Is Linux going to sink the PS3

[GavinMannion]

So I wrote a small article about the dangers of allowing linux to run on the PS3 .

I didn't think to much of it but when I checked www.n4g.com this morning it is one of the top 5 articles and my site has been completely bombarded... I received more hits on that one article in one day than my next 3 articles combined over their entire lifespan :D

I must remember that if I want hits I must just write bad PS3 articles ;)

http://www.lazygamer.co.za/ps3/is-linux-going-to-sink-the-ps3/

[Diabolic]

lol. people like bad news. It gives them something to skinner about.

[doobiwan]

Consider your article officially trolled ;)

[anth]

Go sony. lol.

[Retro]

lol. people like bad news. It gives them something to skinner about.

Yup, all the 360 fanboys go "we win, we win..." ;)

[doobiwan]

Retro, your obsession with 360 fanboys is disturbing, just go buy a console already, or get off the soap box.

You constantly lambaste guys for not having a PS3 and hating on it, how are you any different, worshipping it and not owning one?

[Retro]

Retro, your obsession with 360 fanboys is disturbing, just go buy a console already, or get off the soap box.

You constantly lambaste guys for not having a PS3 and hating on it, how are you any different, worshipping it and not owning one?

Oh relax and go play some GOW. ;)

[doobiwan]

That's a blooming fantastic idea . . . :)

Now where's my box so I can sneak past the boss. . .

[lord_spaceman]

Is Linux going to sink the PS3 ? God, I hope so...

[noxibox]

What is their loss on the European version?

[GavinMannion]

? Are you asking how much money they lose on each one sold?

I think it's about $200 but they don't tell anyone really so it's all guesses

[doobiwan]

On the American and Japanese price it's estimated around $300, but remember that manufacturing cost and doesn't include shipping, marketing etc. The European ones are probably selling closer to full cost.

[tibby.dude]

Macworld staff are idiots ... Sony Cell does not perform the same as a PowerPC G5 even if it is clocked at 3.2Ghz.

They should learn the difference between a workstation class out of order CPU vs a cheap in order CPU for a game console.

[doobiwan]

some guy posted PowerPC benchmarks last week, and that (I believe, I don't now a G5 from an iMac :$) was the result, it ran like a 1.6Mhz Mac BUT he didn't touch the SPU's by his own admission, so it was just a comparison of the main PS3 core and a Mac.

If you go back about 18 months, John Carmack said something very similar (about each CPU (360 has 3 of those) core being about the same as a 1.6Ghz standard CPU.

[SlappY]

Linux wont do it... Sony will :D