Sony agrees to pay millions to gamers to settle PS3 Linux debacle

Re:Sony agrees to pay millions to gamers to settle PS3 Linux... by coroutines on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @02:07PM (#11947938)

What really pisses me off about this is I can't provide proof anymore that I made use of OtherOS. The later updates removed that functionality.

I remember at that time I was so excited thinking I'd get to use my PS3 as my main machine, my game console, and for bitcoin mining -- and a bluray player. I desperately wanted it to be my entertainment center for all purposes.

Sony didn't want me to be a happy customer.

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Re:Sony agrees to pay millions to gamers to settle PS3 Linux... by ars on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @03:24PM (#11948665)

You don't need proof as in mathematical proof.

You need proof as in legal proof, i.e. a paper saying "I used it".

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Re:Sony agrees to pay millions to gamers to settle PS3 Linux... by codys on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @04:21PM (#11949099)

Attestation ("I used it") and "proof" are used separately in the quote from the article, implying that the proof must be more that just attestation.

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Re:Sony agrees to pay millions to gamers to settle PS3 Linux... by asymmetric on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @03:08PM (#11948497)

You were planning on mining bitcoins in 2010 already? That's pretty early, hats off to you!

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Re:Sony agrees to pay millions to gamers to settle PS3 Linux... by coroutines on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @04:39AM (#11952333)

I had a few friends making money on it - I was a dreamer for sure...

At the time I remember there was a team working on hashing functions in hand-tuned assembly for the PS3's Cell processor that would take advantage of it's vector capabilities. I wanted to take their implementations and learn assembly well enough to write my own bitcoin miner. This was long before ASICs became a thing so the PS3 looked like a big money-making opportunity. :-)

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