Andre Yoskowitz
20 Apr 2007 12:31
According to Sony America, the European launch of the PlayStation 3 has constrained supplies to North American retailers.
Although the company stated that PS3 sales were up 2 percent for the month, they added, "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."
The Xbox 360 outsold the PS3 by over 70,000 units but for the month, its sales were down 12 percent. The Wii finished with double the sales of the PS3 but saw its sales fall by 22 percent.
In non next-gen news, the Playstation 2 outsold all the the next gen consoles, and both the Nintendo DS and the PSP sold very well for the month.
"March 2007 showed a 24 per cent increase in retail dollars generated year-over-year for the PlayStation brand in North America with total sales of USD 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," the company's statement reads.
"On the software front, we were pleased to see sales increases from February for both the PSP and PS2. PS2 software showed a 29 per cent increase with the launch of God of War II and PSP software demonstrated a 13 per cent jump."
Source:
Gamesindustry.biz