Ninth Generation of Video game consoles[]
This is a list of all consoles released in the ninth generation of consoles.
Consoles[]
Console | Logo | Name | Producer | Unit Selled | Lifespan |
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Wii U Next | 103 Millions | 2023-2033 | |||
PlayStation 5 | 91 Millions | 2020-2028 | |||
GameSystem | 89 Millions | 2024-2034 | |||
Xbox Series X/S | 87 Millions | 2020-2030 | |||
Spectrum | 70 Millions | 2024-2029 |
Portable Consoles[]
Console | Logo | Name | Producer | Unit Selled | Lifespan |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
OLED3DS | 81 Millions | 2024-2033 | |||
PlayStation Portable 5G | 74 Millions | 2025-2033 | |||
Steam Deck | 30 Millions | 2022-2027 | |||
Rog Ally | 28 Millions | 2023-2027 |
Other Consoles[]
Story[]
The Beginning[]
Microsoft and Sony had announced their new consoles in 2019 for release by the end of 2020, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. When the pandemic struck in March 2020, it impacted both marketing and production of the consoles. The cancelled E3 2020 had been planned as a major venue to premiere the consoles, and instead both Microsoft and Sony turned to online showcases to highlight the systems and launch games. Both companies acknowledged that the pandemic had strained their production supplies due to hardware manufacturing slowdowns starting in March 2020, but would not impact their console release windows, and they set consumer expectations that console supplies would likely be limited in the launch window and would slowly become more relaxed as the pandemic waned. This created a wave of scalping through online stores, which was countered by manufacturers and vendors. The ongoing global chip shortage continued to affect console shipments through the end of 2021, with Sony warning of lower production numbers during the final calendar quarter of the year and into 2022; this also affected Nintendo's Switch console production rates and Valve's plans to release the portable Steam Deck handheld gaming computer in 2021.
Steam Deck Release in 2022[]
On February 25, 2022, Valve released the Steam Deck, a handheld computer that runs SteamOS 3.0, a Linux distribution developed by Valve. The Deck includes Valve's own Proton compatibility layer, allowing nearly all Windows-based games to run on the Deck without modification. The handheld also allows users to install Windows or other software on the device. The Steam Deck was the first handheld to use an RDNA 2 GPU, which is also used on both the home consoles of the ninth generation. The handheld was well-received by many outlets, and immediately slowed down sales of the Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo's Wii U Next and OLED3DS[]
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Sega and Degenatron console releases and the Triforce Pact[]
In 2024 two new home consoles arrived: the GameSystem by Degenatron, an Italian company that has been producing video games for Nintendo and Sony consoles for some time, and, surprisingly, a new Sega console called Spectrum. In the same year Degenatron and Sega decided to form an alliance in the market together with Nintendo by creating a commercial pact called Triforce: the pact provides that the earnings of all three companies are divided equally among the three members and that all three companies can create and publish video games on their three consoles. The project lasted 6 years and favored the sales of all four consoles in the market and enriched the three companies.