How is the Sony (SNE) Playstation 3 doing? It depends on who you ask.

Research firm Chart Track shows that PS3 sales dropped the three weeks in a row after the game console went on sale in the UK.  The press in that country has even suggested that Sony needs to cut price to pick up customers.

Over at Sony, the CEO says that the Playstation 3 launch in Europe is a clear success. The record-breaking success of the PlayStation 3 in Europe has rescued the games console from “the perception wars” that hit sales in Japan, says Sir Howard Stringer, he told the FT.

Maybe sales in Switzerland were good enough to make up for the short-fall in the UK.

Douglas A. McIntyre