Homebrew On PS3 Welcome ?

[Zeus]

Sony executive Izumi Kawanishi has revealed something incredibly cool, it WILL be possible for individual homebrew coders to create playable content on the PS3, something which Sony have seeked to profusely block out with the PS3. Kawanishi has been quoted as saying ''we'd like to see various individuals participate in content creation for the PS3.''

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In comments made to Japanese game website Impress Watch, and translated by GameSetWatch contributor Shou Suzuki, Kawanishi noted: ''Because we have plans for having Linux on board [the PS3], we also recognize Linux programming activities... Other than game studios tied to official developer licenses, we'd like to see various individuals participate in content creation for the PS3.''

It seems that Sony is happy to let basic application and game construction take place without access to the extremely sophisticated rendering and physics libraries available to licensors - Kawanishi further commented: ''When a game studio enacts development on a PS3 by entering a license contract, SDK libraries... will be presented, and various technical support given. In contrast, when using Linux World on the PS3... support will fall to the lowest level required, and you must solve and work on things by yourselves.''

Sony has previously made a Linux kit available with the PlayStation 2, but it is unclear whether any code created using PlayStation 3 and Linux will be freely spreadable and runnable via memory cards.

Additionally, Sony has not yet commented on whether it will only be possible to distribute this content via some kind of Sony-regulated online server, or only to fellow Linux coders, as was the case for PlayStation 2 Linux, which spawned a number of homebrew games. More information on the Linux coding opportunities for PS3 are likely to surface over the next few months, however.


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[antron]

this was obvious as soon as they told us it was shipping with linux on it.

PS3MC anyone? XBMC is just mplayer after all.

[djkatarat]

IR SHELL...play music and play games at the same time:) lolol...


it will only be a matter of time before somebody releases something sony doesnt like, then they will make us update inorder to get new features and block the "individual" homebrew from running, or maybe decide to block all homebrew...

aw well...cant waitt:D

im almost 100% sure an n64 and gba emulator can be emulated on the ps3's hardware :)...lol..maybe even a dreamcast and a gamecube:|..lol

[enlightx]

was`t MS suppose to be doing something like homebrew when they were trying to get sales at E3 last year

i can remeber seeing a PDFwith all the tools listed ect

[headyfred]

Didn't they say the exact same thing about the PSP when it came out, and we all know how long that lasted before they changed there minds and clamped down on homebrew:confused:

[antron]

it will only be a matter of time before somebody releases something sony doesnt like, then they will make us update inorder to get new features and block the "individual" homebrew from running, or maybe decide to block all homebrew..

yeah, like DeCSS+transcode binaries

but if they ALL come with linux there is not much they can do about it.

[anhel77]

i think the ps3 is going to be better than the x360 because of linux! anyone else think the same?

[antron]

yes i do,
but not as agame console. as a PC in the den.

[Depression]

i think the ps3 is going to be better than the x360 because of linux! anyone else think the same?


I think its will be true. Linux was a big part of homebrew. You could creak anything , not like the xbox360 with a ugly design. PS3 should be in luck when coders release like a whole new XMB interface. Kinda like the Psix os but better. And the dream homebrews like Emulator of N64, SNES will be on there in the harddrive with enough room for alot of roms. I can't wait.

[Render]

Sony said the same thing about the PSP and did not *lie* at a point in its life sony supported homebrew...just not very long i bet this is a marketting ploy similar to the PSP running homebrew

[The Bat]

Has it been confirmed that Linux will be written for the PS3 games console though? Sony have announced that the Cell is going to be competing with Intel and AMD, I believe, and they may be just promoting something like Freespire with one of their upcoming computers.

If it does hit the games console, I don't see it as likely that Sony will allow individuals to code around the DRM for the Sony online music & video store or the blu-ray O/S. If anything, it'll be through the equavilent of the CoMmanD prompt of Windows, with pre-defined calls from HDD files but with no write access to them. Instead, it'll be strings of "pull this to the memory", "do this in the memory", "output the memory calculations to the screen using these draw commands", etc. That is, until somebody cracks any of the DRM.