Sony PS3 sales suffers in January

According to new figures by research group NPD, Sony's PlayStation 3 has seen a year-on-year decline in sales of 24.5 percent in January. Specifically, last year it sold 269,000 units, whilst this year it's 203,200. The PlayStation Portable suffered a very similar fate with a 25 percent drop, with sales of 101,200 from 264,200 the previous year.

In contrast, Microsoft's console sales grew 25.5 percent (up to 309,000 from 230,000), with Nintendo making an even bigger gain of 59.5 percent (up to 676,000 from 274,000).