Microsoft has made the incredibly confident claim thatKinectis the “fastest selling consumer electronic in history.”

Chief financial officer Peter Klein made the statement during a conference call, where he also revealed that Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices division has grown 55% in the past year. The division includes Xbox 360 and PC gaming, the Zune, and Windows Phone 7, and generated $3.7 billion in revenue in Q4 of 2010.

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There’s little doubt that Kinect did well, but Microsoft has placed its success above that of the Wii, DS, and everything Apple’s ever done. Quite a claim. Can you believe it?

Microsoft’s Kinectified game business grows 55 percent — fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history[Venture Beat]

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