Sony's PS3 suffers software problems

Found on The Inquirer on Monday, 13 November 2006
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Touted as being backward compatible with older models, it turns out the machine can't run about 200 PS and PS2 games.

Sony's complaints department, which is probably the busiest part of Sony these days, has admitted that audio features do not work on some software titles when played on the PS3 and other games just do not work at all. A spokesSony said that the unit will fix the PS3 problems by offering online upgrades for system software.

No-one is wondering why, when the console was delayed so long, that no one spent a weekend going through the Playstation back catalogue seeing if the games worked.

It looks like Europe, which has been told it can't have any PS3s till March, will really miss much. It might take that long to sort out all the glitches.

It's not always the best idea to get the latest bleeding edge hardware. Wait a month or two longer and profit from fixed bugs that went through. Not that I ever would buy a Playstation; but still.