PS3 Slim Axes the "Install Another OS" Feature!

[slowmo]

CGI-Quality said:

slowmo said:
Installing Linux allowed you to turn it into a pretty decent emulator box for all those retro systems for one. I have a fat PS3 so this doesn't bother me but I'd be pretty miffed if I bought the slim expecting this feature only to find it was pulled later on.

It won't be a big deal, most people who buy a PS3 don't know the feature was there/missing in the first place.

I don't know the circles you walk in socially but friends I have that love the PS3 often state that installing Linux is a great facility and shows Sony don't want to take over their system like Microsoft.  This is a big "one up" feature I hear about and I'm sure over the last few years non PS3 owners have been told about this feature a fair few times and hence might expect it when they buy.  I'm not saying it will be a huge number of people, I was just stating the obvious that some people will be miffed by this if they don't know the feature has been dropped.

I fail to see why such a niche feature needed dropping in the first place if nobody ever uses it supposedly.