PlayStation 3 Not Playing Some Older Games

[Shiba-Kun]

Opps...



PlayStation 3 Not Playing Some Older Games

Nov 14, 5:00 AM (ET)

By YURI KAGEYAMA

TOKYO (AP) - Sony's PlayStation 3 game console, which went on sale in Japan over the weekend leading off a global launch, can't play some of the older games for the original PlayStation and the upgrade PlayStation 2, a company official said Tuesday.

Sony Corp. (SNE) had billed PlayStation 3 as compatible with the previous PlayStation machines.

But Sony Computer Entertainment spokesman Satoshi Fukuoka said some of the 8,000 older games weren't working properly on PS3, making the wrong sounds or images, and some couldn't be played at all.

He declined to give a number for the games that weren't functioning, but he said the same problem is expected when the game console goes on sale in the U.S. Nov. 17. About 16,000 different games have been sold for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 in North America.

Fukuoka said the problems in playing the older games were not a glitch and had been expected. Sony announced the problem on its Japanese Web page Nov. 11, the day when the PS3 went on sale to lines of eager fans at Japanese retailers.

Users can punch in the name of the PS or PS2 game on the Web page, and a list will pop up, telling you if the game can be played without problems or not.

For example, all the "Biohazard" series games can be played without problem, except for one in which a virtual gun won't fire properly, according to Sony's Web page.

"We are sorry for the game fans that they cannot play all the games," Fukuoka said. "But unfortunately some of these problems could not be avoided."

PlayStation 3 is facing off in a three-way console war for this Christmas against Nintendo Co.'s Wii, which goes on sale Nov. 19 in the U.S., and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Xbox 360, which had a year's head start over rivals.

Although response has been enthusiastic to the PS3, the launch hasn't been smooth.

Production problems meant that only 100,000 PlayStation 3 machines were in time for its debut in Japan. When it goes on sale in the United States on Nov. 17, some 400,000 PS3 consoles will be available there.

The console's European launch has been pushed back until March. That was the second delay, as PS3 had been initially promised for spring of this year.

Sony has a lot riding on the success of the PS3, which is powered by the new "Cell" computer chip and supported by the next-generation Blu-ray video disc format.

But Sony will be losing money for a some time because of the high costs for research and production that went into the highly sophisticated machine.

The red ink is coming at a time when the Japanese electronics and entertainment company, known for the Walkman portable audio player and "Spider-Man" movies, is struggling to stage a comeback.

In recent years, Sony has fallen behind in key products like flat-panel TVs and digital music players. A fumble in its PS3 business could prove a huge blow at a time when it's seeing its brand image badly tarnished by a massive global recall of lithium-ion batteries for laptops.

[fartbomber]

The Japanese do not like to place blame on someone. They want to solve problems. So, there is probably some dude who is responsible for quality control but was slacking because he was watching hentai during work so the problem slipped by.

[NegroDamus]

So. Use your old system if you want to play some old ass game.

[tha_con]

I find it amusing that people are in an uproar that "only" 98% of the current PS1/PS2 games are working.

I guess so far there's nothing else wrong, or going wrong (so far).

People will find anything to generate a buzz so far.

[Shiba-Kun]

Originally Posted by NegroDamus

So. Use your old system if you want to play some old ass game.

Haha! Except Sony was touting backwards capability as one of their selling points.

I'd rather have one console play all of my games instead of having 2 consoles out or having to dig out it out of my closet just to play a quick game of *fill in the blank*.

[tha_con]

Originally Posted by Shiba-Kun

Haha! Except Sony was touting backwards capability as one of their selling points.

I'd rather have one console play all of my games instead of having 2 consoles out or having to dig out it out of my closet just to play a quick game of *fill in the blank*.

Out of those 200 games, do you know how many are just quirky Japanese titles?

The only ones that I've seen that are even remotely popular are:

GT4 (Has issues with the title demo)
Silent Hill 2 (A few sound issues during cutscenes)
Tekken 5 (Some stages don't have music)
FFXI (Uhh....who cares?)

And that's about it as far as big name titles that anyone will care about.

Most recently though, Guitar Hero 2, though it's an issue of the controller, not the game.

Still, is 98% percent ANYTHING to complain about? Who has done better? If anything Nintendo has done about the same (if not better). 98% of 8,000 titles is absolutely NOTHING to complain about.

[ghibli99]

This is certainly better than the 360's so-called backwards compatibility. This is why I keep most of my old consoles. Anyway, Sony said that they'll have fixes for many of these titles in future firmware updates.

-Mike

[fartbomber]

Originally Posted by tha_con

Still, is 98% percent ANYTHING to complain about? Who has done better? If anything Nintendo has done about the same (if not better). 98% of 8,000 titles is absolutely NOTHING to complain about.

The problem is that they aren't delivering a feature that they are promising. They got PS2 to work with PS1 games. To get backwards compatibility is a big selling point that other platforms don't have. That means you get to play games you already bought.

Would you buy a hot dog that was 2% raccoon meat? No. Same thing.

[tha_con]

Originally Posted by fartbomber

The problem is that they aren't delivering a feature that they are promising. They got PS2 to work with PS1 games. To get backwards compatibility is a big selling point that other platforms don't have. That means you get to play games you already bought.

Would you buy a hot dog that was 2% raccoon meat? No. Same thing.

This is the dumbest thing I've ever read in my life.

1) Sony never promised, they would deliver 100% Backwards compatibility, in fact, they made it quite clear in many interviews that they were aiming for that, but their standard was for 95% of all games to work.

2) Your analogy is retarded, and you know it. 200 titles, 7 of which are "big" titles (the others are mainly quirky low budget japanese titles). You're sitting here telling me that they fell short? GTFO.

You elite gamers and your ideas of perfection, how about you scream and holler at MS for their Shitty BC and get off Sony's nuts, just because you can't afford it or some other retarded reason. They've delivered on many fronts, and now because they systems haven't blown up since users got them last friday in Japan (unlike the 360, which turned to shit a mere two days after it's launch).

I guess if there's nothing bad to complain about you'll pull your panties up higher and bitch and moan about whatever you can find right? Weak.

[blackdelsol94]

Originally Posted by tha_con

This is the dumbest thing I've ever read in my life.

1) Sony never promised, they would deliver 100% Backwards compatibility, in fact, they made it quite clear in many interviews that they were aiming for that, but their standard was for 95% of all games to work.

2) Your analogy is retarded, and you know it. 200 titles, 7 of which are "big" titles (the others are mainly quirky low budget japanese titles). You're sitting here telling me that they fell short? GTFO.

You elite gamers and your ideas of perfection, how about you scream and holler at MS for their Shitty BC and get off Sony's nuts, just because you can't afford it or some other retarded reason. They've delivered on many fronts, and now because they systems haven't blown up since users got them last friday in Japan (unlike the 360, which turned to shit a mere two days after it's launch).

I guess if there's nothing bad to complain about you'll pull your panties up higher and bitch and moan about whatever you can find right? Weak.

And the Sony fanboy within the con begins to reveal itself once again.

Just kiddin man.

And the majority of the titles the PS3 can't play are ones most people would never play anyways. Untill a list comes out it will be hard to say if this is a big issue or not. At this time it dosn't seem so. And you will get next to nothing for selling used consoles so you might as well just hold onto them, even if they do just sit in your closet.

And easy on the shots at Microsoft. It's not like every 360 broke right away. In fact it was a very small percent. I've had mine since launch day and I have had absolutely NO problems what so ever.

[mike_sho]

Ps1 games on the ps2 sometimes looked like ass or sometimes moved slower.

Luckily there are updates that can be applied now a days.

[jammin civic]

all of you are fools....PC > *

[divinewisdom]

LOL.

when Xbox360 had problems its because of MS; when Sony has the same problem 1 year later, its 98% working. LOL