Bastards!!!

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How many times does Sony have to screw their customers before folks stop buying their stuff? I know, infinity. Haha, people never learn.

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You have your computers for install linux or the os you want... ps3 for god of war 3!

Problem is, Sony actually marketed this thing as a cheap developer machine for folks who wanted to jump on the cell bandwagon and promoted linux on the device. Now they've changed their minds. Once again, Sony fraks their users.

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it wasn't MADE to run Linux. It was just an OPTION. One that set it apart from the 360 and it's locked-in setup. A neat selling point for those people out there that have to put Linux on everything known to man.
 
Sony didn't sit down at the big ol' conference table and go
 
"guys, we need to make a 600$ console designed around the fact that it can run a free OS. Its the future of game consoles. Our propriety software isn't important."
 
I don't give two shits what Wikipedia says about "other OS" and crap for the PS3. Yeah, you can put Linux on there. Yeah, its neat. Yeah, tinkering and homebrewing can happen because of it.... but.....
 
PS3 development under random Linux distros sucks. Ever try it? I have. You don't get full fun of the hardware, and it's mostly a hobby/tinkering sort of thing. You can get the same performance out of a PC from the early 2000s.
 
If you want to really develop for the thing, you have to go legit. I've had ps3 since launch day and have been messing with Linux and development on it since it was possible as well...
 
So, uh, take your "research" comment, and kindly shove it.

tsk, tsk.
 
"it was fully intended that you, a PS3 owner, could play games, watch movies, view photos, listen to music, and run a full-featured Linux operating system that transforms your PS3 into a home computer." -- Sony
 
The PS3 was marketed as a machine that would pwn the planet, ass rape your living room, have sex with you, solve global warming and yes, run linux. The cell was supposed to be the greatest thing EVAR and the way to get familiar with it was to buy a PS3. Hell, Sony even marketed this as a stepping stone to getting user created games on their service. Promises bigger than even what A-Eon is coming up with right now. And Sony just said "Frak You" to all the folks who bought into it.

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Sony didn't need to screw with the linux support, it has no effect on their bottom line and has no effect on their network and no effect on the gaming experience. When they launched the device they pimped linux support and lots of folks bought it because of that, now they're flipping those customers the bird. Most of the folks who ran linux on the device also bought games too. Now they have to buy another PS3, one for games, and one for hobby stuff and a few of those are using the machines for educational work.

For those who make comments about how Sony has the right to do this, or how the PS3 is just a games machine and therfore anybody using the device for anything other than games can stuff it, I hope you cry when your favorite game gets net play support dropped because it's not making money any more. And please, don't complain about it on the forums.

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http://www.thinq.co.uk/news/2010/4/7/sony-update-bricks-fat-playstations/
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