Microsoft’s Kinect is the ‘fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history’

Peter Klein, chief financial officer at Microsoft, has stated that the Kinect motion detecting camera for Xbox 360 is the “fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history”.

Microsoft said yesterday that its Entertainment & Devices division, which is responsible for the Xbox 360, PC games, Zune and Windows Phone 7 businesses, saw increased revenues and profit during the last quarter of 2010.

6.3 million Xbox 360s were sold during the last quarter of last year along, with eight million Kinect units.

Thanks to CVG for the info.