Sony America have revealed a sales increase of 130 percent during the festive period in a statement to CNET.

"Early internal data points to an increase of more than 130 per cent of PS3 hardware sales for the holiday season - since Black Friday - and we’re also seeing a growth of nearly 40 per cent in total PS3 hardware sales for the calendar year," Jackson continued. "We remain confident this momentum will continue into the new year."

There we go, told you the feel good story from Sony wouldn’t take long to appear.