The demise of PlayStation Linux

Posted Apr 2, 2010 0:23 UTC (Fri) by jake (editor, #205)
In reply to: The demise of PlayStation Linux by giraffedata
Parent article: The demise of PlayStation Linux

> The complaint appears to be that people want the benefits of the
> update and all the functions they've always had.

Well, unless I am missing something, there are no benefits to the update for users, only for SCE. They sold a box that they advertised could run Linux, watch movies, and play games on their network. Now, in order to do two of those, you have to give up one.

Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see any list of "new exciting" features that the "upgrade" provides.

jake

The demise of PlayStation Linux

Posted Apr 2, 2010 1:45 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (guest, #1954) [Link]

Well, unless I am missing something, there are no benefits to the update for users, only for SCE.

You're probably looking at too high a level, like whether the whole concept of the updates has benefits for the community of users. I'm talking about an individual PS3 owner interacting with Sony over with respect to an individual machine: if there is no benefit to him of applying the update, then he has no reason to apply it, and there's no issue. But there are significant benefits to applying the update vs not applying it.