Sony To Expand Commercial Uses of PS3

Sony is considering proposals from commercial distributed computing concerns, mulling over rolling out more Folding@Home-like clients to their PlayStation 3 consoles. Gamasutra reports on a Financial Times article, discussing the future of the system. Because they would be commercial and not charitable organizations, the company is considering some form of compensation for users who would participate. "Sony Computer Entertainment CTO Masa Chatani indicated in an interview that Sony had already received numerous inquiries. 'A start-up or a pharmaceutical company that lacks a super-computer could utilize this kind of infrastructure. We are discussing various options with companies and exploring commercial applications', he said."

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Interesting

[LoofWaffle]

Given the trememdous (and somewhat underutilized) processing power of the PS3, I'm not surprised. I'd also say that this is a way they can recoup some of the losses they are taking on the console while the Wii appears to outsell them.