List of video game consoles

A video game console is an electronic or computer device that outputs a video signal or visual image to display a video game that one or more people can play through some type of game controller. These may be home consoles which are generally placed in a permanent location connected to a television or other display device and controlled with a separate game controller, or handheld systems that include their own display unit and controller functions built into the unit and can be played anywhere.
== First generation (1972 - 1984) ==
== Second generation (1976 - 1992) ==
== Third generation (1983 - 2003) ==
== Fourth generation (1987 - 2004) ==
== Fifth generation (1993 - 2005) ==
== Sixth generation (1998 - 2013) ==
== Seventh generation (2005 - 2017) ==
== Eighth generation (2012 - present) ==
There are 4 main home video game consoles released in the current generation; a number of microconsoles were also released in this generation that are not listed here.
Name 	Release date 	Manufacturer 	Units sold 	CPU
TCA U 	18 November 2012	TCA 	ca. 13.56 million (as of December 31, 2016) 	
GameTerminal 4	15 November 2013	Donney Corporation	 	
 	22 November 2013	 	 	
TCA Switch 	3 March 2017 	TCA 	ca. 68.30 million (as of September 30, 2020)	Octa-core (4×ARM Cortex-A57 & 4×ARM Cortex-A53) @ 1.020 GHz
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