This past weekend the PlayStation 3 officially launched in the Land of the Rising Sun. Today, reports are starting to trickle in about the system having trouble with a few games, 196 different titles to be exact.
Japan’s CNet.com is giving that official number and it includes games that have had multiple versions, like collector’s editions or director’s cuts. The issues that occur range anywhere from slight graphical hiccups, no sound, or in Gran Turismo 4‘s case, a full system freeze soon after the game loads. Sony has given an official statement today saying that they know about this issue and many of the problems will be resolved in a future firmware update. A few games may need to have separate patches, but all issues should be resolved in time.
Honestly, considering that the entire catalog of PSone and PS2 games reaches into the thousands, having 196 with issues still beats the backwards compatibility that Microsoft has provided on the 360.
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hmmm. i figured the number would be a lot higher, given there are at least up to five reissues of some older titles (Regular edition, Best Hits, Simple 1500 or 2000, PS One Books and so forth and so on). it shouldn’t be so tricky in the US, but we’ll see in a few days…
That’s pretty darn good- really not that many problems at all. A hell of a lot better than the 360’s crap backwards compatibility.