The PlayStation 3 is struggling, that's the word on the grapevine, while can seemingly do no wrong. The latest news out of Japan, however, seems to buck this point of view.

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According to the latest figures from Enterbrain, the PlayStation 3 outsold the over the month of March in - the first time this has happened for a whopping 16 months.

Apparently, the managed sales of nearly 147,000 systems over the course of the month, while the Wii only managed 99,000 - compared to the 360's 43,000.

Of course, the PS3 still isn't doing as well as might like in Western markets - but this shows that it isn't all doom and gloom for the console maker.

By Luke Guttridge