Sony sued over Linux removal, Case documents surface

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akuseru said:

alephnull said:

Icyedge said:

For the third of fourth times: no theres not a game on the market that force you to remove Linux in order to play it. Do you read my post? it was really clear. Like I stated many times, yes if they do force you to remove Linux to play a regular PS3 games that would be illegual.

Warhawk

To play Warhawk, you would need PSN access, something you are not entitled to have. PSN is not a part of the PS3 when you buy it, but it is simply a service that Sony offers for free to customers who have bought their product. I bet they inform you about the need PSN access when you buy or start up Warhawk.

There is nothing to complain about, yet... Since future firmware is not part of the initial purchase, is that even something we can complain about? I mean, you are not forced to use firmware 3.21, it's a choice you make. You bought your games and own them and are able to play them, but future games? Are you entitled to be able to play future games? Games with 3D support? Or basically any game that require new features brought by firmware? I'm not sure about this. I mean, I have bought a PS3 and many, many games, but am I entitled to be able to buy new games and play them? Let's say I want to play Red Dead Redemption and that this game requires firmware 3.30 to be able to play it, how is it my legal right to be able to play this game if I don't meet the requirements? I'm not forced to buy this game and play it, it's a choice I make. You either meet the game's requirements or not. You still haven't bought the game since it's not released, and so far, my PS3 let me play all the games I have paid for, sans the use of PSN.

Is this guy fucking serious?

Yeah, lets let companies arbitrarily decide what games I should and shouldn't be able to play. Didin't pay for a premium firmware update? Too bad, you can't play any new games. Not the companies fault after all, you should've known better, plus no one forced you to buy the game. Thats the precedent this sort of thing sets.

But hey, lets put the rights of companies before the rights of consumers!