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Console generation 5 · 1993–1996

Who won the fifth console generation?

PlayStation won it, outselling Nintendo 64 by 69.6 million units — 211% more hardware. Across all 4 machines the generation sold 146.7 million units, and games released on them collected 28 Game of the Year awards in our database.

  • 102.5MPlayStation
  • 146.7MGeneration total
  • 4Machines
  • 28GOTY awards on them

Every machine in generation 5

ConsoleMaker ReleasedUnits GOTY awards on it
PlayStationSony1994102.49M0
Nintendo 64Nintendo199632.93M28
Sega SaturnSega19949.26M0
3DOThe 3DO Company19932.00M0
The award column double-counts on purpose.

A game that shipped on three machines of this generation is counted for all three, because the question is how much award-winning software each box could play — not which console had it exclusively.

The most awarded games you could play on it

GameYear GOTY awards
Super Smash Bros.201428