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Adiós, Install Another OS?!?!?!

Alberto Saldamando
Last updated: March 29, 2010 7:41 PM
By Alberto Saldamando
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For Sony and the loyal owners of its current-generation console, the PlayStation 3 is not simply a gaming system or a multimedia device for the living room or bedroom. The PS3 still has some unique features no other such device has: a Blu-ray player, an easy hard-drive installation, and the Install Another OS feature. Many people who bought certain non-Slim PS3s  do get to use an operating system of their choice inside their console (such as Ubuntu or Yellow Dog Linux), but for some unspecified security reason, Sony will disable it in its next firmware update. While a few gamers on the PlayStation.Blog have accepted the company’s removal of the mentioned feature, most people are just not satisfied with it:

  • Blkant: You finally give us a firmware update and you give us nothing but this junk? Where is the meat? Where is something good in all this? What a rip…
  • sunil247: This is pure wrong… when i bought my PS3, one of the features I paid for was the ability to install Linux on the PS3.. Are you going to compensate folks who are going to loose this feature?
  • CloudStrife2009: …..the next update better make PS3 Backwards Compatible, in fact, i would pay for an update like that! But instead of a new update with new features, your taking something away….=/

An April’s Fools on Sony’s behalf?!:

  • dotCody : So, this Firmware adds nothing? Not even better music playback or some other BS? Sounds like April’s Fools to me…
  • ThE-AnNiHaL8R: wow surprised at how dumb people can get…..Hello??? April 1st? JST??? Ring any bells or knock on wood?
  • shark301: Do they celebrate April Fool’s day in Japan? I don’t get how this could be funny, if it really is a joke. Not that I use the feature, but still, odd announcement.
  • XpAcErX: They never firmware update on a PSN store release day (Thursdays), its usually done on Tuesdays. APRIL FOOLS!

Others think about certain hacker:

  • iComet: Sony Computer Entertainment vs GeoHot (PS3 hacker) Who will prevail? >:O
  • Coxrone: Sony you are afraid of that hacker Geo-hot the one who finally hacked the PS3 so now u pull this stunt seriously people wait for updates hoping they are great ones and u do this >.> it’s a shame you take one step forward and jump three back Sony.

As a fan of not just Windows-based operating systems, I believe this feature should remain for whoever is interested. Disabling this specific feature also disables one of the unique features the PS3 has against the competition. Unless this is a surprise update or an April Fool’s joke (like the EGM Sheng Long one in SF2) that will allow every PS3 owner the long-removed PS2 game compatibility feature, this just doesn’t sound like a good plan.

Source: PS3 Firmware (v3.21) Update [https://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/03/28/ps3-firmware-v3-21-update/].

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Para Sony y los fieles dueños del PS3, la consola no es simplemente un sistema de juegos o un dispositivo multimedia para el salón o dormitorio. La PlayStation 3 todavía tiene algunas características únicas contra la competencia: un reproductor Blu-ray, una sencilla instalación del disco duro, y la función de instalar otro sistema operativo. Muchas personas que han comprado determinados modelos de la PS3 llegan a utilizar el sistema operativo de su elección con su consola (como Ubuntu o Yellow Dog Linux), pero por alguna razón de seguridad no especificada, Sony lo desactivará en su próxima actualización firmware. Mientras que unos pocos jugadores en el PlayStation.Blog han aceptado la eliminación de la característica mencionada, la mayoría de las personas no se encuentran satisfechas con aquella:

  • Blkant: Por fin nos dan una actualización de firmware y nos da nada mas que esta basura? ¿Dónde está la carne (cuál es el propósito)? ¿Dónde hay algo bueno en todo esto? Qué estafa…
  • sunil247: Esto esta muy mal … Cuando compré mi PS3, una de las funciones por la que pagué era la capacidad de instalar Linux en la PS3 .. ¿Se va a compensar a la gente que va a perder esta función?
  • CloudStrife2009: …..será mejor que la próxima actualización ofrezca al PS3  retrocompatibilidad, de hecho, me gustaría pagar por tal actualización! Pero en lugar de una nueva actualización con nuevas funciones, ustedes quitan algo….=/

Un April’s Fools de parte de Sony?!:

  • dotCody : ¿Así que este firmware no añade nada? Ni la mejor reproducción de música o alguna otra pendejada ? Para mí sí se parece al día de los santos inocentes…
  • ThE-AnNiHaL8R: wow sorprendido de qué tan tonta la gente puede ser … .. ¿Alo??? 1 de abril? JST??? ¿Le suena alguna campana o toca la madera?
  • shark301: ¿No se celebra el día de los Inocentes en Japón? No entiendo cómo puede ser gracioso, si realmente es una broma. No es que yo utilice la función, pero aún así, un anuncio raro.
  • XpAcErX: Ellos nunca actualizan firmware en el día de lanzamientos de la tienda PSN (jueves), normalmente se hace los martes. APRIL FOOLS!

Otros piensan acerca de cierto hacker:

  • iComet: Sony Computer Entertainment vs GeoHot (hacker de la PS3) ¿Quién prevalecerá? >:O
  • Coxrone: Sony, tienes miedo de ese hacker Geo-hot, el que finalmente pirateó la PS3 así que ahora tú tirar este truco en serio, la gente espera para las actualizaciones esperando que sean buenísimos y tú haces esto >.> Es una lástima que dés un paso adelante y saltes tres atrás Sony.

Como un aficionado no sólo de los sistemas operativos Windows, yo creo que esta función debe estar disponible para quienes estén interesado. Al desactivar esta característica específica se quita una característica que ninguna otra consola tiene. Ha sido un símbolo de su poder en bruto, ahora retirado de las primeras (y caras) consolas PS3 debido probablemente al trabajo de un pirata o hacker famoso. A menos que esta próxima actualización venga con una característica muy valiosa, (compatibilidad de juegos PS2 para todas sus consolas de juego), esto no parece ser un buen plan a todos los jugadores que disfrutan usar su sistema de juegos como un ordenador personal.

Fuente: PS3 Firmware (v3.21) Update [https://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/03/28/ps3-firmware-v3-21-update/].

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