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[–] BotchedRPR@lemmy.fmhy.ml 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly one of my favorite things about my ps5. I can appreciate the small repair moves, but I’d still appreciate „Other OS” being brought back.

[–] Rossel@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

OtherOS is never coming back, it gives too much freedom to probe at the hardware and find security exploits.

[–] Jamie@jamie.moe 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sony also didn't like it that companies bought PS3s in bulk and used them as cheap compute power. They sell the consoles at a loss but make that up on game sales and licensing. Someone buying them and not gaming is cutting into their profit.

[–] BotchedRPR@lemmy.fmhy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No. Sony didn’t like otherOS because geohot used it in his first exploit. That is all Not a coincidence that they removed it shortly after geos findings ;)

[–] Saneless@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

That's the reason back in 2013 or so I switched to PS3 for my main gaming. MS wanted a shitload for a tiny ass 360 hard drive, but with Sony it came with a 250GB drive out the gate and I replaced it with a 1TB for less than the 250 from Microsoft

Of course, I switched to PC because Sony got greedy again with no mp3s on the system, trying to make me re-buy games I already had, and charging for online

[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They officially supported that aswell, then they quietly stopped the way Kia left the furry community

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whatcha mean about Kia and the furry community? A quick search has failed me.

[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Their mascot used to be hamsters.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What was with 90s and early 2000s marketing having a thing for hamsters? I remember Quiznos had a hamster commercial too, and I think Scion (Toyota?) did too. Why hamsters?

[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This was the mid 2010s