Sony Sued For Removal Of Linux Support From PS3
Hands up who saw this one coming?
Dropping support for Linux on the PS3 has landed Sony in court. A class-action suit filed Tuesday in a San Francisco court (via IGN) claims that the intentional disablement of Other OS support constitutes a breach of sales contract as well as a breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Not only that, but the suit accuses Sony of inflicting unfair and deceptive business practices on "millions of unsuspecting customers."
"Sony knowingly and willingly accepted monetary benefits from Plaintiff and the Class, but Sony did not honor its obligations," reads the court document (line 17, page 12). "Rather, Sony benefited from the sales of PS3s with the Other OS function which it then forced purchasers to either disable or forgo other important PS3 functions."
"Under the circumstances described herein, it is inequitable for Sony to retain the full monetary benefit at the expenses of the Plaintiff and the Class," the complaint continues.
"By engaging in the conduct described above, Sony has been unjustly enriched at the expense of Plaintiff and the Class and is required, in equity and good conscience, to compensate the Plaintiff and the Class for harm suffered as a result of its actions."
The suit covers anyone who purchased a PS3 between November 17, 2006 and March 27, 2010 (though not if you sold your PS3 to someone in the meantime) and seeks compensatory damages, restitution, injuctive relief and legal fees.
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They should just re-enable it. If it's easier for people to crack the PS3 will sell more as people will be able to mod it and run homebrew. Thus ending the monetary loss Sony is suffering from lack of sales.
Sometimes I'd swear these companies have monkeys running them.
They should just re-enable it. If it's easier for people to crack the PS3 will sell more as people will be able to mod it and run homebrew. Thus ending the monetary loss Sony is suffering from lack of sales.Sometimes I'd swear these companies have monkeys running them.
Agree, from a tech point of view the PS1 was inferior to the N64 and Saturn however the ease at which games could be pirated was a deciding factor in it defeating the N64/Saturn (having a much better marketing strat helped too ofc)
I still can't believe Sony's legal team thought they could get away with this. Idiots.
They should just re-enable it. If it's easier for people to crack the PS3 will sell more as people will be able to mod it and run homebrew. Thus ending the monetary loss Sony is suffering from lack of sales.Sometimes I'd swear these companies have monkeys running them.
sony still makes a loss on the PS3 and relies on game sales to make a profit so it is in their best interest to stop piracy at all costs. However that said disabling linux support after promoting it as a selling point is just plain wrong and i hope they get taken to the cleaners
actually it is very unlikely that people will pirate the games
look at it like this
most people have 8mbp/s conections thats 1MBp/s at the best of times and it would take a long long time (probably 20-40 hours for most conections maybe more as this is just a guess) and even compressed most games would be over 20GB and a lot of people like bt have fair use policies of 100GB a month so people wouldnt do it becasue of the inconvenience factor
actually it is very unlikely that people will pirate the gameslook at it like thismost people have 8mbp/s conections thats 1MBp/s at the best of times and it would take a long long time (probably 20-40 hours for most conections maybe more as this is just a guess) and even compressed most games would be over 20GB and a lot of people like bt have fair use policies of 100GB a month so people wouldnt do it becasue of the inconvenience factor
Agreed. People aren't likely to pirate games because of the cost of their internet, blu-ray discs and blu-ray burner.
People only wanted Linux so they could run other things on there PS3.
I do not recall entering into any agreement when purchasing a blu-ray player for my Linux pc which denies access to viewing blu-ray discs on Linux. I have purchased a licensed blu-ray player and should be entitled to watch all blu-ray discs regardless of platform. Until this restriction is removed, I will no long purchase ANY sony products. This includes all recording artists on any sony media, motion pictures and hardware.
I do not recall entering into any agreement when purchasing a blu-ray player for my Linux pc which denies access to viewing blu-ray discs on Linux. I have purchased a licensed blu-ray player and should be entitled to watch all blu-ray discs regardless of platform. Until this restriction is removed, I will no long purchase ANY sony products. This includes all recording artists on any sony media, motion pictures and hardware.
You know you can sue them if you have your receipt. I can't find mine lol.