Inform Video Games

Microsoft sells 2.5M Kinect sensors for Xbox 360

Forbes |

In Brief...

Microsoft Corp. said Monday that it has sold more than 2.5 million of its Kinect sensors, which let users forgo traditional video game controllers and instead use their bodies to control onscreen characters. Kinect, which works exclusively with Microsoft ( MSFT - news - people )'s Xbox 360 video game console, is a $150 accessory that uses a camera to capture players' movements. When it went on sale earlier this month, Best Buy Co. Inc. ( BBY - news - people ), for one, opened stores at midnight to sell it.. Nik Nayar, Target ( TGT - news - people )'s vice president of merchandising, described it as a "top performer. Shares of Microsoft closed Monday at $25.31, up 6 cents..

Read the entire article at Forbes...

Related Topics