The Kinect Earns A Guinness Record For Fastest-Selling Device

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Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Microsoft announced yesterday that more than 10 million Kinect motion-sensing gaming add-ons were sold since its launch. That put it at the top of the charts as the fastest-selling consumer device of all time. Well, that claim is now a bit more validated as the Guinness Record folks officially certified the number and awarded the Kinect its very own place in the next version of the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition book. Guinness World Records points out that the Kinect edged out both the iPhone and the iPad to earn this title. Gamers > Apple fanboys. [Guinness World Records via Techland (Hi Doug!)]