That's a non-sequitur, but I'll bite.
I don't know where you were in 1967, or what you were paying attention to, but when Hendrix hit the scene, he basically shell-shocked the reigning Lords of Rock on every continent.
Later commentaries from most of rock's legendary performers (of the day) recount that they were in utter awe of the man. Eric Clapton said that he was so stunned by what Hendrix was doing, that he couldn't play guitar for a solid year after seeing him live.
I won't dispute that The Beatles may have maintained record sales exceeding Hendrix', but there's no doubt that he achieved an artistic breakthrough of monumental proportions, and his peers all gave him his due for it - including the members of the Fab Four.
I don’t disagree on that level, in fact, Hendrix played Sgt Pepper two days before it was even released, with Macca in the audience.
But if you asked the average person who the “King of Rock” was in 1967, most would have answered “The Beatles”.
But yes, Hendrix has had more of a long-term impact on music, because he was so far ahead of his time.
I don't put The Monkees on par with Eric Clapton, but I have always found it fascinating that after seeing Hendrix live, Mickey Dolenz was so impressed, he got Hendrix to be the opening act for The Monkees (66, I think?? Maybe it was 67). In later interviews, Dolenz laughs about how all these screaming young girls were looking at Hendrix on stage, "Huh? WE WANT DAVY!!"