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System software version 3.0 was released on 1 September 2009. Shortly after its release, a number of users complained that the system update caused their system's Blu-ray drive to malfunction. In addition, John Kennedy of Florida filed a class action suit against Sony Computer Entertainment America(SCEA).
The 2011 PlayStation Network outage (sometimes referred to as the 2011 PSN Hack) was the result of an "external intrusion" on Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, in which personal details from approximately 7.7 million accounts were compromised and prevented users of PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable consoles from accessing the service.
The native operating system of the PlayStation 4 is Orbis OS, which is a fork of FreeBSD version 9.0 which was released on January 12, 2012. [6] [7] The software development kit (SDK) is based on LLVM and Clang, [8] which Sony has chosen due to its conformant C and C++ front-ends, C++11 support, compiler optimization and diagnostics. [9]
Updates add new functionality as well as security patches to prevent unsigned code from being executed on the system. Updates can be obtained in four ways: Direct download to the PSP over Wi-Fi. This can be performed by choosing [Settings], [System Update] from the XMB. Download to a PC, then transfer to the PSP via a USB cable or Memory Stick.
The PlayStation Vita system software is the official firmware and operating system for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation TV video game consoles. It uses the LiveArea as its graphical shell . The system is built on a Unix -base which is derived from FreeBSD and NetBSD .
On existing systems, the update only blocks the ability to install modified firmware using the normal system update process. Due to the bootloader being immutable, if the user manages to find a way to write modified firmware to the console's flash, it will still be bootable, even if the console was updated to version 3.60 or above.
OtherOS is a feature of early versions of Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation 3 video game console, allowing user installed software, such as Linux or FreeBSD.Software running in the OtherOS environment has access to 6 of the 7 Synergistic Processing Elements. [1]