[Cbe-oss-dev] No otheros feature on new PS3 slim ?

[Robert Whaley]

Sony apparently (and reasonably) doesn't want to lose money on PS3 sales 
to folks who run Linux and never buy games (like me).

Perhaps Sony should sell a 'game' that would do nothing but enable 
otheros on the new slim PS3s.

That way Sony could break even on PS3 slim sales to Linux folks and 
Linux folks could run Linux on a PS3 slim (albeit at some additional cost).

Noah Evans wrote:
> The ps3 is a game machine. The original fat ps3 was sold at a loss,
> which was supposed to be made up for by game sales. This means that
> every fat ps3 bought exclusively for OS hacking cost sony >$100.
> Considering these logistical issues, Sony was doing us a big favor by
> exposing the system for OS development; the least you could do would
> be to show a little appreciation.
>
> Noah
>
> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 4:05 AM, <thegame4121982 at msn.com> wrote:
>   
>> I hope SCE's new slim ps3s do very badly in sales. I am very happy that I
>> was able to buy a ps3 when I did because if I didn't get the chance to buy a
>> ps3 I would not buy one now. Even though this only affects the new slim
>> ps3s,  I am still very dissapointed by this decision.  Since SCE decided to
>> go this route, I feel that they really need to overhaul the xmb web browser
>> as well as add support for streamming videos for other formats beides flash.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "François Galea" <francois.galea at prism.uvsq.fr>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 3:43 AM
>> To: "Geoff Levand" <geoffrey.levand at am.sony.com>
>> Cc: <cbe-oss-dev at lists.ozlabs.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Cbe-oss-dev] No otheros feature on new PS3 slim ?
>>
>>     
>>> Hi Geoff,
>>>
>>> Geoff Levand a écrit :
>>>       
>>>> The feature of "Install Other OS" was removed from the new
>>>> "Slim" PS3 model to focus on delivering games and other
>>>> entertainment content. Please be assured that SCE is committed to
>>>> continue
>>>> the support for previously sold models that have the
>>>> "Install Other OS" feature and that this feature will
>>>> not be disabled in future firmware releases.
>>>>         
>>> Thank you for this clarification.
>>>
>>> I would just like to express my disappointment about this choice from SCE.
>>> It is really bad news for the CBE open source community, because the new ps3
>>> customers will not have access to what some oss developers have made, in the
>>> idea to let the others profit from their work. I never imaginated SCE would
>>> take such an arbitrary decision.
>>>
>>> Cell B.E. programming is now officially reserved to a restricted
>>> community, which is not good news for the architecture in general. I guess
>>> most QSx Cell blade purchasers have made early testings on ps3's. I doubt,
>>> as this has now become impossible, that selling Cell blades will be as easy
>>> as it was. The future will tell us.
>>>
>>> François
>>>
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