"Install Other OS" Feature Removed From the PS3

Hann1bal writes "The next system software update for the PlayStation 3 system will be 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." Updated 3:49 GMT by timothy: An anonymous reader writes "This comes as something of a surprise. Particularly because only a month ago Sony Computer Entertainment management seemed committed to the continued support of the Other OS option on the PS3."

Comments

Re:Sorry kids

[Mad Merlin]

That said, you can surf the web right on the PS3 w/out linux at all.

The browser on the PS3 is pretty poor, it doesn't even render Game! anywhere close to correctly, or at least it didn't last I checked.

Re:Always look on the bright side of life

[PopeRatzo]

but the truth is they are acting in response to a legitimate piracy threat.

If the PS3 becomes hackable, Sony will sell a lot more units.

This is the problem when a company sells the razors and the blades. There gets to be a conflict of interest.

Anyway, my last Sony product was a miniDisc recorder about a decade ago which I bought second-hand so I could cannibalize the AD/DA converters. I don't shop with them, ever. So this is y'all's problem. You want to do business with a company that's openly hostile to you, go ahead.