Brands With Best-Selling Video Game Consoles 1972 - 2019

This compares the major players in the gaming console wars from the beginning. It all began with the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972. Magnavox releases the first game console in 1972. The Odyssey for $99 ($600 in 2019). Magnavox kept releasing updated versions of the Odyssey until 1978. In 1975 Atari released its Pong arcade game as a console. $99 ($600 in 2019). In 1976 COLECO joined the console race with the Telstar. $99 ($600 in 2019). While Nintendo prepared to launch its own hardware. The Color Game-TV.