Mega Drive / Genesis
Sega · Launched in 1988
- Family
- Sega
- Launch
- 1988
- Type
- Home console
- In the family
- #2 of 4 in launch order
Sega's official history does not list how many units were sold.
About the family
Sega was founded in 1960 as Nihon Goraku Bussan, became SEGA Enterprises in 1965 and SEGA Corporation in 2000. According to the company's official history, its consoles were the 8-bit SG-1000 in 1983; the 16-bit Mega Drive (Genesis in North America) in 1988; the 32-bit Sega Saturn in 1994; and the Dreamcast in 1998. In 2004, Sega and Sammy joined to form SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS.
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Sources
Numbers checked against the sources below on 08/11/2026. These are the figures the companies publish for investors; Nintendo updates them every quarter, and Sony shows the latest figure released for each device, with different dates.