It announced by March 2011 that 10 million units and 10 million retail games had been sold: the Kinect even broke a Guinness World Record for being the fastest-selling game peripheral. ...

Why was Kinect discontinued?

In a statement to Polygon, a Microsoft spokesperson commented that, “After careful consideration, we decided to stop manufacturing the Xbox Kinect Adapter to focus attention on launching new, higher fan-requested gaming accessories across Xbox One and Windows 10.”

How successful is Kinect?

The Kinect release for the Xbox 360 was estimated to have sold eight million units in the first sixty days of release, earning the hardware the Guinness World Record for the "Fastest-Selling Consumer Electronics Device". ... Only an estimated 20% of the 55 million Xbox 360 owners had purchased the Kinect.