Coding ‘enthusiast’ Geohot however, the guy behind the iPhone jailbreak, says he will look into finding a way to ”retain OtherOS support” safely.
The firmware update is entirely optional, or at least it is until a Blu-ray movie or videogame needs access to a later firmware, or you want to log into PSN - so no, it’s not really optional is it? Some feel this move by Sony is down to hackers in the first place.
The PlayStation 3 up until now has been ‘safe’ from the likes of pirated games, but recently the inner workings have been cracked, and Sony are likely to point the finger of blame toward allowing operating systems like Linux being installed on the PS3.
”When 3.21 comes out, I will look into a safe way of updating to retain OtherOS support, perhaps something like Hellcat’s Recovery Flasher,” said Geohot, reports Gizmodo.
Do you have an ‘OtherOS’ installed on your PlayStation 3? Will you miss it?
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