Rumor: Is Sony Quietly Removing a PS3 Feature?

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Porcupine_I said:

scottie said:
@ All the people comparing this to OtherOS

1) The complaint about OtherOS removal was that it removed a feature for existing owners that people most strongly objected to, and this was why there could be class action lawsuits filed. If the source of that picture is representative of the whole, then consumers will be told about this before purchase, making it completely different.

2) It's not the removal of a feature. HD gaming as a feature still exists, and the ability to play on older tvs still exists. It's more akin to a price rise than the removal of a feature.

3) It has none of the "Do we really own our stuff any more or are we merely permitted to lease it" issue that the removal of OtherOS raised.

4) Broadly speaking, the removal of OtherOS impacted upon the tech savvy, early adopters, the linux crowd. Basically, those with the ability to hack and the desire to keep the feature. This crowd, for the most part, will already be using HDMI. The crowd effected by this will likely be those who know less about technology.

Anyway, I don't think this is a particularly big deal, if true.

Also, 40 gb bump in harddrive space, iirc?

Consumers had been told before purchase of the new slim model that the Other OS Feature had been removed from the model.

But consumers WERE NOT told before purchasing PS fat models in 2006 that someday their linux capability would be removed by updates.  This new change only affects new hardware and explicitly does not affect existing PS3s at all.  It is a totally different situation.