Sony responds to poor March figures

PlayStation as a brand is doing really well says Sony.

layStation 3 is not doing well in North America, the latest NPD figures for March show the console languishing in third place by some margin compared to Wii and Xbox 360.

But Sony is putting a brave face on the figures. According to the company, "a 24 percent increase in retail dollars generated year-over-year for the PlayStation brand in North America with total sales of $447 million, due in part to the addition of the PS3 platform as well as the strong launch performance of God of War II for PS2 at retail."

With PS3 not doing so well, the focus is on the PlayStation brand as a whole as PlayStation 2 and PSP continue to sell like hot cakes.

"PS3 saw a month-over-month increase of 2 percent with sales of 129,638 units, we continued to find ourselves supply constrained in March due primarily to the shift in manufacturing focus to the PS3 PAL version to support the launch of the system in Europe," said Sony.

What supply issues? PlayStation 3 is well known to be widely available in the US. If you want one there's no trouble walking into a store and picking one up