Whoops... PS3 won't play some older PS1 & PS2 games

[PCLoadLetter]

Isn't this the same thing that the PS fans blasted the Xbox360 for?
PlayStation 3 Not Playing Some Older Games
By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP

TOKYO (Nov. 14) - 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. 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.'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.

11/14/06 04:58 EST

[BravoSierra]

I wouldn't find this a very big deal if they weren't asking $600 for the damn thing. At that price tag, it should be playin Gameboy games.

[thrawn42]

:clap:

[Death Metal Moe]

Now where's that guy who sticks up for every piece of shit Sony has ever crapped out?

[PCLoadLetter]

I'm sure he'll be along shortly to spin this into a positive.

[Death Metal Moe]

I was pissed when I found out my DS Lite wasn't going to play my old Gameboy games.

This can only be described as "Gay."

[FAngel]

What a bunch of rich cunts.

The best part about this whole thing is, if you go on IGN, there's an article where a sony rep is quoted as saying something to the extent of "Well, people are able to play games without the sound, so what's the big deal?"

It would be stupid enough if the PS3 weren't able to play all the old stuff, but in Microsoft's case, at least they were up front about the fact that there would be "limited" compatibility. Sony went on the record saying everything would be fine, and then that same rep said something like "we knew from the beginning there would be issues with the older games."

Here's the link: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/745/745506p1.html

Oh, this too: Hoping to play Guitar Hero with the guitar controller on the PS3? Too bad.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/745/745329p1.html

It gets better: EB Games and Gamestop have to cut people who already preordered because Sony is backing out of previous stockpiles: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/745/745601p1.html

Add this to the fact that there are PS3 systems shitting out everywhere.



PS3= Newport

Wii= Lucky Strikes

[d0uche_n0zzle]

This is why I'm holding off purchasing one. I'll let all the bugs be found before diving in, also good games is a must too.

[sobi]

HA! thats shitty. Something tells me they are gonna be shitheads and not fix the problem either.

[LZMF1]

i got my fingers crossed hoping my PS3 won't shit the bed straight outta the box. i'm positive my wii won't

[sobi]

...also good games is a must too...

another reason why I don't plan on keeping one.

[PCLoadLetter]

Oh, this too: Hoping to play Guitar Hero with the guitar controller on the PS3? Too bad.
Well that settles it... No PS3 for my GF's son this Xmas.

Not like I could afford one even if one were available. Let his father pay for it. :icon_mrgr

[thrawn42]

Now where's that guy who sticks up for every piece of shit Sony has ever crapped out?

Well here's a guy who calls it (literally) a piece of shit that Sony has crapped out:

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=sony_bullshit

My favourite part:


Sony would love nothing more than to see you and your family suffer. Sony is like that psycho-ex who you had a few good times with, but was too clingy and the sex got boring. Now it's over and Sony is still stewing about it by leaving you voice mail asking for another chance and promising it "can change."

Tough shit Sony. We've moved on. We're dating your younger, hotter sister, Wii. Even your fuglier step-sister, Xbox 360, looks hotter than you do. At least she's been around the block a few times and knows how to turn tricks. You've got nothing, and it's going to stay that way until you stop being a crabby old cunt.

[Death Metal Moe]

Well here's a guy who calls it (literally) a piece of shit that Sony has crapped out:

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=sony_bullshit

My favourite part:

Yea, I read that last night. That's probably where I got the "Crapped out a piece of shit" line from. It was fresh in my mind.

Hoo Hoo.

[Bill Lehecka]

The PS3 will be the end of Sony in the Video Game deal. I sense it.

[wes mantooth]

Fuckem. Love my 360.

[PCLoadLetter]

Fuckem. Love my 360.
Yeah... I still love my Atari VCS. Night Driver and Combat are still the best video games ever. :)

I can't help but notice that no new gaming consoles incorporate any fake wood trim...

[westben2002]

man, fork over 600 for a ps3, and it won't play any older games.....have fun with that

[Polack]

It will play damn near all of the older games. It is having problems with the stupid obscure games that sell for ten dollars to 3 year olds. Most of the games will be able to play without any problems. Try sticking an N64 game in a Wii. at least the ps3 can go back ten years. Fucking nintendo is making everyone buy all new games.

[martianvirus]

It will play damn near all of the older games. It is having problems with the stupid obscure games that sell for ten dollars to 3 year olds. Most of the games will be able to play without any problems. Try sticking an N64 game in a Wii. at least the ps3 can go back ten years. Fucking nintendo is making everyone buy all new games.
You are a brainwashed Sony zombie. Who cares about old games anyway? I don’t.

[OandA_Chris]

Fuckem. Love my 360.


same here once 360 puts out a version of guitar hero I dont need playstation anymore.

[LZMF1]

You are a brainwashed Sony zombie. Who cares about old games anyway? I don’t.
OK i'm not a fanboy of any company.

i have my 360 and my PS2. being a fancy man i'm getting both the PS3 and the Wii.

as far as the PS3 is concerned: if the system freezes constantly they damn well better have a good replacement plan. if they do not i will never ever buy another sony product. (i chuckle as i type this on my sony vaio's keyboard)

ohhhh the irony.


anyway the reason for quoting MV:

i grew up playing all of those games and that's my main reason for buying the system. i'm 35 and have fond memories of playing those games on my ol' NES and SNES. i'm pretty psyched to play those games again.

[CM Mark]

HA HA!!

More reason to not buy the PS3.

[MrBogey]

You are a brainwashed Sony zombie. Who cares about old games anyway? I don’t.

That's the point of this thread. It's about the PS3 failing to play a couple dozen old games that few people play anyways.

This isn't a big deal since 99% of PS3 players will never play those games. And it's possible that the PS3 can be updated to play a few more of the obscure titles.

This is no big deal.

[Warfarer]

i grew up playing all of those games and that's my main reason for buying the system. i'm 35 and have fond memories of playing those games on my ol' NES and SNES. i'm pretty psyched to play those games again.

This is my reason for wanting a Wii also, but I think I will wait until early next year to buy one. I don't really have the time to play my 360 now, but I will finish up in South Florida this year and have more time next year.

[WhiteHonkyDevil]

This is no big deal.

No big deal? The fucking machine doesn't work properly. Who cares if it's 10 games or 1000???? Every last goddamned thing should work.

[BlackNinja]

It will play damn near all of the older games. It is having problems with the stupid obscure games that sell for ten dollars to 3 year olds. Most of the games will be able to play without any problems. Try sticking an N64 game in a Wii. at least the ps3 can go back ten years. Fucking nintendo is making everyone buy all new games.

i can fucking bet that PS3 will not play my Marvel vs Capcom2, one of the best games on that console, and if thats the case, forget ps3 1000000% sony is doing what microsoft did with xbox 1, a visually better system with nothing to offer(it had 4 good games, and halo were 2 of them). 360 is tremendous and i bet assassin's creed will be better on 360

[ESdarkFX]

yes....the point being if you pay 600 for a ps3 it should do what they claimed it would. or if that fails go online an order a hooker for you, but fuck em anyway worms for XBLA

[thrawn42]

It will play damn near all of the older games. It is having problems with the stupid obscure games that sell for ten dollars to 3 year olds. Most of the games will be able to play without any problems. Try sticking an N64 game in a Wii. at least the ps3 can go back ten years. Fucking nintendo is making everyone buy all new games.

Actually the games that are being reported as malfunctioning are not that obscure at all.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/745/745439p1.html
http://ps3.qj.net/PS3-Backwards-Compatibility-status-list/pg/49/aid/72577

However I was nodding in agreement until you hit the N64 crap. You do realize that Wii's Virtual Console will enable it to play pretty much any Nintendo game ever made dating all the way back to the NES? Besides that it also has access to Sega's library, the TurboGrafx 16 and Commodore 64 as well.

Sorry chuckles. You lose that argument. :action-sm

[CM Mark]

Gran Turismo 4: The screen may freeze following the title demo.
Yup, that sure is an obscure game that no one has ever thought would be worth playing.

Tekken 5 - Sometimes the BGM does not play during several fight modes' character select screen. The screen freezes returning from "Arcade history".
Yup, another obscure game

[Death Metal Moe]

Something stuck out at me reading those 2 links in thrawn42's post. Each had official games they've actually had problems with, and then a bunch from around the web people had reported.

Kinda sounds like Sony was in such a hurry to get this lump of plastic shit out to us they hardly tested any of the older game for compatibility.

Wonder what else they missed...

[Bill Lehecka]

I can't help but notice that no new gaming consoles incorporate any fake wood trim...

You can buy an XBox 360 Faceplate that's fake wood trim...

[CM Mark]

Something stuck out at me reading those 2 links in thrawn42's post. Each had official games they've actually had problems with, and then a bunch from around the web people had reported.

Kinda sounds like Sony was in such a hurry to get this lump of plastic shit out to us they hardly tested any of the older game for compatibility.

Wonder what else they missed...
yeah, but you would think they would test a VERY popular game like
GRAN TURISMO 4!!

[BusyChild04]

This a reason why the dude at EB games told me to wait at least a year and a half for the ps3. Looks like I made the right choice of picking up a 360 and maybe getting a wii this weekend. 2 for the price of one...not bad at all...

[voxy rotten]

PS3 = Failure.

[BravoSierra]

It seems like just the other day I heard they were ditching the Blue Ray technology. That's a huge part of the system.... it's fucking rushed, wait a while on it.

[PCLoadLetter]

I can't believe that they'd dump out on blu-ray... There are already blu-ray players on the market and I doubt that the laser technology has anything to do with the problems the game system is having.

[MrBogey]

No big deal? The fucking machine doesn't work properly. Who cares if it's 10 games or 1000???? Every last goddamned thing should work.

Calm down. If you were any more hysterical your crotch would be bleeding.

The PS platform has an ungodly number of title versions. A few don't work 100% This is nothing to go apeshit about. It's "who gives a fuck" stuff.

[MrBogey]

It seems like just the other day I heard they were ditching the Blue Ray technology. That's a huge part of the system.... it's fucking rushed, wait a while on it.

They're not ditching Blu-Ray. That's just MS flak. If they had thought of ditching Blu-Ray we'd be up to our eyes in PS3s because that's 90% of the delay in production.

[Dave _from_Kiev]

I am making the move to pc like ant was saying. Ive had enuff of this shit. its nothing more than sonys feeble attempt at making their "patented" blu-ray mainstream. Games are just as much fun on a pc and you will be upgrading that not both when it becomes obsolete.

[KakTheInfected]

$600 and it can't even play old games properly (or put out a better looking game than 360 for that matter).