OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca to memes@lemmy.world · 7 days agoI could make a great PC for that...lemmy.caimagemessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1585arrow-down118
arrow-up1567arrow-down1imageI could make a great PC for that...lemmy.caOttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca to memes@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square156fedilink
minus-squareSpezilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·7 days 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-up6·6 days 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