Kinect Outsells Gamecube & Original Xbox

<p>Kinect&comma; an Xbox 360 accessory similar to the PlayStation Eye Toy in that you &OpenCurlyQuote;ARE’ the controller&comma; is often seen as a daft and childish add-on in the eyes of hardcore gamers&period; But if the recent statistics are to be believed&comma; and they are from Microsoft themselves&comma; then said gamers are most likely wrong&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The latest stats released by Microsoft confirm the accessory is anything but a serious success as it has now shipped 24 million units worldwide&comma; 3&period;3 million more than the Nintendo Gamecube and equal to the original Xbox console&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the pile of stats released by the company&comma; Microsoft also stated that 76million Xbox 360 consoles have now been shipped &lpar;a rate of nearly one Kinect to every three Xbox 360 consoles&rpar;&comma; that there are now 46 million users described as Xbox Live Subscribers and that in 2012 alone users consumed 18 billion hours of entertainment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2013-02-12-xbox-360-worldwide-sales-top-76-million">Eurogamer<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;ac63ccad-edb3-4100-8525-66a5b5ff3847" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;