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by region. This page consists of countries in Asia, North America, Europe, and other regions, which all used different analog television color systems; these being

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and

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broadcast at

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, in Europe and Asia.''# indicates Eighth & Ninth generation consoles.''

Asia

Region-wide

Japan

Based on figures from ''

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'', unless cited otherwise.

China

, - !Manufacturer !Console !Released !data-sort-type="number" , Units sold !Date of figure , - , Nintendo , Switch , 2019 , align=4,000,000 , January 2021 , - , Sony , PlayStation 4 , 2015 , align=3,520,000 , December 2020 , - , Microsoft , Xbox , 2014 , align=1,240,000 , December 2020

Middle East

, - !Manufacturer !Console !Released ! data-sort-type="number" , Units sold !Date of figure , - , rowspan="2" , Sony , PlayStation 2 , data-sort-value="January 1, 2003" , 2003 , align="right" , 5,200,000 , rowspan="6" , March 2010 , - , PlayStation Portable , September 1, 2005 , align="right" , 5,200,000 , - , Nintendo , DS , data-sort-value="January 1, 2005" , 2005 , align="right" , 850,000 , - , Sony , PlayStation 3 , rowspan="3" , ? , align=450,000 , - , Nintendo , Wii , align=315,000 , - , Microsoft , Xbox 360 , align=180,000

South Korea

Most consoles have different names in South Korea, and had local Korean manufacturers.

Americas

Region-wide

North America

Canada

Mexico

United States

Based on figures from the

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unless cited otherwise.

Brazil

Europe

Western Europe

France

Based on GFK 2016 figures unless cited otherwise.

Germany

Spain

United Kingdom

Based on figures from GfK

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, as of January 3, 2009, unless cited otherwise.

Other regions

Australia

South Africa

Unknown regions

Notes

References

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