Towards the middle of the 2000s, Nintendo introduced the first successful handheld device with a touch screen ( DS) and the first successful console designed for motion controlled inputs (the Wii) they became some of the best-selling consoles of all time.
However, they retained their lead in the handheld console market, with the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance models. The Dreamcast, released in 1999, PlayStation 2, released in 2000, and Microsoft's Xbox, released in 2001, would eventually relegate Nintendo to third place in the international market, despite the release of the GameCube. Nintendo and Sega would both lose a significant portion of the console market towards the end of the 1990s, as Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation became the most popular console, beating the Nintendo 64, though Nintendo managed to sell more than Sega Saturn. In the early 1990s, Nintendo's market lead began to decrease although the 1990 Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) was a strong seller, the Mega Drive/Genesis was a very strong contender. In 1989, Nintendo released the Game Boy, which became the first handheld console to sell in large numbers. The NES restarted the video game industry after the video game crash of 1983, and was an international success. As of June 30, 2021, in addition to Nintendo Switch, Nintendo has sold over 856.21 million hardware units.Īlthough the company had released the Color TV Game and the Game & Watch, which were their first and second systems respectively, they did not achieve worldwide success until the release of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1983. The Japanese multinational consumer electronics company Nintendo has developed seven home video game consoles and multiple portable consoles for use with external media, as well as dedicated consoles and other hardware for their consoles.
A size comparison of the (top to bottom) Wii (2006), Nintendo GameCube (2001), Nintendo 64 (1996), North American SNES (1991) and the NES outside of Japan (1985).
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