Confirming earlier information, Sony says that some PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games do not run as they should on new PlayStation 3 systems. The system went on sale in Japan late last week.

PS3 is designed to be fully backwards compatible with Sony's previous two consoles, but some games play without any sound while others completely fail to load. Sony would not say how many games are affected by the error, but Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun originally reported that roughly 200 PS and PS2 games are not working on PS3 consoles.

Sony has suffered numerous problems in the past year, ranging from PS3 production delays and shortages to defective and possibly dangerous laptop computer batteries.

Sony said it is testing games to determine backwards compatibility issues. The company hopes to fix the problem through an online software upgrade. PS3 launches in the United States Friday, with a European launch in March 2007.

Wii arrives at retail November 19.

Source: Reuters