The Sony PS3 thread (apparently *still* obnoxious!)

[betamax]

Does Rod_S work for EDGE by any chance?

As far as I can gather he's God's own gaming hitman.

BTW thanks for that DMC3:SE recommendation Rod, it's really rather fun

[Rod_S]

Does Rod_S work for EDGE by any chance?

No. I mentioned that they had a lead PS3 article and I was asked to post some of the details. Thanks for your question. 2/10.

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[Snakey]

running linux on an exotic piece of hardware lets them code on an exotic piece of hardware

Well, it remains to be seen just what you can do with it. IIRC the Yarouse system didn't give you access to the CD-ROM drive - because it would have been too easy to get pirated games running. Linux on PS3 is going to be fairly restricted for the same reason.

My bet is that the homebrew crowd will still want modchips so they can "do what they want" with the machine.

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It doesn't -remain- to be seen, you can see it already:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsQOr-vNDsg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwoIKYZs76Q

[Snakey]

Yes, it very much does.

MAME will fit in RAM, and run happily on a CPU 1/6th as fast as what's in there.

Show me the almightly XBMC equivalent you've been talking about, streaming HD content off a DVD

[Kemper_Boyd]

It doesn't -remain- to be seen, you can see it already:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsQOr-vNDsg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwoIKYZs76Q

Fedora, Gentoo, YDL, an Ubuntu fork and it's only been out a week or so.

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Yes, it very much does.

MAME will fit in RAM, and run happily on a CPU 1/6th as fast as what's in there.

Show me the almightly XBMC equivalent you've been talking about, streaming HD content off a DVD

Blimey!

* You will be able to use the Blu-ray drive to mount all types of discs including Blu-ray discs!

http://ps3.qj.net/PS3-Linux-Dual-Boot-I ... /aid/72754

[Misfit]

It doesn't -remain- to be seen, you can see it already:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsQOr-vNDsg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwoIKYZs76Q

That is pretty cool. (although a part of me wonders how many different machines I need to be able to play MAME on!)

Isn't this a bit of a disaster for Sony?

The media aspects and homebrew certainly make me want a machine, but when you are apparently losing several hundered dollars a sale (not taking into account the costs of the peripherals, marketing and resellers cut) isn't giving people a way to play free games potential suicide?

[Snakey]

It doesn't -remain- to be seen, you can see it already:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsQOr-vNDsg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwoIKYZs76Q

Fedora, Gentoo, YDL, an Ubuntu fork and it's only been out a week or so.

Well, there's fuck all else to do with it.

Blimey!

Well, as I said, it remains to be seen what people can do with it. See?

[[Feeblez]]

Does Rod_S work for EDGE by any chance?

No. I mentioned that they had a lead PS3 article and I was asked to post some of the details. Thanks for your question. 2/10.

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[Misfit]

I was considering a Mac Mini as a media box and whilst I prefer the size, the PS3 may well be a good option for this. At this rate we'll have something like XBMC for Euro launch.

I'm a console makers worst nightmare. I like to own the stuff and early adopt, but have so little time for games these days most software I buy will be second hand and on the 360 I've barely bought a game, the demos have been plenty for me!

So I think it's likely I'll buy one and cost Sony quite a few bucks.

[HGFB]

Does it make sense ?

Not really. I gave up when you started slagging off the OSS community again.

If you meant why get a PS3 to run Linux when a cheap PC will do a good job then yes. In most circumstances you'd be right. For me the PS3 being able to run Linux is a happy extra. The lack of memory does put me off though.

[tufty]

Well, as I said, it remains to be seen what people can do with it. See? ;)

Oh, for fuck's sake. I give up, really. It's like wrestling jelly. First off, it's "PCs run linux, why not run it on a PC". When that's shot down, it's "you can't touch the hardware". And then "you can't touch the blu-ray discs". and now it's "that's all you can do with it".

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Simon

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I was considering a Mac Mini as a media box and whilst I prefer the size, the PS3 may well be a good option for this. At this rate we'll have something like XBMC for Euro launch.

Pretty good description of where my heads at right now including having been contemplating a mac mini to shove under the telly.

I'm not claiming that this is POV of that's widely held just that it's one of the positive reasons for looking forward to PS3 for me. The negative side of that statement is the launch titles or any titles out soon aren't driving me to get one right now and I'm a sucker for anything sparkly and shiny

Sony really need to sort that out.

[Snakey]

Well, as I said, it remains to be seen what people can do with it. See?

Oh, for fuck's sake. I give up, really. It's like wrestling jelly. First off, it's "PCs run linux, why not run it on a PC". When that's shot down, it's "you can't touch the hardware". And then "you can't touch the blu-ray discs". and now it's "that's all you can do with it".

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Simon

Erm.. what? I said if people just want it to run linux, you can get a better PC for less that'll do a better job. True. That was "shot down" by claims you could do better on a PS3, although quite why anyone would bother when they can just run some pre-built linux software is beyond me.

I pointed out that there will be limits to what you can get to somewhere. Which there will. There has to be. I gave examples, I didn't state any of those examples were factual.

I said we'll have to wait and see what people do with it. What possible logic can you use to debate that?

Problem lads?