as im not a computer savvy guy i pretty much didnt care about these feature so it doesnt bother me none if this is true. i bought the system to play blu-ray games and movies period.

Do many people use this at all? I'd be interested to know what the numbers were like. And of those people that use it for Linux, how many also use it as a PS3 for online games etc.

I hope there is a class action lawsuit; this is the reason I purchased a PS3.

u should tha nk gehot guy then(the guy who cracked PS3 few weeks back using linux)  ;)

The electronic product you bought for Linux, games X and Z, BluRay movies A and B will keep working exactly as before with that content. "Forward compatibility" is a desirable quality, grants value to the console, and will have its repercussions on a minority of tech-savy users.

But I don't think any national legislation delves into the murky waters of trying to state how much compatibility should an hardware/software device provide when it comes to future content and services.

can i ask why exactly?

i mean, why not install Linux on your PC instead of buying a ps3 just to install it and its much slower and much more hard to use and also not free.

Actually even past games won't keep working exactly as before if you don't update, they will lose any multiplayer features for example. As I said I'm not a lawyer, but I've seen enough to conclude that companies have to tread very carefully when screwing with customers.

I'm not going to be surprised if any potential lawsuits on this are failures, but that will probably be more because of the low number of affected people than because of the practice itself.

1) I didn't buy a PS3 (and all the other stuff to go with it) with the promise of built in linux support... until some guy uses it to do something Sony doesn't like.

2) This doesn't affect anyone trying to potentially pirate anything as they have been able to set the firmware to anything they like for some time now.

3) Geohot's "crack" does not allow you to play pirated games.

it has the potential and sony saw it as a threat for PS3

1) I do cell development.

2) I wanted to reward Sony for supporting linux.