Sony has announced that the new PlayStation 3 is having trouble playing several PlayStation and PlayStation 2 software titles. Problems include no sound during gameplay to titles not even starting up within the PS3.

A spokesman for Sony declined to give the actual number of games that have been found incompatible thus far but Sankei Shimbun daily is reporting that nearly 200 PlayStation and PlayStation 2 titles are likely not compatible with the next generation system.

Having incompatible titles is a forgone conclusion if you ask me. Microsoft to this day still has trouble providing compatibility with old Xbox games on the 360 thus Sony isn’t alone in this camp. What WILL be important for Sony is to make sure the popular old titles are fully supported.

Another interesting side note from the CNET article: 88,400 units of the PlayStation 3 were sold in two days in Japan.

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