averyblund said:
Yes it is official.
The irony I see too is that certain (not all) SOny fans seem to be cheering this despite 2 very important facts: 1. This kills the PS3 is a computer/supercomputer movement. Now it's a great game system and media player only. It doesn't do everything (that it could). 2. The PS3 was the seed for Cell developers. IBM cell boards cost upwards of $5,000 (US) which are now required just to learn how to program the cell for general use (non-gaming). Killing the market of Cell experienced developers is insanely retarded especially if there is to be a successor.
From what I can tell there is zero upside from this decision for Sony, the researchers who depend of them, or anybody else. Lose-lose-lose. Of course anybody who dealt with Linux development on the PS2 back in 2002 would have seen this coming from a mile away. It was a tax-dodging effort to get the PS2/PS3 classified as a general use computer to evade taxes. |
1. Where was this movement? I'd like to sign up... oh wait... most people really only talked about the cell and completelt ignored that PS3 even had an OS... just another person pulling shit outta his ass here. Oh no! Ps3 can't shoot lasers out of its disc drive and wipe out a country... guess we should sue for false advertisment as well! oh wait... many claimed when that tag line was used there would be a suit followed... nothing came out if it like nothing will come out of this
2. What? lol... okay then.
