Post by: silentbob343 on November 10, 2006, 09:43:00 PM
http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=562056
Post by: bigjimmy on November 10, 2006, 10:53:00 PM
And with being able to remove HDD that means youll be able to take your HDD and play the saves from it on another friends PS3. Kool!
Post by: kics on November 11, 2006, 01:23:00 AM
Post by: calderra on November 11, 2006, 09:17:00 AM
QUOTE(silentbob343 @ Nov 11 2006, 07:21 AM) 
You'll still have people trying to hack the security features to play backups, but not nearly as many if linux can be run from the get go.
And the other angle...
-PS3 costs $4-500 less than most other BD players.
-It basically seems to be an open hard drive attached to a BD drive from a security point of view.
-Installing a simple copy program shouldn't be terribly hard to do.
-From there, a simple USB connection to a PC allows uploads to anywhere...
et voila!
The PS3 could become a BluRay pirating paradise. Considering Sony's banking a large part of their company on the success of BluRay, this could be a very dangerous business. Maybe there are some hidden security features that will prove harder to hack through, but it seems like every PS3 sold seems like a "pirate-in-a-box" kit.
...and just because Linux is running on a console doesn't mean it will do what people want. If you think Linux users aren't going to mod around their OS to get what they want, you don't know the Linux community. Using that OS to make the computer do whatever you want is the single most important feature to most Linux users.
It's like giving everyone Ferraris because you think that, if everyone owns one, breaking the law by driving too fast would no longer be the status symbol it is now. I don't think it works in practice.
Post by: throwingks on November 11, 2006, 09:39:00 AM
Post by: silentbob343 on November 11, 2006, 08:20:00 PM
QUOTE(bigjimmy @ Nov 11 2006, 02:00 AM)
Wow, so all this stuff the PS3 can do out of the box defeats the whole purpose of having a modchip.
And with being able to remove HDD that means youll be able to take your HDD and play the saves from it on another friends PS3. Kool!
Jimmy, read this first line
http://www.joystiq.c...3manual_pg1.jpg
It says that the HDD might not need to be reformatted if installed in the original PS3 console. I'm guessing if you remove it and put it in a friends PS3 it might try to reformat it. Somebody needs to test that out.
Post by: epsilon72 on November 12, 2006, 07:33:00 PM
QUOTE(silentbob343 @ Nov 10 2006, 11:21 PM)
That's exactly what Sony was trying to avoid. If they gave linux to the hombrew community they, the community, no longer need to mess with trying to hack the console to run their software. You'll still have people trying to hack the security features to play backups, but not nearly as many if linux can be run from the get go.
Twisted had a nice long post on it in another thread.
They might still want to hack to gain access to the RSX...
Post by: Foe-hammer on November 12, 2006, 07:55:00 PM
Post by: xzenor on November 12, 2006, 08:37:00 PM
But I think $ony's going to be kicking themselves in the arse later down the road.
Post by: wknite on November 12, 2006, 11:43:00 PM
Also sort of on-topic: Anyone know what filesystems the PS3 supports? (FAT32, etc)
Post by: Pheidias on November 12, 2006, 11:45:00 PM
From here on out I think it will be harder and harder for all the $ony and phony bashers to justify not joining in in the sheep heard. Seems even at launch its a much better multimedia and gaming console.
Post by: Pasta Dude on November 23, 2006, 01:04:00 AM
