Eurogamer

Microsoft's Xbox 360 add-on Kinect is the fastest-selling consumer electronics device ever – we know because Guinness World Records says so.

The controller-free motion-sensing device sold an incredible 10 million units between its 4th November 2010 launch and 3rd January – that's an average of 133,333 units per day.

But which products did Kinect beat to top spot on the fastest-selling list?

Here are the Guinness-endorsed top four best-selling consumer electronics devices ever by units sold per day:

Kinect: 133,000 (released 4th November, 2010)

iPhone 4: 120,000 (released 24th June, 2010)

Wii: 85,000 (released 19th November, 2006)

iPad: 50,000 (released 3rd April, 2010)

"When researching this record, we looked at a broad sample of comparable devices and narrowed it down to the five most likely competitors," Gaz Deaves, gaming editor for Guinness World Records, told Eurogamer.

"Of particular interest in the list is the iPhone 4, which narrowly missed out on the record in spite of the fact that it costs at least four times as much as Kinect."

The original iPhone managed around 17,000 sales per day during its launch period. Also missing out are the Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-03-10-the-top-4-fastest-selling-devices-ever

It sold 10 million by January 3rd??? O.o 

I knew it did well, I didn't know it did that well though 

Good job Kinect.  I'm not surprisd though, I expected good sales from this whole affair.

so much wrong.

it's the fastest seller in the first 60 days. But it shiped 10 million up to march.

Well its nice to see Apple lose the top spot.  Nice job Microsoft

What the hell? So Kinect sold 2m more than it shipped till New Year?

That makes sense...

EDIT: Also, it averaged 133,000 for 60 days and came to 10m in sales? That makes even more sense...

Woa kinect sales are quite insane, I knew it would sell but not that it would sell a lot. The wii could have had better sales if not for the massive shortages and I think not even nintendo thought of selling that much units.

Uhm, didn't the 3DS move like 400.000 in one day in Japan alone?

Yeah but the record is based on 8m in two months (60 days.. or so I am led to believe, but don't quote me on that).

I never knew the iphone sold so many units in such a short time and they cost a fortune.

That's pretty impressive for kinect but to be honest I am not surprise.

3 Super marketers on that list. 

MS uses there money, Nintendo with there middle age Women role models and Apple by placing there devices in tv shows and movies as well as advertising high quality.