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We are regressing as a species. (lemmy.today)
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[-] zzffyfajzkzhnsweqm@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 hour ago

What is this? What am I looking at?

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 points 1 hour ago

You could get an official Linux install on your PlayStation 2. That support was later removed which prompted a class action lawsuit.

[-] banazir@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I think the lawsuit was with PS3, not PS2.

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

Blame the organizations that built out PS3 server farms just for crunching numbers.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 7 points 44 minutes ago

Oh no. They used something they owned in a different way than the manufacturer foresaw. How evil!

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 1 points 42 minutes ago

Evil is a bit strong, but they're selling the console with the expectation they'll make up more in games sales, yes it kind of jams up the business plan.

[-] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 4 points 39 minutes ago

So blame the dumb business plan?

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 0 points 36 minutes ago

Are you arguing the PS3 should have released at $1000 when everyone thought $600 was already laughably astronomically high? Or would you have preferred an underspec system?

[-] aceslip@lemmy.zip 3 points 26 minutes ago

The ps3 was an oddly specd system with little documentation for developers. It was overdeveloped and under utilized. Could have saved on r&d with the cell processor and gone with normal architecture eg ps4 and 5.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 35 minutes ago

I think I'd rather things cost what they need to cost, rather than games being expensive because the console was cheap. That way the manufacturer won't be so invested in what you do with it after the sale, and you're not getting scammed on the software pricing.

[-] Catoblepas 1 points 51 minutes ago

I blame Sony for specifically marketing the ability to install alternate OSes and then removing that feature, actually

[-] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 1 points 53 minutes ago

pff wake me when they port Windows 11 to the PS2

[-] BottleBoardBakon@lemmy.ml 0 points 37 minutes ago

Wake me up when they make a proper desktop port for windows 11

this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2026
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