Since the manuals you get these days barely even document how to start the game, much less how to play the game, I don't mind. Example: In God of War 3 (the last game for the PS3 I will ever buy), it doesn't even document the controls for how the character is supposed to swim!
When I decided to buy the PS3, it made that choice based on the fact that I could legally run Linux on it, as well as use it for a game console. What happened to the promise in the commercials that "It does everything?" I refuse to install any update that takes away this important functionality, and will continue to use the system as a computer. I have already filed a complaint against Sony with the Federal Trade Commission. I will never buy any more games for it, and I will never buy another Sony products again. Sony you can stick it to everyone else, but you've lost this customer, and any profit that you will ever gain from me again.
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I almost missed the best quote from Sony about this action. From http://www.ps3vault.com/list-of-sonys-greatest-quotes-in-the-past-1659
By the way, I really do use Linux on the PS3. I have been on the mailing list for cbe-oss-dev for over a year. I was falsely assured that it would continue to be supported: http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/cbe-oss-dev/2010-February/007189.html I lead the BoF for PS3 Linux at SCALE 6x. I just uploaded my slides to slideshare.net: http://www.slideshare.net/wrightrocket/ps3-linux
One of the most powerful things about the PS3 is the "Install Other OS" option. It won't be Vista. It'll be Linux. - 20 Questions With Phil Harrison At DICE
“The PlayStation 3 is a computer. We do not need the PC.” - Phil Harrison, president of Sony Worldwide Studios
Read more funny stuff: http://www.ps3vault.com/list-of-sonys-greatest-quotes-in-the-past-1659
Since the manuals you get these days barely even document how to start the game, much less how to play the game, I don't mind. Example: In God of War 3 (the last game for the PS3 I will ever buy), it doesn't even document the controls for how the character is supposed to swim!
When I decided to buy the PS3, it made that choice based on the fact that I could legally run Linux on it, as well as use it for a game console. What happened to the promise in the commercials that "It does everything?" I refuse to install any update that takes away this important functionality, and will continue to use the system as a computer. I have already filed a complaint against Sony with the Federal Trade Commission. I will never buy any more games for it, and I will never buy another Sony products again. Sony you can stick it to everyone else, but you've lost this customer, and any profit that you will ever gain from me again.