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Sony’s Reason For Removing OtherOS Was Cost

August 31st, 2009 / Niraj Shah / News
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As you may already know, OtherOS support on the PlayStation 3 is being dropped by Sony when the PS3 Slim launches on September 1st. The OtherOS option allows PS3 owners to install various version of Linux on their consoles and use it like a PC. All older PS3 models will continue to support OtherOS for the foreseeable future. According to Sony, the main reason for dropping OtherOS is cost.

Sarah Ewen of SCEE’s technology group explains:

“The reasons are simple: The PS3 Slim is a major cost reduction involving many changes to hardware components in the PS3 design. In order to offer the OtherOS install, SCE would need to continue to maintain the OtherOS hypervisor drivers for any significant hardware changes – this costs SCE. One of our key objectives with the new model is to pass on cost savings to the consumer with a lower retail price. Unfortunately in this case the cost of OtherOS install did not fit with the wider objective to offer a lower cost PS3.”

In theory, the PS3 Slim can support OtherOS, as the basic hardware is still the same. However, PS3 Slim owners will bot be able to boot in (or install) Linux via the Settings menu (like older PS3 models).

Linux, OtherOS, PS3 Slim

7 comments on “Sony’s Reason For Removing OtherOS Was Cost”

  1. XPH says:
    August 31st, 2009 at 1:15 AM

    Does that mean there will be no more driver updateS?

    Reply
  2. John Dogbegah says:
    August 31st, 2009 at 1:54 AM

    Understandable but installing the OS is useless ……its slow just use ur pc like i do instead of wasting free time

    Reply
  3. DaLi says:
    August 31st, 2009 at 11:44 AM

    actually its pretty fast if u wish to ripp off bluray movies … well thats hacking and modding a bit i think , a friend of mine made a bluray copy movie run on his ps3 weird it worked …….. but games i don’t think this will happen

    Reply
  4. John Dogbegah says:
    August 31st, 2009 at 10:03 PM

    Well I dont own any BLU-RAY Moviies Yet

    Reply
  5. kite says:
    August 31st, 2009 at 11:36 PM

    I installed yellow dogl inux and since then I havnt used it!

    Reply
  6. DaLi says:
    September 1st, 2009 at 6:52 PM

    That’s only for geek peoples who likes to create magic out of there machines …

    Reply
  7. Pranil says:
    September 2nd, 2009 at 12:31 PM

    no comment!

    Reply

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