=Ed |date=November 1996}}</ref> --><br/>
Other: 3.42 million<ref name=Maniac>{{Cite news |title=Video game market share up to the end of fiscal year 1994 |work=Man!ac Magazine |date=May, 1995}}</ref> (left over from initial 29 million,<ref group="sn" name="SalesNote2"/> may or may not include overlap with Tec Toy's pre 1995 sales)</p>|group=s|name=SalesNote1}}
|-
| [[Mega CD]]/[[SEGA CD]] (1991) || 6&nbsp;million<ref name="gamepro1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/111822.shtml |title=The 10 Worst-Selling Consoles of All Time |author=Blake Snow |publisher=''[[GamePro]]'' |date=2007-07-30 |page=1 |accessdate=2008-10-25|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070508014611/www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/111822.shtml|archivedate=2007-05-08}}</ref> <small>(1996)</small>
|-
| [[32X]] (1994) || 665,000 <small>(1994)</small><ref name=Man!ac>{{Cite news |title=Videospiel-Algebra|journal=Man!ac Magazine|publisher=Cybermedia Verlagsgesellschaft mbH |date=May 1995|language=German|author=''Man!ac Magazine'' staff}}</ref>
|-
| [[Mega PC]] (1993) || 6,000 <small>(1994)</small><ref name="sales2"/>
|-
! [[Super Famicom]]/[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] || 49.1 million
|-
| [[Super Famicom]]/[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] (1990) || 49.1 million <small>(2003)</small><ref name="snes_sales">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nintendo.com/systemsclassic?type=snes |title=Super NES |accessdate=2007-12-04 |publisher=Nintendo |work=Classic Systems |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101045006/www.nintendo.com/systemsclassic?type=snes |archivedate=2007-01-01}}</ref>
|-
! [[PC-Engine]] / [[TurboGrafx-16]] || 14.92 million
|-
| [[PC-Engine]] / [[TurboGrafx-16]] (1987) || 10.5 million <small>(2003)</small><ref>8 million in [[#Japan|Japan]], 2.5 million in [[#North America|United States]]</ref>
|-
| [[PC-Engine Duo]] || 1.92&nbsp;million <small>(1996)</small><ref name="sales119"/>
|-
| [[PC-Engine CD-ROM²]]/[[TurboGrafx-CD]] (1988) || 1&nbsp;million <small>(1993)</small><ref name="sales2"/>
|-
| [[PC-Engine GT]]/[[TurboExpress]] (1990) ||  1.5&nbsp;million<ref name="handheldgamepro1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/125748.shtml|title=The 10 Worst-Selling Handhelds of All Time|accessdate=2008-07-05|first=Blake|last=Snow|publisher=[[GamePro]]|date=2007-07-30|pages=1|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071012194600/gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/125748.shtml|archivedate=2007-10-12}}</ref> <small>(1995)</small>
|-
! Others || 1.5958 million
|-
| [[SNK Neo Geo]] / [[Neo Geo AES]] (1990) || 1&nbsp;million <small>(1999)</small><ref name="sales2"/>
|-
| [[CD-i]] (1991) || 570,000 <small>(1998)</small><ref name="gamepro2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/111823.shtml |title=The 10 Worst-Selling Consoles of All Time |author=Blake Snow |publisher=''[[GamePro]]'' |date=2007-07-30 |page=2 |accessdate=2008-10-25|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070508035815/www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/111823.shtml|archivedate=2007-05-08}}</ref><ref>[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=156183178&postcount=161 350,000 units] as of June 1994</ref>
|-
| [[Amiga CDTV]] (1991) || 25,800 <small>(1993)</small><ref name="ng141">[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=155812426&postcount=141 Amiga sales for Germany (as of 31/12/1993), Marketing Division Commodore Frankfurt]</ref>
|}

===Asia===
In [[Singapore]], the Genesis captured 50% of the market share, which it held from 1989 to 1991. During 1992 to 1995, the SNES captured and held a majority of the market share.<ref>Benjamin Ng Wai-ming, "Japanese Video Games in Singapore: History, Culture and Industry", ''Asian Journal of Social Science'', Vol. 29, No. 1 (2001), pp. 139-162 [141], Brill Publishers</ref>

In [[South Korea]], the Mega Drive was officially released as the Samsung Super Gam*Boy/Aladdinboy. It sold 194,000 units as of 1993, beating the SNES (released as the Hyundai Super Comboy), which sold 80,000 units as of 1993.<ref>[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=149659421&postcount=34 Game World (South Korea)]</ref>

====Japan====
The cumulative (including annual) sales of fourth-generation consoles in [[Video gaming in Japan|Japan]]:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan=3 | Year
! colspan=8 | Sales
|-
! colspan=3 | [[PC-Engine]]
! colspan=2 | [[Mega Drive]]
! rowspan=2 | [[LaserActive]]<br><ref name="sales2"/>
! rowspan=2 | [[Neo Geo]]<br><ref name="sales2">[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=153215606 Sales numbers from magazine scans (part 2)]</ref>
! rowspan=2 | [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]<br><ref name="sales625"/>
|-
! [[PC-Engine]] <ref name="sales625">[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=38012869&postcount=625 Japanese Hardware Shipments]</ref>
! [[PC-Engine Super System Card]]
! [[PC-Engine CD-ROM²]]
! [[Mega Drive]] <ref name="sales625"/>
! [[Mega CD]] <ref name="sales2"/>
|-
| '''{{Vgy|1987}}'''
| 600,000<ref name="sales63">[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=150121349&postcount=63 Annual Japanese Hardware Shipments]</ref>
|
|
|
| rowspan=3 |
| rowspan=3 |
| rowspan=3 |
| rowspan=3 |
|-
| '''{{Vgy|1988}}'''
| 1,440,000<br>(+840,000)
|
|
| 400,000
|-
| '''{{Vgy|1989}}'''
| 2,380,000<br>(+940,000)
|
|
| 1,000,000<br>(+600,000)
|-
| '''{{Vgy|1990}}'''
| 3,690,000<br>(+1,310,000)
|
|
| 1,900,000<br>(+900,000)
|
|
|
| 1,440,000<br><ref>[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=701305 Nintendo Historical Shipment Data (1983 - Present)]</ref>
|-
| '''{{Vgy|1991}}'''
| 4,720,000<br>(+1,030,000)
| 300,000<br><ref name="sales56">[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=150080900&postcount=56 FY 93/94 to FY97/98 hardware sales]</ref>
| 700,000<br><ref name="sales56"/>
| 2,600,000<br>(+700,000)
| 200,000
|
|
| 3,810,000<br>(+2,370,000)
|-
| '''{{Vgy|1992}}'''
| 5,390,000<br>(+670,000)<br><ref name="sales63"/>
| 600,000<br><ref name="sales56"/><br>(+300,000)
| 900,000<br><ref name="sales56"/><br>(+200,000)
| 3,000,000<br>(+400,000)
| 280,000<br>(+80,000)
|
|
| 7,390,000<br>(+3,580,000)
|-
| '''{{Vgy|1993}}'''
| 5,790,000<br>(+400,000)<br><ref name="sales63"/>
|
|
| 3,450,000<br>(+450,000)
| 700,000<br><ref name="digest_1995">{{Cite book|title=Screen Digest|year=1995|publisher=[[Screen Digest]]|page=[http://abload.de/img/olola4urz.jpg 60]|month=March}}</ref><br>(+420,000)
| 42,000
| 300,000
| 11,820,000<br>(+4,430,000)
|-
| '''{{Vgy|1994}}'''
| 5,970,000<br>(+180,000)
| 1,900,000<br><ref name="sales119">[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=155629363&postcount=119 ''Famitsu'', Issue # 392, Page 8 (March 1996)]</ref>
|
| 3,550,000<br>(+100,000)
| 850,000<br><ref name="digest_1995"/><br>(+150,000)
|
|
| 14,470,000<br>(+2,650,000)
|-
| '''{{Vgy|1995}}'''
| 6,000,000<br>(+30,000)<ref name="sales63"/>
| 1,920,000<br><ref name="sales119"/><br>(+20,000)
|
| 3,580,000<br>(+30,000)
|
|
|
| 16,250,000<br>(+1,780,000)
|-
| '''{{Vgy|1996}}'''
| 
| 
| 
| colspan=2 |
|
| 700,000
| 16,860,000<br><ref name="consolidatedsales">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/historical_data/pdf/consolidated_sales_e0912.pdf |title=Consolidated Sales Transition by Region |accessdate=2010-02-14 |date=2010-01-27 |publisher=Nintendo |format=PDF |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5nXieXX2B |archivedate=2010-02-14}}</ref><br>(+610,000)
|-
| '''{{Vgy|1997}}'''
| 
| 
| 
| colspan=2 |
|
| 800,000<br>(+100,000)
| 17,050,000<br>(+190,000)<br><ref name="consolidatedsales"/>
|-
| '''{{Vgy|1998}}'''
| 
| 
| 
| colspan=2 |
|
|
| 17,100,000<br>(+50,000)<ref name="consolidatedsales"/>
|-
| '''{{Vgy|1999}}'''
| 
| 
| 
| colspan=2 |
|
|
| 17,130,000<br>(+30,000)<ref name="consolidatedsales"/>
|-
| '''{{Vgy|2000}}'''
| 
| 
| 
| colspan=2 |
|
|
| 17,140,000<br>(+10,000)<ref name="consolidatedsales"/>
|-
| '''{{Vgy|2001}}'''
| 
| 
| 
| colspan=2 |
|
|
| 17,150,000<br>(+10,000)<ref name="consolidatedsales"/>
|-
| '''{{Vgy|2002}}'''
| 
| 
| 
| colspan=2 |
|
|
| 17,160,000<br>(+10,000)<ref name="consolidatedsales"/>
|-
| '''{{Vgy|2003}}'''
| 8,000,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usgamer.net/articles/turbografx-16-at-25-remembering-the-little-pc-engine-that-could|title=TurboGrafx-16 at 25: Remembering the Little PC Engine That Could|last=Parish|first=Jeremy|date=2014-08-01|website=USgamer|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-03}}</ref>
| 
| 
| colspan=2 |
|
|
| 17,170,000<br>(+10,000)<ref name="consolidatedsales"/>
|-
! Total
! colspan=3 | 8,000,000 (PCE)<br>9,920,000 (PCE & Duo)<br>10,820,000 (PCE, Duo, CD‑ROM²)
! colspan=2 | 3,580,000<br>(SMD)<br>4,430,000<br>(SMD & CD)
! 42,000
! 800,000
! 17,170,000
|}

===North America===
The cumulative (including annual) sales of fourth-generation consoles in [[North America]]:

{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan=3 | Year
! colspan=8 | Sales
|-
! colspan=2 | [[TurboGrafx 16|TurboGrafx&#8209;16]]
! colspan=5 | [[Mega Drive|SEGA Genesis]] <ref group="s" name="SalesNote1"/>
! rowspan=2 | [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]]<br>
|-
! [[TurboGrafx 16|TG16]]
! [[TurboGrafx CD|TCD]]
! [[Mega Drive|GEN]] <ref group="sn" name="SalesNote2"/>
! [[SEGA Genesis Model 3|GEN 3]]
! [[SEGA Nomad|Nomad]]
! [[Mega CD|SCD]]
! [[SEGA 32X|32X]]
|-
| '''{{vgy|1989}}'''
| 300,000<ref name="sales2"/>
|
| 500,000<ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19900123&id=XcAcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3H4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2643,6188824</ref>
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 |
|-
| '''{{vgy|1990}}'''
| 750,000<ref name="gamasutra3">http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/225466/stalled_engine_the_turbografx16_.php?page=3</ref><br>(+450,000)
| 20,000<ref name="gamasutra3"/>
| 1.5 million<ref name="courier90"/><br>(+1 million)
|-
| '''{{vgy|1991}}'''
| 1.7 million<br><ref name="sales1">[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=981407 Sales numbers from magazine scans]</ref><br>(+950,000)
| 100,000<br><ref name="sales1"/><br>(+80,000)
| 3.1 million<br>(+1.6 million)<ref name="gen91a"/><ref name="gen91b"/>
|
|
|
|
| 2 million<br><ref name="sales2"/><ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19920110&id=IV0xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TgcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3802,6316567</ref><ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19911103&id=2useAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pUcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4864,527272</ref>
|-
| '''{{vgy|1992}}'''
|
|
| 7.6 million<br>(+4.5 million)<br><ref name="buffalo92"/><ref>''Electronic Gaming Monthly'', issue 44, March 1993, page 4</ref>
|
|
| 220,000<br><ref name="buffalo92"/><ref name="sales2"/>
|
| 6.9 million<br><ref name="digest_1995"/><br>(+4.9 million)
|-
| '''{{vgy|1993}}'''
|
|
| 13.1 million<br>(+5.5 million)<br><ref name="video93"/><ref>http://vidgame.info/sega/sega1994.htm</ref><br>(60% share)<ref name="eg15">''[[wikipedia:Electronic Games|Electronic Games]]'', issue 15 (December 1993), page 148</ref>
|
|
| 1.3 million<br><ref name="digest_1995"/><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/25/business/video-game-maker-making-the-switch-to-pc-hardware.html</ref><br>(+1,080,000)
|
| 11.3 million<br><ref name="digest_1995"/><br>(+4.4 million)<br>(37% share)<ref>http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/stories/1994-02-20/nintendos-yamauchi-no-more-playing-around</ref>
|-
| '''{{vgy|1994}}'''
|
|
| 17.1 million<br>(+4 million)<br>(58%)<ref name=sales94/>
|
|
| 1.5 million<br><ref name="digest_1995"/><br>(+200,000)
| 500,000<br><ref name=sales94/>
| 15 million<ref name="digest_1995"/><br>(+3.7 million)<br>(36.43%)<ref name="npd_sales"/>
|-
| '''{{vgy|1995}}'''
| 2.5 million<br><ref name="gamepro1"/>
|
| 19.2 million<br>(+2.1 million)<br><ref name=sales95/>
|
|
|
|
| 17.6 million<br>(+2.6 million)<br><ref name=sales95/>
|-
| '''{{vgy|1996}}'''
| colspan=2 |
| 20,515,904<br>(+1,315,904)<br>(18.56%)<ref name="npd_sales"/>
|
|
|
|
| 18,725,892<br>(+1,125,892)<br>(15.88%)<ref name="npd_sales"/>
|-
| '''{{vgy|1997}}'''
| colspan=2 |
| 20,993,824<br>(+477,920)<br>(4.12%)<ref name="npd_sales"/>
|
|
|
|
| 19,318,652<br>(+592,760)<br>(5.11%)<ref name="npd_sales"/>
|-
| '''{{vgy|1998}}'''
| colspan=2 |
| 21,652,795<br>(+658,971)<br>(5.31%)<ref name="npd_sales"/>
| 2 million
|
|
|
| 19,518,453<br>(+199,801)<br>(1.61%)<ref name="npd_sales"/>
|-
| '''{{vgy|1999}}'''
| colspan=2 |
| 22,083,808<br>(+431,013)<br>(3.53%)<ref name="npd_sales"/>
| 2.5 million<br>(+500,000)
| 1 million
|
|
| 19,533,105<br>(+14,652)<br>(0.12%)<ref name="npd_sales"/>
|-
| '''{{vgy|2000}}'''
| colspan=2 |
| 22,138,145<br>(+54,337)<br>(0.67%)<ref name="npd_sales"/>
|
|
|
|
| 19,533,916<br>(+811)<br>(0.01%)<ref name="npd_sales"/>
|-
| '''{{vgy|2001}}'''
| colspan=2 |
| 22,139,461<br>(+1,316)<br>(0.01%)<ref name="npd_sales"/>
|
|
|
|
| 19,533,930<br>(+14)<br>(0.0001%)<br><ref name="npd_sales"/>
|-
| '''{{vgy|2003}}'''
| colspan=2 |
| colspan=2 |
|
|
|
| 20 million<br><ref name="snes_sales"/>
|-
! Total
! colspan=2 | 2.5 million<br>(TG16)<br>2.6 million<br>(TG16 & TCD)
! colspan=5 | 24,639,461 (Genesis 1-3)<br>25,639,461 (Genesis 1-3 & Nomad)<br>27,139,461 (Genesis 1-3, Nomad, SCD)<br>27,639,461 (Genesis 1-3, Nomad, SCD, 32X)
! 20 million
|}

===Western Europe===
The cumulative (including annual) sales of fourth-generation consoles in [[w:c:vgsales:Video games in Europe|Western Europe]]:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan=3 | Year
! colspan=7 | Sales
|-
! colspan=4 | [[Mega Drive|SEGA Mega Drive]] <ref name="digest_1995"/>
! rowspan=2 | [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]]<br><ref name="digest_1995"/>
! rowspan=2 | [[wikipedia:Commodore CDTV|Amiga<br>CDTV]]<br><ref name="ng141"/>
! rowspan=2 | [[CD-i]] <ref name="cdi">[http://www.docstoc.com/docs/56341033/Executive-summary IDATE: Executive Summary], September 1997, page 33</ref>
|-
! [[Mega Drive]] <ref name="digest_1995"/><ref name="EA">[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=153404783&postcount=100 UK Installed Bases (EA)]</ref>
! [[Mega CD]]
! [[SEGA 32X|32X]]
! [http://segaretro.org/Amstrad_Mega_PC Mega PC]
|-
| '''{{vgy|1990}}'''
| 600,000<ref name="sales1"/>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| '''{{vgy|1991}}'''
| 1,800,000<ref name="sales1"/><br>(+1,200,000)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| '''{{vgy|1992}}'''
| 5,400,000<ref name="sales1"/><br>(+3,600,000)
|
|
|
| 2,030,000
|
| 33,000
|-
| '''{{vgy|1993}}'''
| 7,250,000<ref name="sales1"/><br>(+1,850,000)<br>(60+% share)<ref name="eg15"/>
| 210,000
|
|
| 3,590,000<br>(+1,560,000)
| 25,800
| 280,000<br>(+247,000)
|-
| '''{{vgy|1994}}'''
| 8,270,000<br>(+1,020,000)
| 415,000<br>(+205,000)
| 65,000
| 6,000<ref name="sales2"/>
| 4,650,000<br>(+1,060,000)
| rowspan=5 |
| rowspan=5 |
|-
| '''{{vgy|1995}}'''
| 8,770,000<br>(+500,000)
| colspan=3 align=center | 486,000<br>(add-ons & PC)
| 4,900,000<br>(+250,000)
|-
| '''{{vgy|1996}}'''
| 8,970,000<br>(+200,000)
| colspan=3 align=center |
| 5,000,000<br>(+100,000)
|-
| '''{{vgy|1997}}'''
| 9,170,000<br>(+200,000)
| colspan=3 align=center |
| 5,050,000<br>(+50,000)
|-
| '''{{vgy|1998}}'''
| colspan=4 align=center | 9,656,000<br>(incl. add-ons & PC)
|
|}

The regional sales figures for [[w:c:vgsales:Video games in Europe|Western Europe]]:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=3 | Nation(s)
! colspan=7 | Sales
|-
! colspan=4 | [[Mega Drive]] <ref name="digest_1995"/>
! rowspan=2 | [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]<br><ref name="digest_1995"/>
! rowspan=2 | [[Amiga CDTV]]
! rowspan=2 | [[CD-i]]
|-
! [[Mega Drive]]
! [[Mega CD]]
! [[32X]]
! [[Mega PC]]
|-
! [[United Kingdom]] (1994)<ref name="EA"/>
| 4,000,000
| 80,000
| 35.000
|
| 1,700,000
|
|
|-
! [[France]] (1994)
| 1,300,000
| 65.000
| 5,000
|
| 1.000.000
|
|
|-
! [[Belgium]] (1994)
| 160,000
| 7,000
| 2,000
|
| 70,000
|
|
|-
! [[Germany]] (1994)
| 800,000
| 140,000
| 10,000
|
| 1,400,000
| 25,800<ref name="ng141"/>
|
|-
! [[Italy]] (1994)
| 400,000
| 10,000
| 5,000
|
| 200,000
|
|
|-
! [[Netherlands]] (1994)
| 160,000
| 13,000
| 3,000
|
| 130,000
|
|
|-
! [[Spain]] (1994)
| 450,000
| 30,000
| 5,000
|
| 300,000
|
|
|-
! Others (1994)
| 1,900,000
| 70,000
|
|
| 500,000
|
|
|-
! rowspan=2 | Platform Total
! 9,170,000
! 415,000
! 65,000
! 6,000 <ref name="sales2"/>
! rowspan=2 | 5,050,000
! rowspan=2 | 25,800
! rowspan=2 | 280,000 <ref name="cdi"/>
|-
! colspan=4 | 9,656,000
|}

==Notes==
===Sales Numbers===
{{Reflist|group=s}}

===Sales Notes===
{{Reflist|group=sn}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Fourth-Generation Hardware}}
{{History of video games}}
[[Category:Fourth-generation console|*]]