# Ps3 finally hacked?! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 20, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps3-finally-hacked/550855 "2010-08-20T11:12:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sablicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Sablicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sablicious)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps3-finally-hacked/550855/21 "2010-08-21T03:43:58Z")
> [@pricciar](#): > > I would consider getting this. **Not so much for the ability to download games or any of the pirated stuff** […] lol! [Good one](http://i34.tinypic.com/pq2dl.jpg)! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps3-finally-hacked/550855/22 "2010-08-21T05:26:57Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > > [@Bosstone](#): > > > > It also allows you to run homebrew (amateur) games, at least on most other consoles. That’s what makes modding controversial: it’s not solely used for illegal means, and in fact can foster a thriving community whose only potential ethical stain is that they’re using the console in a way the game company didn’t intend. > > Big whoop. I’m not supposed to be able to play chess on a graphing calculator, but you don’t see Texas Instruments turning all blue in the face. 😛 Hmmm. Texas Instruments included a TI-BASIC interface on the TI-81 and newer calculators, and included file transfer capabilities on the TI-82 and TI-85. The programming community figured out how to run assembly code on those calculators, mostly for gaming, and TI turned the exploit into a feature for future calculators. TI didn’t intend for games to be played on the devices, but they made things easier for the new programming communities that sprung up. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps3-finally-hacked/550855/23 "2010-08-21T19:20:26Z")
> [@Amblydoper](#): > > > [@antonio107](#): > > > > Big whoop. I’m not supposed to be able to play chess on a graphing calculator, but you don’t see Texas Instruments turning all blue in the face. 😛 > > Hmmm. Texas Instruments included a TI-BASIC interface on the TI-81 and newer calculators, and included file transfer capabilities on the TI-82 and TI-85. The programming community figured out how to run assembly code on those calculators, mostly for gaming, and TI turned the exploit into a feature for future calculators. TI didn’t intend for games to be played on the devices, but they made things easier for the new programming communities that sprung up. Which then raises the question, “Why can’t Sony adopt a similar attitude?” Do they think that John Q. Homebrewer’s 2D Freeware platformer is going to undercut sales of Uncharted 2? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps3-finally-hacked/550855/24 "2010-08-21T23:34:39Z")
The difference is that TI makes their money on calculators, but Sony loses money on consoles. As a result, Sony doesn’t want anyone doing anything on their consoles that doesn’t involve buying some other product of theirs. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps3-finally-hacked/550855/25 "2010-08-22T04:19:21Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > > [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > > > Where? > > Now they only make x-box games to avoid the pirates. I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps3-finally-hacked/550855/26 "2010-08-23T11:01:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Is that a woosh? I just downloaded a patch that removed that functionality. > > Not a whoosh. I’ve certainly heard of folks installing Linux on game consoles (heck, you can install Linux on just about anything; there’s probably someone out there who’s managed to install it on a $5 digital wristwatch), but I wasn’t sure if the PS3 was one of them. And it seems to me that if it were already possible to install a completely different operating system, then it should logically also be already possible to do just about anything else, too. I think the PS3 _had_ the ability to run linux and then Sony brought out a patch that disabled it. This pissed a number of people off who were using PS3s as cheap processing power. > **[Sony Sued for Removal of Linux Support From PS3](https://www.tomshardware.com/news/PlayStation-Linux-PS3-Xbox-Xbox-360,10311.html)** > > Hands up who saw this one coming? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps3-finally-hacked/550855.md?page=1)