Oh well looks like all the reg commentards who are boycotting Sony because of the removal of Other OS have really affected sales.
Sony: PS3 sales ahead of target
Sony will sell 15m PlayStation 3 consoles by the end of March 2012, the consumer electronics giant has insisted. That was the target the company set itself for its current financial year, which ends next spring, and it'll be met, said Sony Computer Entertainment chief Andrew House this week. House claimed that PS3 sales were …
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Friday 16th December 2011 09:51 GMT Frumious Bandersnatch
or maybe the reverse is true
I've just (in the last two days) updated one of my ps3s to firmware 3.55 from 2 point something and have managed to retain (rebuild) my OtherOS capability thanks to custom firmware signed with Sony's "private" package-signing keys. Now that I know that I can continue to use it/get back into using it for development I might actually be tempted to buy another one (even a lower-wattage slim model that never had OtherOS to begin with). Don't discount the power of pragmatism over principles.
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Thursday 15th December 2011 12:38 GMT Anonymous Coward
This makes me sad
This makes me sad, because it does show that Sony's attitude of "Yes, we are going to screw you - and you will roll over and take it." is correct. People complain about big business all the time, and yet, when push comes to shove, like an abused spouse, they crawl back to the big business, to be beaten again.
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Thursday 15th December 2011 13:03 GMT thesykes
I have a PS3... yes, I admit it!
In the time I have owned it Sony have added BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4 On Demand. I can stream videos, download content for games, play online games. It's also been upgraded to play 3D content.
All of those things cost me nothing, not one penny.
And in that time they removed other OS. An option I neither wanted nor cared about. I'd say, as they are set to sell 15m PS3's this year, it is an option most PS3 owners don't care about.
So... can you tell me how exactly I have been screwed by Sony?
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Thursday 15th December 2011 15:46 GMT Anonymous Coward
Who got screwed?
Not me, I have had 5 years of unbelievably great gaming, Blu-Ray, 3D, loads of IPTV features, many added since new, all free.
The only people telling you that you got screwed, as the ones that benefit from you thinking that (Microsoft usually).
This whole gaming generation has been about Microsoft using every tactic possible to try and get a foothold and make gamers think that the PS3 isn't as great as the PS2 was.
The reality is, the formula that made the PS2 so fantastic was applied to the PS3, and the only losers are the gamers that can't see that or refuse to believe it, and actively go out of their way to play on inferior systems and pay to play online on laggy P2P networks.
Of course Microsoft have recently refocused their viral marketing target, as the Xbox now has a foothold, but the EXACT same tricks are being used to try and get Windows Phone 7 a foothold on which to build. Take a look at the "badmouth Android on twitter and win a Windows Phone" bribery to see how publicly desperate and low Microsoft are.
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Friday 16th December 2011 09:51 GMT NewOld86
it's getting boring reading comments about Sony removing the "Other OS" feature by some of the people posting on here. Get over it!
Im no fan boy, I dont feel like I've been screwed over at all - great games, decent hardware, a free online service. Overal,l a well supported system, just like Sonys previous consoles.