Sony Says...
In this week's installment of Sony Says, Phil Harrison claims they didn't copy Nintendo, and that thinking such a thing is, and I quote, "a little stupid". (As if anyone would admit to copying?) In a couple other articles (here and here), he also says that since the PS3 has such power at it's disposal (you know... the Cell processor that's a pain in the butt to code for, and Blu-Ray, of course) that it's essentially a total replacement for the personal computer. They say Linux can be installed on it, as well... and have been saying it for a long time, but I have to wonder... why? They have a special flavor of Linux that is entirely recoded to work on Cell architecture? I doubt it.
Although one good thing has come out of Sony this week... but it still pales in the shadow of the other evils they're spouting. They claim that the rumors about them preventing sale of used games is false. That's good for them, I guess... a little bit. But I wouldn't put it past them to drop information about it, check the reaction, and then make a decision. Yeah... they saw that nobody would buy any games anymore and decided to say "whoops, better not do that after all!" (Just like with the technology they patented that would essentially lock Blu-Ray discs to specific players... aka... no playing your game at your friend's house... they have a patent, but don't plan on using it? Mmhm... When has Sony ever backed down from "Digital Rights Management"?)