but I remember that being part of the reason why the
'Other OS' feature was removed from the PS3 -
Places/People were buying them up and running Linux on
them because they were such a good deal for the hardware.
Wait, really? The PS3 was outclassed by generic PC hardware pretty quickly, and wasn't much faster than a netbook unless you were writing some seriously multithreaded or PS3 GPU-specific code. I never heard of many people buying them to run Linux and I don't remember any prominent open-source projects that targeted the PS3.
The real danger (for Sony) in opening up their consoles is the risk of piracy. That's a huge attack vector for hackers looking to defeat a console's copy protection scheme(s).
Sony's biggest nightmare is a world where teenagers can easily copy games because, as you say, that's where the real money is.
The real danger (for Sony) in opening up their consoles is the risk of piracy. That's a huge attack vector for hackers looking to defeat a console's copy protection scheme(s).
Sony's biggest nightmare is a world where teenagers can easily copy games because, as you say, that's where the real money is.