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Nintendo 64: 32.93 million units sold

The Nintendo 64 is the #18 best-selling gaming machine of all time in this dataset. It belongs to the 5th generation, where it placed #2 of 4 machines by units sold.

  • 32.9MUnits sold
  • #18All-time rank
  • 5Generation
  • 1996Released

Games released on the Nintendo 64 hold 9 Game of the Year awards in this database, led by Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 with 3. A game counts for every machine it shipped on, so these totals overlap between consoles. The most-awarded games on it: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (3, 2000); Super Mario 64 (2, 1996); GoldenEye 007 (2, 1997).

Generation 5 counts 4 machines here, 146.7 million units between them; the best seller was PlayStation at 102.5 million. The sales figure comes from Wikipedia, List of best-selling game consoles.

Of the 15 Nintendo machines tracked here, it is number 9 by units sold, behind Nintendo Switch at 156.6 million.

Its generation rivals

ConsoleMaker Units vs Nintendo 64
PlayStationSony102.49M+69.56M
Sega SaturnSega9.26M-23.67M
3DOThe 3DO Company2.00M-30.93M

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