LOL! You're calling me a liar. That's great.
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Lie #1. OS was not the reason the PS3 was so expensive at all!!! The PS3 initialy cost Sony $860 to make largely thanks to the Bluray drive. Bluray Players back then cost $1,000, new technology and limited bluray diodes drove up the price. The Main reason OS was implimented for the ps3 was an attempt by Sony to make the PS3 MORE AFFORDABLE for Sony through european and other territories tax breaks... (please note that what you posted was an outright, complete and total LIE.)
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Speaking of lies, show me a single credible source, not a post on some forum, that states Sony received tax breaks anywhere in the world by using other os.
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Lie #2 You don't need a Firmware Update to play back any Bluray films. Bluray specs (PIP, BD Java) has been finalized since 2007.
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You are right, that is a lie. . . on your part
You DO have to update to play MANY current bluray movies.
http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/3...-Linux-Options
I have seen it myself, on my own ps3, so don't tell me I'm lying.
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2. False bluray analogy is not even comparing apples to oranges, but apples to watermelons. Likewise Sony can't Disable the HDD, the Bluray Drive,the CPU, the GPU, The 512MB of Ram etc..and still perform the way it is designed.
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So you really don't think they could remove or alter the software that enables bluray video playback? I could do it myself with enough time, don't even try to tell me it couldn't EASILY be done by Sony while still maintaining every other function of the ps3. Hell, all they would have to do is remove the codec support and boom, done!
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Sony didnot advertise the military buying PS3s inorder to sell ps3's, there were news sites that reported the transaction yes. and Guess what those like the military and colleges are still using the PS3 as a cheap super computer and servers since they did not update to the latest firmware. Also in 2009, PS3's with OS were no longer in production when the PS3 slim came to the scene.
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They referenced it at e3 as proof of the PS3's hardware power! Not only that, but all the groups that used ps3s for server and computing purposes are hardly using them, or not at all, because when one breaks they won't be fixed by sony without the new firmware being installed and new ones can't be purchased with the old firmware. Look it up.
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3. You continue to avoid the Fact that the SONY (and Microsoft) have been altering features to their console for the Past 4/5 years through firmware updates, I have lost count how many features have been added since launch. Heck the PS3 is now a 3D compatible bluray player in compliance with HDMI 1.4 specs as of late last year. And No one stripe anything from you, You voluntarly gave up OS system when you voluntarly updated to the next firmware. You own the Box but you don't own PSN or Future software until purchase.
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And you continue to ignore the vast difference between
adding new applications or replacing old ones with new ones, and completely removing an entire feature of the system. ZOMG the ps3 can now play 3d bluray. That's great. Can it run windows office programs? Can it run multiple programs at once and show multiple, active browser windows? Can I run my streaming trading platforms on it? It could when I walked into bestbuy and purchased it. These are parts of the other os feature, that I and many other people bought the ps3 system to utilize (although not exclusively). Find someone with a ps3 on old enough firmware to run other os and I guarantee you they can't play almost any recent games, many recent bluray, can't use any of the online features, not just PSN (unless jailbroken) it basically becomes a useless machine. Maybe you should check your facts before you go around calling people liars.