.66% used linux to browse the web but more people may have used linux for things other than browsing the web. personally, I booted into linux to use lastfm when I wasn't gaming. No more now that Sony has taken the feature away.
I've been lucky with mine, even though it is a launch console, still running good. My brother's console failed though and even though it was about 6 months past the 3 year mark, they still fixed it for free.
I used the 'other os' feature a few times a week. I booted into linux and used the lastfm service in linux when I wasn't gaming and I miss this feature. I would gladly join a class action suit if one was started here in the US.
and then you'll understand why they use a points system. It's a pretty smart way to minimize the fees that big banks impose on the system.
http://www.wired.com/magazi...
Ummm... PC sales have just barely passed 300k how could it have 900k online members? 360 sales are at 1.6M and ps3 is at 1M... Those stats are completely messed up imo.
I used Linux to run LastFM when I wasn't playing games... Gone.
You people are UNBELIEVABLE. NOTHING has been pirated. Sony is shutting down HOMEBREW and removing features on a device I HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR. There's a BIG difference between a HACK and a CRACK. A HACK opens up a system and adds great new options like PS3 Media Server through the community and a CRACK opens up the system for the express purpose of piracy. Sony is killing ALL homebrew. What's really amazing is all the same people couldn't shut up about homebrew when Microsoft took act...
I have linux installed on mine... I wonder if it will stop working... I wonder if this will screw with my ps3 media server setup too? This blows HARD. I'm not very pleased about sony taking away a feature on a product I've already paid for. How can this be stopped?
shouldn't really matter that there were 300+ people at the event... It was only 3 hours and I would expect the controller to last through more than 3 hours of continuos use. If they were changing batteries then the demo controllers must not have the lithium ion packs in them... maybe they are just using alkalines for now? Alkalines don't fair as well vs lithium ions for intensive power draws. This does raise a concern for battery life though. Has Sony said how long the controller is supp...
I'd like to see that torne unit in North America...
I would actually really, really like to see sequels to Rallisport Challenge and Crimson Skies on 360...
@1.33 totalps3fanboy
"No. It is not. Metal Gear Solid 4 is 1024 by 768p. Now, 720p refers to the height resolution. And MGS4 height resolution is 768p. We all know that 768p > 720p. Simple math."
You're right, it is 1024x768, my bad. However 1024x768 is NOT 768p. 768p is 1366x768 progresive. 720p is 1280x720 progressive or 921,6oo pixels vs 1024x768 (786,432 pixels) which is about 15% less resolution than 720p. Still "sub-hd" as you guys all de...
You know Metal Gear Solid 4 is 576p, it's also the best selling exclusive on PS3 by a pretty wide margin and I think that most people, myself included, happen to think it's a pretty damn good game. Weird.
In reply to some comments above about who is copying who, Nintendo clearly has the drop on everyone in terms of gaming plus motion control with the powerglove which they introduced in 1989, well over twenty years ago. Electronic motion control itself was pioneered as early as 1968 with the first virtual reality head mounted device. Heck, there was an entire gaming system, the 1000CS that combined virtual reality and motion control way back in 1991. Move, Natal and wiimotes ARE ALL KNOCK-OF...
Do you guys think a 720p is good for a 32in??
Depends on how far away from the tv you are viewing it from. If you are sitting more than 1.5 times the width of the screen away, get the 720p set (for example, a 32" screen is about 26 inches wide so if you sit over 39 inches away from it). The human eye can only resolve pixels separated by 1 arctangent and at 1.5 times the width of the screen away, the human eye cannot see the individual pixels at 1280x720 resolution and so...
I do have trouble believing that Sony could meet the christmas and slim launch demand to the tune of millions of units but now they can't meet demand when it's in the hundreds of thousands? I think Sony is having a go at Nintendo's technique of deliberately undersupplying to try and create hype.
This blogger is quite the conspiracist...
@barbapapa
$130 is definitely pricey but to be fair the 360 and ps3 use 2.5" laptop hard drives not 3.5" desktop hard drives. A 1 terabyte 2.5" drive is presently going for about $250. Of course, you can easily find a 250gb drive for much, much less than $130.
@ mooey
second definition of exclusive from the link you provided:
excluding much or all
I would say excluding Sony and Nintendo platforms is 'excluding much' of the industry which meets the definition of exclusive that you yourself posted... unless you don't think Sony and Nintendo platforms represent very much of the gaming industry I guess... *shrugs shoulders*