a brief history of video game consoles

1972 - magnavox odyssey

1975 - atari home pong

1975 - coleco telstar series

1976 - color tv-game series*^

1976 - fairchild channel f

1977 - atari 2600*

1978 - magnavox odyssey 2

1980 - intellivision

1982 - colecovision

1983 - nintendo entertainment system*

1985 - sega master system

1986 - atari 7800

1987 - turbografx-16

1988 - sega genesis

1990 - super nintendo*

1991 - phillips cd-i

1993 - atari jaguar

1994 - sega saturn

1994 - playstation*

1996 - nintendo64

1998 - sega dreamcast

2000 - playstation 2*

2001 - nintendo gamecube

2001 - xbox

2005 - xbox 360

2006 - playstation 3

2006 - nintendo wii*

2012 - wii u

2013 - playstation 4

2013 - xbox one

2017 - nintendo switch*

2020 - playstation 5

2020 - xbox series x/s

2025 - tba 'nintendo switch 2'