PlayStation 3 has problems playing old games

Sony Corp. said Tuesday that users of the newly launched PlayStation 3 may have problems trying to play games designed for older versions of the console. Some 200 software titles out of 8,000 sold for the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation have problems running on the PS3, said a spokeswoman for Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. "We don't want to call them defects, as the problems are sort of inevitable when introducing totally different hardware. "The type of problems vary from software to software. In some cases the only problem is no sound, and in others the screen freezes up. We're working day-and-night to provide software to solve the problem," she said. The problems were revealed just days after Saturday's sell-out launch of the hugely anticipated new console. Sony has suffered technical problems with the state-of-the-art new machine and was forced to delay the global launch by about six months due to problems with the high-definition DVD player, and again in Europe until March. Sony has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into PlayStation 3 and its success is considered vital to the iconic company's future following a series of setbacks, including recalls of millions of faulty computer batteries. With just 100,000 PS3 consoles available on launch day, the PS3 quickly sold out as people queued up all night for the prized new machine, which Sony had previously said was compatible with PlayStation and PS2 games.