Editing Fourth generation of video game hardware (section)

===Worldwide===
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! Console !! Units sold
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![[Mega Drive]]/[[Genesis]] || 46.671&ndash;51.485 million
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|[[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}}
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| [[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>
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| [[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>
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| [[Mega PC]] (1993) || 6,000 <small>(1994)</small><ref name="sales2"/>
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! [[Super Famicom]]/[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] || 49.1 million
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| [[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>
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! [[PC-Engine]] / [[TurboGrafx-16]] || 14.92 million
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| [[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>
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| [[PC-Engine Duo]] || 1.92&nbsp;million <small>(1996)</small><ref name="sales119"/>
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| [[PC-Engine CD-ROM²]]/[[TurboGrafx-CD]] (1988) || 1&nbsp;million <small>(1993)</small><ref name="sales2"/>
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| [[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>
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! Others || 1.5958 million
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| [[SNK Neo Geo]] / [[Neo Geo AES]] (1990) || 1&nbsp;million <small>(1999)</small><ref name="sales2"/>
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| [[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>
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| [[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>
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