Kinect Enters the Guinness Book of World Records

The Guiness Book of World Records has established the Kinect Sensor as the fastest selling gadget of all time. Stories of the Kinect flying off the shelf weren’t kidding with the sensor selling over 8 million units in 60 days. Since the launch in November Microsoft has shipped over 10 million units to retailers. At this rate 222 Kinects are being sold every hour.

As IFC points out Microsoft also release the attach rate for Kinect Software. Approximately 10 million Kinect titles have sold since the launch in late November. This means that the average consumer is only buying one title with their new device. Data from November suggests that Dance Central was the top selling Kinect game during the holidays. With only one title being sold with every Kinect (on average) how many people are still playing theirs?

During Kinect’s launch we reviewed several titles with the majority of them receiving 7.5 or below. Do you still play any of the Kinect games purchased at launch? Personally I’ve put my Kinect away until the second round of titles hits sometime during the second quarter of 2011.

Guinness also released a statement about Kinect’s inclusion in the record books:"The sales figures here speak for themselves," said Gaz Deaves, Gaming Editor for Guinness World Records. "According to independent research, no other consumer electronics device sold faster within a 60-day time span, which is an incredible achievement considering the strength of the sector."

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