Well, well, well...
How things change.
PlayStation 3 sales boost in US
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| Sony said that the $100 (£50) price cut to the 60GB PS3 led to a 135% sales
| rise over the last two weeks.
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| Independent figures for sales of the cheaper PS3 are not yet available.
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| "This jump in sales bodes very well for us heading into the fall as we launch
| an impressive arsenal of hardware and software," Jack Tretton, head of Sony
| Computer Entertainment America, said in a statement.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6913090.stm
See the article below. So after Microsoft crashed Sony's parties (in a most
aggressive and unethical way) and dpread FUD, these Linux-ready machines
apparently gain attraction.
Related:
Microsoft Xbox 360 Sales Plunge 60% As Problems Mount
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| Microsoft’s growing troubles with the Xbox 360 video game console appear to
| be catching up to the company. Sales of the gaming machine plunged 60% in the
| fiscal fourth quarter, Microsoft disclosed Thursday. In its earnings
| statement for the quarter, Microsoft said it shipped 700,000 Xbox 360 units
| during the period, compared to 1.8 million in the fiscal fourth quarter of
| 2006 -- a fall off of 61%.
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http://www.mtechxp.net/main/microsoft-xbox-360-sales-plunge-60-as-problems-mount
Sony cuts price on PlayStation 3 by $100
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| Sony also hopes the PS3 will win some converts following Microsoft's
| admission last week that the failure rate of its Xbox 360 console
| had been unacceptably high, forcing it to book $1 billion in repair
| costs.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070709/tc_nm/sony_playstation_dc
Linux on the PS3
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| After a lot of back and forth I finally got Linux installed on my
| PS3. Ended up installing Yellowdog Linux.
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http://blogs.gnome.org/view/uraeus/2007/05/21/0
PS3 Real-time Ray-tracing
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| IBM Interactive Ray-tracer (iRT) using three Sony Playstation3s (PS3)
| to render a model that is 75x more complex then those used in
| today's games.
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http://www.n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-33982.aspx
Opera Desktop Team: Approaching 9.2 [with PPC Support]
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| The most important is that we've fixed some issues with Flash 9
| on Linux. This means that you can now watch YouTube video
| fullscreen! (And close annyoing Flash ads.)
|
| [...]
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| ...we have now ppc-linux .6 packages: that means that they work
| (okay, should work) on your PS3! -- if you installed Linux on it.
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http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2007/03/30/approaching-9-2
PS3 Yellow Dog Linux Install Videos
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| Due to the demand on the PS3 forums I am making some install videos of
| Yellow Dog Linux. Sorry about the slightly shaky footage, since I was
| installing and holding the camera at the same time.
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http://fatpenguinblog.com/?p=798
Yellow Dog Linux launches for PS3
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| Once the software is released for download on the public mirrors, it will
| be free of charge.
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http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6162316.html?sid=6162316&sid=6162316
Microsoft deletes mass Xbox 360 crashing claims from Forza 2 forums
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| In what appears to be an effort to conceal the over 900 replies gamers
| provided on the official Forzamotorsport.net forums about Forza Motorsport 2
| crashing on the Xbox 360, Microsoft has deleted the long thread, now stating
| that it’s “exclusive content for registered forum users” only. However, the
| thread was removed entirely, even to registered members.
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http://gamerush.zoomshare.com/files/my_images/GameRush_Entertainment_Microsoft_deletes_mass_Xbox_360_crashing_claims_from_Forza_2_forums_News.htm
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