A History of Major Home and Handheld Video Game Consoles

Atari 2600 (2nd Gen)

Period: Sep 11, 1977 to Jan 1, 1992

Nintendo Game and Watch (2nd Gen)

Period: Apr 28, 1980 to Oct 14, 1991

Atari 5200 Supersystem (Atari 5200) (2nd Gen)

Period: Nov 15, 1982 to May 21, 1984

(Release Day unknown.)

Nintendo Family Computer (Famicom, FC) (3rd Gen)

Period: Jul 15, 1983 to Sep 25, 2003

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) (3rd Gen)

Period: Oct 18, 1985 to Aug 14, 1995

Sega Master System (3rd Gen)

Period: Oct 20, 1985 to Jun 15, 1992

(Month and Day of discontinuation unknown.)

Atari 7800 ProSystem (Atari 7200) (3rd Gen)

Period: May 15, 1986 to Jan 1, 1992

(Release Day unknown.)

Atari XEGS Video Game System (Atari XEGS) (3rd Gen)

Period: Oct 15, 1987 to Jun 15, 1992

(Exact Release Month and Day unknown. Discontinuation Month and Date unknown.)

Sega Genesis (4th Gen)

Period: Oct 29, 1988 to Jun 15, 1997

(Month and Date of discontinuation unknown.)

Nintendo Game Boy (GB) (4th Gen)

Period: Apr 21, 1989 to Mar 23, 2003

Nintendo Super Family Computer (Super Famicom, SFC) (4th Gen)

Period: Nov 21, 1990 to Sep 25, 2003

Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) (4th Gen)

Period: Aug 23, 1991 to Nov 30, 1999

Atari Jaguar (5th Gen)

Period: Nov 23, 1993 to Jun 15, 1996

(Discontinuation Month and Day unknown.)

Sega Saturn (5th Gen)

Period: Nov 22, 1994 to Jun 15, 2000

(Month and Day of discontinuation unknown.)

PlayStation (PS/PS1) (5th Gen)

Period: Dec 3, 1994 to Mar 23, 2006

Nintendo 64 (N64) (5th Gen)

Period: Jun 23, 1996 to Apr 30, 2002

Nintendo Game Boy Color (GBC) (5th Gen)

Period: Oct 21, 1998 to Mar 23, 2003

Sega Dreamcast (6th Gen)

Period: Nov 27, 1998 to Mar 31, 2001

PlayStation 2 (PS2) (6th Gen)

Period: Mar 4, 2000 to Jan 4, 2013

Nintendo Game Boy Advance (GBA) (6th Gen)

Period: Mar 21, 2001 to May 15, 2010

Nintendo GameCube (6th Gen)

Period: Sep 14, 2001 to Jun 15, 2009

xBox (6th Gen)

Period: Nov 15, 2001 to Mar 2, 2009

Nintendo DS (DS) (7th Gen)

Period: Nov 21, 2004 to Jun 15, 2013

(Discontinuation Month and Day unknown.)

PlayStation Portable (PSP) (7th Gen)

Period: Dec 12, 2004 to Dec 15, 2014

(Discontinuation Day unknown.)

xBox 360 (7th Gen)

Period: Nov 22, 2005 to Apr 20, 2016

PlayStation 3 (PS3) (7th Gen)

Period: Nov 11, 2006 to May 29, 2017

Nintendo Wii (7th Gen)

Period: Nov 19, 2006 to Oct 21, 2013

Nintendo DSi (DSi) (7th Gen)

Period: Nov 1, 2008 to Jun 15, 2020

(Still in production.)

Nintendo 3DS (3DS) (8th Gen)

Period: Feb 26, 2011 to Jun 15, 2020

(Still in production)

PlayStation Vita (PSV, PS Vita, Vita) (8th Gen)

Period: Dec 17, 2011 to Jun 15, 2019

(Discontinuation Month and Day unknown.)

Nintendo Wii U (8th Gen)

Period: Nov 18, 2012 to Jan 31, 2017

PlayStation 4 (PS4) (8th Gen)

Period: Nov 15, 2013 to Jun 15, 2020

(Month and Day of discontinuation unknown.)

xBox One (8th Gen)

Period: Nov 22, 2013 to Jun 15, 2020

(Still in production.)

New Nintendo 3DS (N3DS, New 3DS) (8th Gen)

Period: Oct 11, 2014 to Jun 13, 2017

Nintendo Switch (8th Gen)

Period: Mar 3, 2017 to Jun 15, 2023

(Still in production.)