Re: [ydl-gen] Response of Fixstars to end of ps3 otheros
Nelson Batalha <[email protected]>
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Hi all, > I believe it is a decision of economics, as Linux never _made_ money for Sony. > The PS3 itself was rumored to have lost money in the first year or so, and > who knows if it makes money now? It is games, and games alone that make money > in this cut-throat game box market. So consider (from a purely economic point > of view) that each PS3 sold to run Linux, especially the clusters, may never > run a single game and therefore invoke 'break-even', at best. In the cbe-oss-dev someone proposed that Sony could sell the other os installer separately, with its cost being at least the money they are losing with each console. Also it could be a DLC from the PSN store, therefore it would be uniquely tied to that system. Don't you think this would sell more than most PSN small games? I mean they are still paying the Linux team to support the other model, would it cost that much? I don't know the price to break-even, but if they break-even on the console with a couple of games, it can't be that high. > Now, there appears to be good news, but the details are not yet known: > http://www.develop-online.net/news/32378/Sony-unveils-academic-PS3-dev-kit > > "Sony unveils academic PS3 dev kit" Is it at least known if it will support regular distros? I think when this representative said universities can always use Linux, she meant as in the alternative they had *then* (and in the future with current models after all). This was a month and a half ago, the ps3 slim wasn't announced at the time, and neither was fw 3.0. Regards, Nelson _________________________________________________________________ Individualmente ou em conjunto? Obtenha as actualizações do seus amigos num só local. http://www.microsoft.com/portugal/windows/windowslive/products/social-network-connector.aspx _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com'