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haxxiy on 27 January 2011
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Rainbird said:
superchunk said:
Rainbird said:

Interesting read, though I doubt Sony will install Android on the PS3. All the utilities used by games not to mention the architechture of the hardware means it would be very difficult to replace the current system software.

Its all software. No hardware changes, thus it will be capable with remaining fully functional with all PS3 software to date. Additionally, it will add the Android functionality; hopefully including a far better browser.

This is similar to when X360 dramatically changed its UI last year.

There's a difference between changing the UI and the entire backbone of your system though. Android is designed to run on ARM processors, and not PowerPC like the Cell is. It would require some pretty dramatic retooling to make it work, not to mention have all the Android apps work properly as well.

I don't think the shift to Android will happen on the PS3, most likely on the PS4, if at all.

Android uses Linux base code, is highly flexible as has been ported to PowerPC before. Shouldn't be too hard to make it run  on the Cell's PPE.