"In order to claim their 55 dollar reward, a gamer has to testify under oath that they purchased a Playstation 3 and installed Linux on it, provide proof of their purchase of it, and submit some proof that they used the OtherOS system"

Lol good luck proving that.

I used it a little for testing, but could not prove it... The fact is it was not a bad idea, Linux is a full OS, you can plug mouse and keyboard, it boots pretty fast, so it could have been a way to have a fully working PC... That was a selling factor for me (less than gaming and BR, but still). Anyway, 256 MB of memory, no optimization for the CPU, and the GPU not working by sony's design, it was pretty crappy. Only someone for the very short time the CPU shone could really have some use.

It's what sony said was used to crack the PS3 system, that was based on BSD, which doesn't really makes much sense.

Did somebody say they weren't?

I have no issue with this outcome but Sony were stuck between a rock and a hard place. They were wrong to remove features but I can understand why they did it. 

What utter bollocks, proven to be at fault for advertising the feature but the method required to get the payment from this is going to deter 99.99999% of people from doing it, unless someone drums up a quick and easy way to get the payment in order to get a cut from everyone, there is big money to be made if a lawyer was to set up a system to get this payment.

lulz,... sony probably won't pay out so much as $10,000 on these terms.

You are joking right? Because it really isn't.

I suggest you take a look at Sony's financials. First of all, Playstation isn't the segment that's making the most profit for them. Second of all, they turned a nice profit last fiscal year (as in, the company as a whole). This isn't a "huge blow" at all. It's a minor annoyance.

Yeah exactly. Not a huge blow for Sony.

Lol I just thank God that my life isn't in a state that I'd actually need to go out and pick this offer up.