Sony's OtherOS removal defeated...

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EncodedNybble said:

IvorEvilen said:
I'm not quite sure what people mean when they say that Sony took away a feature without giving anything back in return... when Sony has improved the PS3 through several updates in the past. Sure, on occassion they might take away something, but they don't have to give any new features in the same update in which they took one away, as long as they keep updating the PS3. It's just silly, and a bit greedy, to claim that Sony is taking away something with nothing in return. Access to updates is still free as far as I know.

On a side note, why argue whether or not the removal of the Other OS will help to prevent piracy or just cause it to happen faster? It doesn't change anything, and Sony had to do something. Hopefully the removal of Other OS is just the first step they plan to take. As for Geohot, if he keeps this up I hope he makes a mistake and gets sued.

People like me say that not to be greedy but because it is true.  Sure I have enjoyed most of the updates (not 3.21) and like having them.  But, don't be naive, Sony didn't give us those FW updates to be nice to us, they did so because of competition and they want features so that people don't buy other systems because they have certain other features.  If I went out and bought my PS3 now, I would still have all those features even though since I wouldn't have updated my FW at all, Sony would not have given me anything.

 I say they gave us nothing in return because they did, at least from the release notes when I updated.  If I was running 3.15 firmware (back when 3.15 was required) or 3.21 firmware now, my game experience would be just the same except that I would still have other OS support.  Thus, by updating my firmware I gained.....nothing and lost.....other OS support to me that is the definition of "losing something and getting nothing back in return."

EDIT: I edited the paragraph above for clarity

 

But in the end, your PS3 has gotten better and has received more things than it has had when you first bought it (should be the case for basically everyone, as slim owners don't have otheros anyway and older owners have gotten multiple updates).

 

Besides, it's a bit weak to go "they didn't give us the updates to be nice" when it's about additional things you can do and that you have gotten and then go mental (like some here) because they took something away that was merely done to protect their product.