Gaming consoles are devices that output video signals. Here, the user can interact with the various characters on-screen and the various events that are happening on the screen with the help of handheld joysticks and other controlling devices.

Gaming consoles have evolved over time to offer their users the best of gaming experiences at home. Currently, the market is flooded with a variety of gaming consoles which offer a wide range of value-added features to the entertainment being offered. They are very different from the arcade gaming machine, in the sense that, they are more sophisticated and more personalized. For example, one cannot reconfigure what a button does on the arcade machine, but on a fourth generation console, one can do this with complete ease.

For those who spent their childhood and college days playing games on the gaming consoles and for those who want to learn more about the best of the consoles that were or are still available in the market, here is a list of the top 10 gaming consoles of all time. (It has not been ranked, just listed):

• Amstrad CPC 464:
  This gaming console was released in 1984. It is a home computer that was active in the market between 1984 and 1990 and the series had six different models selling over 3 million units. It had various features that made it effectively usable with non-gamers too in running other software.
• Nintendo 3DS:
  This handheld gaming console was released in the year 2011. It has a huge library of games that one can access. It is very compact and portable and one of its unique features is that it has a stereoscopic display.
• Sony PSP:
  This gaming console was released in the year 2004. It is a handheld console and the first ever from the Sony company. It is part of the PlayStation series and PSP stands for PlayStation Portable. It is one of the best-sellers in the series.
• PC Engine:
  This gaming console was released in the year 1987. It is a console that was very popular during its time in the market selling approximately 10 million units. It is a home video gaming console that is cartridge-based. It has an 18-bit CPU and was known for its exciting arcade game conversions.
• Nintendo Switch:
  This gaming console was released in the year 2017. It is one of the latest handheld gaming consoles and has a variety of top-notch games that one can play. It has changed the way that one plays a game since it brought the experience of the TV mode/PC mode to a more compact and efficient form.
• PlayStation 3:
  This gaming console was released in the year 2006. It had the best of the features back at the time of its release. It is a console that can be connected to the TV or any display system. Sony introduced the Blu-Ray disc reading feature to this console. One can run any Blu-ray disk in the PS3 and also game easily.
• PlayStation 4:
  This gaming console was released in the year 2013. It had various features that made it unique from the PS3. Sony approached PS4 with a different method of programming in comparison to the PS3. This version was an amazing success as compared to the sales of PS3.