Playstation 3 Hardware May Be Flying Off The Shelves A Little Too Quickly.

SCEA's director of communications, Patrick Seybold explained the company are working hard to ensure stock is available for everyone. "We're working very hard with our retail partners to meet consumer interest, but the demand is tremendously high for the PS3 and we expect tight inventory in the coming months," Seybold noted in a statement.

Seybold told Joystiq that the tight stock situation may have been a reason for the slightly lower NPD sales this month. "Yes. The strong demand carrying through the holidays was evident and early in the month we [knew] there was going to be limited supply of the PS3 at retail in January. We're working closely with the retail channel to meet this demand, but expect tight supply for the coming months."

We've heard a few rumblings regarding stock situation. Hopefully Sony can sort that out as they're on the verge of releasing arguably two of the biggest titles in the Playstation's history, Heavy Rain and God Of War III.