OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca to memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agoI could make a great PC for that...lemmy.caexternal-linkmessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1590arrow-down118
arrow-up1572arrow-down1external-linkI could make a great PC for that...lemmy.caOttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca to memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square148fedilink
minus-squareSpezi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 months agoThe primary reason was that sony wanted to take advantage of lower import taxes in the EU by classifying it as a general-purpose computer. Thats why they also abandoned OtherOS after the EU ruled that the PS3 was not a computer but a game console.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoYup, that was something Sony was already doing back with the PS2, you could have Linux for PS2
The primary reason was that sony wanted to take advantage of lower import taxes in the EU by classifying it as a general-purpose computer. Thats why they also abandoned OtherOS after the EU ruled that the PS3 was not a computer but a game console.
Yup, that was something Sony was already doing back with the PS2, you could have Linux for PS2