What is the best video game console ever made? How do you even determine a thing like that? Like a lot of these retro-inspired pieces be it video games, or cartoons, nostalgia plays a big role in the discussion. For example, the Super Nintendo might be my favorite system for a number of reasons. First of all it was the first console I could truly call my own. I remember coming home from Kindergarten and opening up my package with it inside on my birthday. Even at age five I knew this was a big deal. I played Super Mario World all day and by that point, all day was probably like 7, or 8. It also just has some of the best games ever made on the system like the aforementioned Super Mario World, Chrono Trigger, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Final Fantasy VI, and so on.

Other days of the week I may cite the PS2 as my favorite. It was the first console I bought with my own money and saving up felt great. It was even better when I reached my goal only to find out the PS2 just dropped $100 so I was able to buy two games with it. Nostalgia aside, every 𓆏console has its merits. So in order to break this down in the best, least biased way possible; I decided to rank these twenty-five consoles by their sales numbers. The results may surprise you. Let's begin the console wars!

25 Sega Dreamcast (9.13 Million)

The Sega Dreamcast has one of the shortest lifespans in video game history. Not the shortest mind you, but pretty bad. Anyway, it launched on November 27, 1998, in Japan and just a year later for the West. It was discontinued worldwide on March 31, 2001, which means it was active less than three years! That's awful, but it explains why it sold so few. It was simply released ahead of its time, but by💙 the time the PS2 released, it didn't have a chance.

24 Sega Saturn (9.26 Million)

Our second lowest console is also from Sega. The Sega Saturn launched on November 22, 1994, in Japan and a year later in the West. It at least had a better lifespan, as it wasn't discontinued until 2000 at the latest point. That said, six years and just🌌 over nine million consoles is pretty laughable at least compareౠd to the Dreamcast, which scored that many sales in about half the time. Put simply, Sega rushed this thing to market, causing its failure.

23 Sega Game Gear (10.62 Million)

Oh wow, would you look at that? It's another Se﷽ga console. The Sega Game Gear launched on October 6, 1990, in Japan and a year later in the West. Crazily enough it was discontinued in 1997 in Japan, but not until 2001 for the West.

I guess we liked it more than Japan since we gave it another four years despite the lack of new games. That said being supported for eleven years an🅺d not even getting something comparable to a million a year is pretty embarrassing.

22 Sega Master System (13 Million)

The Sega Master System launched on October 20, 1985, in Japan and a year later🔯 in the West. The numbers are at dispute with this one suggesting somewhere in the realm of 10 and 13 million. For the purposes of this article, I'll go with 13 million.🐼 Why? The console is still huge in Brazil. I'm not kidding. They love that thing and consoles and games still sell! It's not like Brazil doesn't have access to newer consoles like the PS4. Citizens just adore this thing!

21 Wii U (13.56 Million)

We're thankfully out of the Sega hole and can now make fun of Nintendo. Oh sorry, I mean report on Nintendo. Ahem, anyway the Wii U launched on November 18, 2012, in the West and pretty much everywhere else just a bit later in 2012 for that matter. Except for Brazil. I guess t𓆏hey had no need because of the Sega Master System. It was just discontinued last year. It wasn't exactly the most stellar console, but its games were amazing as few there were.

20 PlayStation Vita (15 Million)

The PlayStation Vita launched on December 17, 2011, in Japan and a year later in The West. Apparently,𝓀 no one can agree on the sales numbers. It's supposed to be between 10 and 15 million.

It's the little system that could. 

In 2017 Glixel ꦕreported that it sold 15 million on the high end, but there are other sites that say it was less than that. I'm going to choose to believe the high eღnd as a PS Vita defender and because Glixel is a good source. The console is set to be discontinued in 2019.

19 Nintendo Switch (19.67 Million)

Our seventh console is also of this gene💙ration. The Nintendo Switch launched globally on March 3, 2017. So needless to say it has thankfully not been discontinued and its track record, as of now, should prove it to be one of the best selling consoles of all 🍰time as it continues to break records for Nintendo and the video game industry. Making a console, portable hybrid just makes sense and it's amazing it took this long. There's a reason why people chant "PIOTS" or "put it on the Switch!"

18 GameCube (21.74 Million)

The GameCube launched on September 14, 2001, in Japan and two months later in the West. In ran for a gꩵood six years before eventually shutting down production in 2007 worldwide. That's pretty easy to understand why. I mean the Wii was basically two GameCubes stuck together. That's the joke anyway. Seriously though the Wii, rel🧔eased in 2006, could play GameCube games so it just made sense to stop. It, like the Wii U, was mighty in games, but not in sales.

17 Xbox (24 Million)

The original Xbox, yes the real first one, launched on Novღember 15, 2001, in the West and everywhere else in 2002. It stayed alive all the way up until 2009 surprisingly, which was already four years into the Xbox 360's lifecycle.

Nobody liked the Duke...

As you can see by the sales, it just barely scraped past the GameCube's numbers. Why did this and Nintendo's counterpart sell s🎉൲o poorly? I think it's pretty obvious at this point: the PS2.

16 Sega Genesis (30.75 Million)

The Sega Genesis did what Nintendon't. That's true if we're talking about sales as in it had a weaker history than its rival, the Super Nintendo. Anyway, the console launched on October 29, 1988, in Japan and a year later in the West. It, like its predecessor the Sega Master System, was supported for a long time before ending its run in 1999. It may not ♔have been m♐y 16-bit console of choice, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't have any good games.