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The PlayStation 3 system software is the updatable firmware and operating system of the PlayStation 3. The base operating system used by Sony for the PlayStation 3 is a fork of both FreeBSD and NetBSD known internally as CellOS or GameOS. [4] [1] It uses XrossMediaBar as its graphical shell.
If PlayStation 3 has an active Internet connection, updates may be downloaded directly from the PlayStation Network to PlayStation 3 and subsequently installed. Systems with active Internet will automatically check online for software updates each time the console is started.
OtherOS is a feature of early versions of the PlayStation 3 video game console, allowing user installed software, such as Linux or FreeBSD. The feature was removed since system firmware update 3.21, released on April 1, 2010. [1] Software running in the OtherOS environment has access to 6 of the 7 Synergistic Processing Elements. [2]
A Playstation 3 software update last month erased the free operating system, Linux, leaving disgruntled gamers to file complaints in several states and now a class action lawsuit. Sony Computer ...
On 6 December 2010, another update, version 2.02, was released. Many users complained that since the update the PlayTV software became unstable, with the most commonly reported symptom being the software hanging on the PlayTV launch screen and not proceeding any further. [17] On 3 March 2011, bugfix update 2.03 was released.
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 77 million accounts were compromised and prevented users of PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable consoles from accessing the service.
This is a list of PlayStation (PS1) games digitally re-released on the PlayStation Store in NA territories. These are the original games software emulated.At their initial release in December 2006, downloadable PS1 titles were only available to play on PlayStation Portable (PSP), [1] but titles became available for PlayStation 3 (PS3) in April 2007, [2] for PlayStation Vita on August 28, 2012 ...
Homebrew software was first run on the PlayStation 3 by a group of hackers under the name "Team Ice" by exploiting a vulnerability in the game Resistance: Fall of Man. Following various other hacks executed from Linux, Sony removed the ability to install another operating system in the 3.21 firmware update. This event caused backlash among the ...