PS3 Firmware (v3.21) Update - No More Other OS Bia@tches

[NJ5]

WereKitten said:

NJ5 said:

I get your point that Sony can hide behind some technicalities, but technicalities don't always put you in the clear in legal terms.

Reasonable expectation would be that when one buys a product, one expects it to keep having the features that were advertised. Breaking this expectation without an extraordinary reason seems shady, that's all.

 

The electronic product you bought for Linux, games X and Z, BluRay movies A and B will keep working exactly as before with that content. "Forward compatibility" is a desirable quality, grants value to the console, and will have its repercussions on a minority of tech-savy users.

But I don't think any national legislation delves into the murky waters of trying to state how much compatibility should an hardware/software device provide when it comes to future content and services.

 

Actually even past games won't keep working exactly as before if you don't update, they will lose any multiplayer features for example. As I said I'm not a lawyer, but I've seen enough to conclude that companies have to tread very carefully when screwing with customers.

I'm not going to be surprised if any potential lawsuits on this are failures, but that will probably be more because of the low number of affected people than because of the practice itself.