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PlayStation 2: 160.00 million units sold

The PlayStation 2 is the #1 best-selling gaming machine of all time in this dataset. It belongs to the 6th generation, where it placed #1 of 4 machines by units sold.

  • 160.0MUnits sold
  • #1All-time rank
  • 6Generation
  • 2000Released

Games released on the PlayStation 2 hold 111 Game of the Year awards in this database, led by Resident Evil 4 with 38. A game counts for every machine it shipped on, so these totals overlap between consoles. The most-awarded games on it: Resident Evil 4 (38, 2005); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (10, 2004); Shadow of the Colossus (6, 2005).

Generation 6 counts 4 machines here, 214.9 million units between them; it was the best seller of them all. The sales figure comes from Wikipedia, List of best-selling game consoles.

Of the 7 Sony machines tracked here, it is number 1 by units sold, behind none - it is the maker's best seller.

Its generation rivals

ConsoleMaker Units vs PlayStation 2
XboxMicrosoft24.00M-136.00M
Nintendo GameCubeNintendo21.74M-138.26M
DreamcastSega9.13M-150.87M

Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.