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Nintendo has sold an earth-shattering total of 727.65 million gaming devices since 1983, according to new lifetime figures published on its IR website (via GI.biz).
The figures confirm that the format giant has flogged 300.54 million home consoles and 427.11 handheld systems, with the DS currently its best-selling system ever with just over 154 million units moved worldwide.
In terms of home consoles, the Wii is unsurprisingly the top of the list with 101.63 million units sold since it launched in 2006.
At the complete opposite end of the spectrum is the Virtual Boy, which has sold 770,000 units to date.
See below for the full breakdown.
Home Consoles
Wii – 101.63 million
NES – 61.91 million
SNES – 49.10 million
Nintendo 64 – 32.93 million
GameCube – 27.74 million
Switch – 19.67 million
Wii U – 13.56 million
Handhelds
DS – 154.02 million
GameBoy & GameBoy Colour – 119.69 million
GameBoy Advance – 81.51 million
3DS – 72.89 million
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