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Re:PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam runnin... by kobeya on Saturday December 31, 2016 @09:28PM (#13294390)
If PS3 is any guide, they will see massive supercompute clusters taking advantage of the subsidized hardware and bleeding them dry.
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Re:PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam runnin... by 6DM on Saturday December 31, 2016 @09:53PM (#13294472)
If any were curious, PS3 used to support linux: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Sony-Linux-PS3-Firmware-Upd...
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Re:PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam runnin... by djsumdog on Saturday December 31, 2016 @10:43PM (#13294623)
The PS3 was a Cell processor, a new architecture promoted by Sony/IBM .. Toshiba? I think?

PS4s just have a regular old AMD x86/64 chip in them ... plus all that other garbage he described in the talk. With all the hacks it takes to get Linux to even boot, I'm pretty sure it's not worth the cost compared to just buying a real x86/64 PC based server.

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Re:PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam runnin... by kobeya on Sunday January 01, 2017 @01:17AM (#13294885)
Except a "real" PC based server has 4x the cost.
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Re:PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam runnin... by michaelmrose on Sunday January 01, 2017 @03:16AM (#13295075)
Equivalent hardware doesn't cost 4x apples and oranges
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Re:PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam runnin... by michaelmrose on Sunday January 01, 2017 @03:15AM (#13295072)
Which current generation console was sold at less than cost? Is there any reason to expect next generation consoles to do so?
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Re:PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam runnin... by kobeya on Sunday January 01, 2017 @03:16AM (#13295076)
Parts + assembly and logistics? Unclear. A unit cost more than the bill of materials.
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Re:PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam runnin... by michaelmrose on Sunday January 01, 2017 @03:22AM (#13295092)
That really isn't an answer I'm pretty sure the answer is none.
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Re:PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam runnin... by kobeya on Sunday January 01, 2017 @03:31AM (#13295109)
If Sony got an order for 200k PS4's, with a guarantee of no follow up game sales, do you think they will consider it worthwhile?
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Re:PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam runnin... by michaelmrose on Sunday January 01, 2017 @04:06AM (#13295177)
Nonsense scenario. They aren't an optimal choice AND regardless of being open or not they needn't agree to fulfill such an order.
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Re:PS4 hack: Fail0verflow demonstrate Linux and Steam runnin... by NegativeLatency on Saturday December 31, 2016 @10:27PM (#13294560)
I think the current generation is more in line with compute costs to the point that this wouldn't make too much sense
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