PS3 has lost to Wii and Xbox360 (discuss)

[MYstIC G]

on iPhone

 

[Wazzerphuk]

GT5 is just a big darn joke its been in development for so long does anyone really care?

Say that when you've seen it ship well over 1m copies.

 

[Sparx]

im sure people have said the amount of copies doesnt mean its a good game then usually comment on MW2

 

[ST^]

Some news came out saying it was because they were about to go gold with 3.41, but Sony forced the use of 3.50 to combat pirates. Delay was only about a week, but that meant they missed their manufacturing slots.

Thanks, pirates.

 

[Deebs]

Had an interesting chat internally at work today.... Sony are trying their hardest to get it out but it failed "QA" for some reason.

 

[Aada]

So will it be out for Christmas or are we talking beginning of next year now?

 

[ST^]

So will it be out for Christmas or are we talking beginning of next year now?

Dunno, nobody cares about it right?

 

[Yaka]

it will prolly be out by xmas

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Yeah, it'll be before Christmas.

And no, number of copies sold does not indicate quality, but it does challenge the 'point' Aada was making that no-one cares about it. If no-one cared about it, it wouldn't sell in such utterly vast numbers.

 

[Zenith.UK]

There are any of a number of reasons why a game release gets delayed. I used to know one of the QA team at Vivendi Universal and he told me that the a constant hiccup in QA is localisation. That's where you get the different language versions with some minor mistakes in translations
eg. "All your base are belong to us" = "We control all your bases"

It could be something as simple as that. I doubt it's a show-stopper at this point in the release cycle, but it will slow down release of the gold build. That has it's own problems which others have touched upon.

 

[cHodAX]

Lead developer has stated that a few kinks arose at the last minute that caused it to fail QA. Fair enough really, fix the bugs and go for gold again.

 

[Chronictank]

on iPhone

dongle not included

 

[Marc]

Dunno, nobody cares about it right?

I notice how he didnt reply to this :lol:

 

[cHodAX]

Looking good for Linux on PS3 with the hack, 7th SPE unlocked and full access to the RSX gpu...

AsbestOS (a mineral, and meaning “inextinguishable” in Greek) is a bootloader to run PS3 Linux without OtherOS. It runs using the USB GameOS exploit (on PS3 version 3.41) from any compatible device, and any reprogrammable devices currently running the PS3 exploit can be used as long as they have enough free internal or external storage (40kB or so) to hold the loader. It is general enough that it should be useful to boot Linux given any other GameOS exploit in the future.

Currently, it only supports netbooting a kernel and no initrd (mostly due to bootmem limitations). This is enough to run a Linux system booting from an NFS share or from USB storage media. Almost everything that works under OtherOS is working. As additional perks of running as GameOS, you also get access to a seventh SPE (needs a kernel patch to enable) and there is clearly full access to the RSX including 3D support, although we still need to learn a few details about how that works to be able to use it.

AsbestOS is a fully independent open source payload and does not contain any code from the original PSJailbreak payload or derivatives. It is licensed under the GPLv2. Compiling it does not require any SDK tools, and it includes a script to build a fully vanilla GNU toolchain for the PS3.

If you’re interested, check out the git repository. The README file contains information on how to run AsbestOS and how to set up kernels. Currently, ports exist for software USB AVRs (Arduino etc.), iPods, and the reference implementation for devices with a TI OMAP3, but anything currently running PSGroove or similar can be adapted with only a few lines of new code.

For the impatient or lazy folks, here’s a kernel that you can use. You’ll probably want to change the kernel commandline options to set up your NFS root partition. This will eventually be handled by AsbestOS, but for now, open it up in a hex editor, search for HEXEDIT_THIS, and change the commandline to suit your needs (without changing the total length, of course). Do note that this kernel does not have built-in USB support, so it can only be used for NFS booting (the USB stuff is built as a module).

You can use this filesystem as a starting point. It’s a Gentoo stage3 updated to date and with PS3-specific tools installed. Keep in mind that there’s no Portage tree included, so be sure to either emerge --sync or NFS mount your server’s Portage tree (which is what I do). At the very minimum, you’ll want to edit the following files to configure your NFS and networking settings (or to specify USB device partitions, if you want to go that route – but you need to compile your own kernel then): /etc/fstab, /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf, and quite likely a few others. This filesystem includes kernel modules for the above kernel. The root password is ‘ps3′.

YouTube - Linux on PS3 v3.41 using AsbestOS

 

[Yaka]

yeah been keepingf an eye on that, shame i upgraded mine:/

 

[cHodAX]

SCUMMVM coming to hacked PS3's!

ScummVM PS3 Port - By lousyphreak - PSX PS2 PS3 Scene Hacking Modchip & Jailbreak Community

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Got a copy of Vanquish for free. Looks good, reviews good - hurrah, I'll be trying it soon.

 

[Billargh]

Got a copy of Vanquish for free. Looks good, reviews good - hurrah, I'll be trying it soon.

It's piggin' awesome.

 

[Yaka]

i agree/ one thing tho it uses the same engine as bayonetta but the ps3 ver is meant to be ever so slightly better than the 360 version. big improvment by the devs

 

[Raven]

I am not really sure what the point to hacking a PS3 is? Except for the obvious ability to potentially play pirated games, it seems like a lot of work just to get it to perform a bit like a PC...or am I missing something?

 

[Yaka]

for me linux on ps3 again be great. hopefully geohotz will die of aids

 

[old.user4556]

A cheap and rather powerful transcoding media server comes to mind using Linux on a PS3.

 

[cHodAX]

I am not really sure what the point to hacking a PS3 is? Except for the obvious ability to potentially play pirated games, it seems like a lot of work just to get it to perform a bit like a PC...or am I missing something?

Emulators, better media functions, full linux with gpu support and a properly browser with up to date flash.

 

[MYstIC G]

Nobody wants flash. Steve Jobs said so.

 

[Yaka]

theres a need for flash for at least acouple of years yet atleast

 

[cHodAX]

Nobody wants flash. Steve Jobs said so.

Nobody will ever need more than 640kb of RAM either.

 

[cHodAX]

Gonna be a hell of a year for Microsoft, profits for the first quarter came in at $5 billion and the games division posted $382 million of that. Massive results for a 3 month period and Kinect has yet to launch but will be sold at a healthy profit from day one.

Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division, which includes the Xbox, Zune and Windows Phone 7 businesses, has reported an operating profit of $382 million (£239m) for its first financial quarter, up 46 per cent on the same period last year.

Revenues were up 27 per cent to $1.79 billion (£1.1bn) as the company shipped 2.8 million Xbox 360 units, up 38 per cent from the 2.1 million shipped in the first quarter of the 2010 financial year.

Halo Reach, the latest in the best-selling shooter franchise, has generated revenues of $350 million (£219m) since launch, said Microsoft.

The entire Microsoft business reported record first quarter results for the period ended September 30, with revenues up 25 per cent to $16.20 billion (£10.1bn). Profit was $5.41 billion (£3.3bn) and operating income $7.12 billion ($4.4bn).

"This was an exceptional quarter, combining solid enterprise growth and continued strong consumer demand for Office 2010, Windows 7, and Xbox 360 consoles and games," commented Peter Klein, chief financial officer at Microsoft.

"Our ability to grow revenue while continuing to control costs allowed us to deliver another quarter of year-over-year margin expansion."

Sony posted good results too...

Growth in LCD television sector is offset by currency concerns

Sony Corporation, Japan's largest electronics exporter and the fifth largest media conglomerate in the world, reported mixed news when it came to its fiscal second quarter earnings report on Friday.

The earnings were highlighted by some impressive gains. Most notably, net profit (net revenue) rose from ¥26.3B (approximately $326M USD) to ¥31.1B (approximately $386M USD). Sales rose from ¥1.6612T (approximately $20.6B USD) to ¥1.7332T (approximately $21.5B USD)

Sony's Networked Product and Services division, which houses the PlayStation business, PC and other connected devices, swung to a ¥6.9 billion ($85.5m / £53.7m) operating profit for the second quarter of the financial year, compared to a ¥59 billion ($731m / £458m) loss for the same period last year.

However, sales in the game category specifically were down 12.9 per cent, to ¥171 billion ($2.1bn / £1.3bn), compared to ¥196 billion ($2.4bn) for the same quarter last year.

Unit sales of the PlayStation rose from 3.2 million to 3.5 million compared to the same period last year, but PSP units dropped 50 per cent from 3 million to 1.5 million.

Kind of amazing that Microsoft's gaming division alone posted almost identical profits to what the entire Sony corporation brought in. Microsoft are so cash rich now it isn't funny. The fuckers really should drop the price of connect to at least £99.

 

[MYstIC G]

Live price increases on the way, £5.99 a month = lolfuckno

 

[cHodAX]

Live price increases on the way, £5.99 a month = lolfuckno

Yep the greed is kicking in now, they are raking in fuckloads from adverts too.

 

[Aada]

Yeah the increase is rubbish but the way i see it i don't really have a choice i can either suck it up and pay the money or i can threaten to buy a PS3 and force myself to use their horrible online experience.

I'll pay unfortunatly.