Sony to Disable otherOS on Phat PS3

devguy · Mar 29, 2010

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So, the great Sony (possibly fearing the PSP cat and mouse game extending to the PS3) has done what I consider to be a seriously dick move. The PS3 firmware update to be released next month will remove an advertised feature of the console for no good reason (the keyword in that sentence was "good"). Unfortunately, their BS TOA for using the PS3 entitles them to be able to remove features of their software for any arbitrary reason, but man, this seriously saddens me.

Choosing not to upgrade will be a forfeit of all usage of their PSN service, plus the forfeit of all new updates to Blu-Ray and game compatiblity (and you can be sure Sony will make future released games require the update).

n-ster · Mar 29, 2010

this may be because of the PS3 being cracked recently

jasper1605 · Mar 29, 2010

i'm glad I don't use the linux on my ps3 that much then (read at all since I forgot the login info and don't feel like redoing it lol)

n-ster · Mar 29, 2010

Hahahahaha! Nice April fools joke… Because, that IS what you are aiming for, right?

One of the comments... I hope this is it

devguy · Mar 29, 2010

n-ster said:
this may be because of the PS3 being cracked recently

I'm sure that has everything to do with it. And if this is an early april fool's joke, then :cry:

n-ster · Mar 29, 2010

I used linux alot

KainXS · Mar 29, 2010

nope they said they would do it before, now they are

blame Geohot, your gonna lose Linux on every PS3 because Geohot broke the security on them in a way that cannot be patched, Sony is Scared, . . . . . Sony is Scared.

and now they are removing a feature you might have bought your system based on because they are scared.

They gonna take a good phat shit on every phat owner out there.

Wile E · Mar 29, 2010

KainXS said:
nope they said they would do it before, now they are

blame Geohot, your gonna lose Linux on every PS3 because Geohot broke the security on them in a way that cannot be patched, Sony is Scared, . . . . . Sony is Scared.

and now they are removing a feature you might have bought your system based on because they are scared.

They gonna take a good phat shit on every phat owner out there.

Actually, you are wrong. They officially said they WOULDN'T do it. They said that when the slim released.

And I hope this is just a joke. There are some inconsistencies with the announcement. If it isn't a joke I'm joining in on the class action lawsuit. I PAID for the feature. They have no right to remove it.

HookeyStreet · Mar 29, 2010

Wile E said:
Actually, you are wrong. They officially said they WOULDN'T do it. They said that when the slim released.

And I hope this is just a joke. There are some inconsistencies with the announcement. If it isn't a joke I'm joining in on the class action lawsuit. I PAID for the feature. They have no right to remove it.

Im sure they would just blind you with legal BS and very, very, very small print

Solaris17 · Mar 29, 2010

n-ster said:
this may be because of the PS3 being cracked recently

it is.

Phxprovost · Mar 29, 2010

KainXS said:
nope they said they would do it before, now they are

blame Geohot, your gonna lose Linux on every PS3 because Geohot broke the security on them in a way that cannot be patched, Sony is Scared, . . . . . Sony is Scared.

and now they are removing a feature you might have bought your system based on because they are scared.

They gonna take a good phat shit on every phat owner out there.

WRONG, geohot had nothing to do with this, they are just using him as a scape goat and people are buying it. The "hack" if you could even call it that is hardware based and really has yet to show any use at all. Last time i checked no one has made any progress in cracking the hypervisor and even if they did the steps needed to do so would make it useless for ~99.99% of the ps3's community. This is just standard sony bull shit that has been going on for years :shadedshu

Wile E said:
Actually, you are wrong. They officially said they WOULDN'T do it. They said that when the slim released.
And I hope this is just a joke. There are some inconsistencies with the announcement. If it isn't a joke I'm joining in on the class action lawsuit. I PAID for the feature. They have no right to remove it.

this, show me where to sign up and im there

DaMulta · Mar 29, 2010

April fools

KainXS · Mar 29, 2010

yes after looking sony did not say they would remove it those were rumors but the way I am looking at it is they have a hole in a security they constantly said was unbreakable and in a way it still is but the way hacks like this always go is they get simpler and simpler and simpler until anyone can do it, just like the just like the xbox jtagging which took 2 years to develop, just like every other system ever released.

It could be april fools but sooner or later they will probably be forced to remove it.

Chryonn · Mar 29, 2010

last i checked April Fool's Day was 1st April, last i checked we're still in March.

rpsgc · Mar 29, 2010

Sony to Disable otherOS on Phat PS3

I guess no fat chicks allowed

DaMulta · Mar 29, 2010

Chryonn said:
last i checked April Fool's Day was 1st April, last i checked we're still in March.

released on April 1, 2010 (JST), and will disable the “Install Other OS” feature that was available on the PS3 systems prior to the current slimmer models, launched in September 2009. This feature enabled users to install an operating system, but due to security concerns, Sony Computer Entertainment will remove the functionality through the 3.21 system software update.

theonedub · Mar 29, 2010

If the linux environment available to us were decent I would have something to complain about. It's a novelty at best.

devguy · Mar 29, 2010

GeoHot doesn't seem to think this is a joke. He just goes off venting on Sony, and rightly so.

n-ster · Mar 29, 2010

Geohot seems to promise a CFW

Phxprovost · Mar 29, 2010

n-ster said:
Geohot seems to promise a CFW

in all honesty i fail to see the point, what are you going to do with it? I dont even see why sony cares as its biggest anti-piracy protection it has going is the shear size of the game iso's if the system was ever cracked. then what? you gonna go out and by a blueray burner and some bluerays? either way sonys making money. Between the cost of media and the bill your gonna get from your isp you should just go buy the game

n-ster · Mar 29, 2010

Phxprovost said:
in all honesty i fail to see the point, what are you going to do with it? I dont even see why sony cares as its biggest anti-piracy protection it has going is the shear size of the game iso's if the system was ever cracked. then what? you gonna go out and by a blueray burner and some bluerays? either way sonys making money. Between the cost of media and the bill your gonna get from your isp you should just go buy the game

the CFW is so that we don't lose the OtherOS feature actually...

Phxprovost · Mar 29, 2010

n-ster said:
the CFW is so that we don't lose the OtherOS feature actually...

really? guess i was wrong, though i was simply going by what ive seen with just about any cfw on other devices normally leads to piracy

n-ster · Mar 29, 2010

it might eventually lead to piracy, but hardware based as far as I know... The main reason for the CFW is, in fact, the OtherOS feature

KainXS · Mar 29, 2010

this is getting interesting,

im still thinking its a april fools joke

Wile E · Mar 29, 2010

KainXS said:
this is getting interesting,

im still thinking its a april fools joke

I'm praying it is. I still use the feature.

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