Sony Corp., the world's largest maker of game consoles, said its PlayStation 3 has problems playing software designed for older consoles, marring the company's launch of its newest machine after a shortage.
Software titles sold for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2, the world's two best-selling game consoles, have problems running on the newest machine, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., the gaming unit, said on its Japanese Web site. The statement didn't specify what the problems were. Sony Computer spokesman Satoshi Fukuoka couldn't be immediately reached for comment.
Users can access Sony Computer's Web site to check which games has problems as each title has a different issue, the Tokyo-based company said. About 200 titles of the 8,000 games sold for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 are affected, the Sankei newspaper reported today, without saying where it got the information.
The software problem is another setback for the launch of the PlayStation 3, which Sony is counting on to revive earnings growth. A shortage of components for the high-definition Blu-ray DVD player in the console caused Sony to delay sales in Europe by four months and halve this year's shipments to 2 million.
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