Playstation 3 Glitch Found in Japan release! (No discussion about wii or gtfo)

[Vandoura]

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/14/technology/ps3.reut/index.htm?postversion=2006111407

New Sony PS3 not in synch with older games

About 200 titles affected by glitch; gaming system, which went on sale Saturday in Japan, is crucial in Sony's battle with Microsoft and Nintendo.

November 14 2006: 7:52 AM EST


TOKYO (Reuters) -- Sony said Tuesday its new video game console, the PlayStation 3, does not run about 200 PlayStation and PlayStation 2 software titles properly, the latest problem the electronics maker has run into in its cash-cow game business.
The PS3, which Sony (Charts) calls its most important strategic product of the year, went on sale in Japan on Saturday, setting the stage for a three-way showdown with Microsoft's (Charts) already available Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii.

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Sony said audio features do not work on some software titles when played on the PS3, which is supposed to be compatible with games designed for its previous models, while some other titles do not work on the latest machine at all.
Shares in Sony closed up 0.9 percent at ¥4,730 ($40.05), underperforming a 1.64 percent gain in the Tokyo stock market's electrical machinery index but in line with Nintendo stock.
Industry specialists say the glitches appear to be the kind of hiccups that often plague console launches and are not likely to have a lasting impact on the PS3 business.
"There are always sorts of little problems at launch ... It may take some time to make everything compatible, but I don't think it's a huge problem," KBC Securities analyst Hiroshi Kamide said.
Indeed, Microsoft received customer complaints following its Xbox launch in Japan in 2002 that the console was scratching game discs, while Sony's PS2, which it released in 2000, had compatibility problems with PS games.
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), Sony's game unit, plans to fix the PS3 problems by offering online upgrades for system software, SCE spokesman Satoshi Fukuoka said.
And they're off
Sony sold 88,400 units of the PS3 in the first two days of the Japan launch, clearing out most stores' stock, video game magazine publisher Enterbrain said Monday.
The PS3 will be launched in North America on Friday. Gamers in Europe must wait until March due to a glitch in commercial production of blue laser diodes, a key component of the game gear's Blu-ray high-definition DVD player.
The Tokyo-based electronics and entertainment conglomerate aims to ship 6 million units of the PS3 by March.
The original PS and PS2 have each sold more than 100 million units.
Sony, which has dominated the game market over the past decade, has packed the PS3 with its latest technology, including a Blu-ray player and the Cell microchip, dubbed a "supercomputer on a chip."
But the new machine's lifelike graphics and fast downloading of game software and video clips come at a price.
Sony sells a basic model for ¥49,980 ($424.90) in Japan, almost double the price of the Wii, which will be released in the United States on Sunday and Dec. 2 in Japan.

Discuss!

 

[Neyla]

Take it to off-topic, threadwhore.

 

[Lanien]

And so it begins...

 

[Vandoura]

meh... mod will move it soon, so anyway discuss, and don't get offtopic about it!

 

[delsus]

Bet FFXI is a game you can not play on the PS3 ...... yay

 

[Xalioniaf]

I thought PS3 was gonna be a worldwide release? Oh, silly me...

 

[Neyla]

Bet FFXI is a game you can not play on the PS3 ...... yay

That's already known.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/745/745439p1.html

 

[Vandoura]

Well no one post them on QCDN

I'm sure if ign talks about it surely other site will talk about it. but still, no one posted on qcdn so

 

[Ruffyreborn]

I foresaw this

 

[Elemmire]

*shrugs* still has more backwards compatability than Microsoft and Nintendo have had XD (hell.. from what I've seen almost NONE of the Xbox games works on my friend's Xbox 360 as they were claimed to). This is also why I Wait for any system before buying.. it seems it'll be fixed by US release or shortly after.

 

[Zoner]

Games that use the hard disk will currently not run. The problem is that the built-in PS3 hard disk cannot currently be used as a PS2 hard disk. We haven't tried it out ourselves, but this means games like Final Fantasy XI and Nobunaga's Ambition Online won't work.

For now at least. The good news is that Sony plans on making hard disk based PS2 games compatible in a future system software update. The list of titles that will work once this magic system update is carried is basically just Nobunaga's Ambition Online, Final Fantasy XI and the Play Online viewer, and Front Mission Online in all their variations, including expansions.

Not compatible atm but maybe in the future, tho i wouldnt hold my breath on it.....

 

[Pelori]

And really, what games are not compatable, Super monkey funball 57? They said 200 ps and ps2 games, well, if you think about it thats not all that much considering how many games there are for both of those systems. I doubt very seriously if MGS or most FF's (FF 5 prolly still has some issues lol) or any of the other popular games has a problem. XI may have issues, but it is kinda of a needy game on the hardware. And as was stated before, it still more backwards compatable then the other systems, I say WOOT PS3 IS ALMOST HERE.

 

[exodusamphi]

*shrugs* still has more backwards compatability than Microsoft and Nintendo have had XD (hell.. from what I've seen almost NONE of the Xbox games works on my friend's Xbox 360 as they were claimed to). This is also why I Wait for any system before buying.. it seems it'll be fixed by US release or shortly after.

Your friend must have been dropped on his head as a child, because 360 plays almost ALL Xbox games, that or the 360 was dropped on its head, either way your friend or your their system is retarded. Send it in and get it fixed.

 

[Bajaratt]

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/14/technology/ps3.reut/index.htm?postversion=2006111407

About 200 titles affected by glitch; gaming system, which went on sale Saturday in Japan, is crucial in Sony's battle with Microsoft and Nintendo.

November 14 2006: 7:52 AM EST


TOKYO (Reuters) -- Sony said Tuesday its new video game console, the PlayStation 3, does not run about 200 PlayStation and PlayStation 2 software titles properly, the latest problem the electronics maker has run into in its cash-cow game business.
The PS3, which Sony (Charts) calls its most important strategic product of the year, went on sale in Japan on Saturday, setting the stage for a three-way showdown with Microsoft's (Charts) already available Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii.
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Sony said audio features do not work on some software titles when played on the PS3, which is supposed to be compatible with games designed for its previous models, while some other titles do not work on the latest machine at all.
Shares in Sony closed up 0.9 percent at ¥4,730 ($40.05), underperforming a 1.64 percent gain in the Tokyo stock market's electrical machinery index but in line with Nintendo stock.
Industry specialists say the glitches appear to be the kind of hiccups that often plague console launches and are not likely to have a lasting impact on the PS3 business.
"There are always sorts of little problems at launch ... It may take some time to make everything compatible, but I don't think it's a huge problem," KBC Securities analyst Hiroshi Kamide said.
Indeed, Microsoft received customer complaints following its Xbox launch in Japan in 2002 that the console was scratching game discs, while Sony's PS2, which it released in 2000, had compatibility problems with PS games.
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), Sony's game unit, plans to fix the PS3 problems by offering online upgrades for system software, SCE spokesman Satoshi Fukuoka said.
And they're off
Sony sold 88,400 units of the PS3 in the first two days of the Japan launch, clearing out most stores' stock, video game magazine publisher Enterbrain said Monday.
The PS3 will be launched in North America on Friday. Gamers in Europe must wait until March due to a glitch in commercial production of blue laser diodes, a key component of the game gear's Blu-ray high-definition DVD player.
The Tokyo-based electronics and entertainment conglomerate aims to ship 6 million units of the PS3 by March.
The original PS and PS2 have each sold more than 100 million units.
Sony, which has dominated the game market over the past decade, has packed the PS3 with its latest technology, including a Blu-ray player and the Cell microchip, dubbed a "supercomputer on a chip."
But the new machine's lifelike graphics and fast downloading of game software and video clips come at a price.
Sony sells a basic model for ¥49,980 ($424.90) in Japan, almost double the price of the Wii, which will be released in the United States on Sunday and Dec. 2 in Japan.

Discuss!

Anyone else find this as funny as I did? A tiny 100k units and it's not selling out in 2 days.

 

[Ruffyreborn]

*shrugs* still has more backwards compatability than Microsoft and Nintendo have had XD (hell.. from what I've seen almost NONE of the Xbox games works on my friend's Xbox 360 as they were claimed to). This is also why I Wait for any system before buying.. it seems it'll be fixed by US release or shortly after.

I disagree with this...

Nintendo has always been about backwards compatibility. And its only on its second disc-fed system, whereas PS is on its 3rd, so it is easier to implement.

But All the nintendos that had cartridges were backward compatible. except the NES lol, for obvious reasons..

 

[Blabj]

Moved to OT.


Sony = Fail.

 

[Elpon]

I disagree with this...

Nintendo has always been about backwards compatibility. And its only on its second disc-fed system, whereas PS is on its 3rd, so it is easier to implement.

But All the nintendos that had cartridges were backward compatible. except the NES lol, for obvious reasons..

huh? Are you referring to the gameboys or the consoles?
Cause if you can show me how to play SNES on an N64 I would love to see that.

 

[Marajade]

Its a software glitch, not a hardware one. Once they have the fix, it'll be distributed to old PS3's via the online function.

 

[Ryuoho]

It's a minor glitch that's only being called out because of Sony's previous problems with its launch. Not a big deal.

 

[Khali]

Not getting a ps3 or wii (atm) or x360 but when someone tries to 'tone down' a problem... it's usually something serious. I bet they're just saying it's a 'minor' software problem to get everyone off their backs, and if this is the case, then it's working.