Sony Offers Online Upgrades for PS3 Glitch

November 14th 2006 | Games Consoles

Sony has admitted that some games designed for older PlayStation consoles are not working properly on the newly released PlayStation 3 (PS3). It has offered to fix the PS3 problems via online upgrades for consoles.

The PS3 was supposed to be “backwards compatible”, meaning it should run games written for PlayStation and PlayStation 2. Sony said that the audio features do not work on some titles, while others have problems with the graphics.

BBC - Game glitches for PlayStation 3

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.

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.

Reuters - Sony PS3 Japan Launch Hits Software Glitches

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Sony Offers Online Upgrades for PS3 Glitch
Published in: Games Consoles on 2006-11-14