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[–] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

That's a bit different IIRC, they purchased them directly from Sony and they didn't have any of the OtherOS hardware lockouts like retail consoles did.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    At launch and for a good while PS3 came with a boot to Linux enabled by default, some universities around the globe bought some "from the shelf" to make some server farm and such.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Yeah, but in relatively small volumes and mostly as a 'gimmick'.

    The Cell processors were 'neat' but enough of a PITA is to largely not be worth it, combined with a overall package that wasn't really intended to be headless managed in a datacenter and a sub-par networking that sufficed for internet gaming, but not as a cluster interconnect.

    IBM did have higher end cell processors, at predictable IBM level pricing in more appropriate packaging and management, but it was pretty much a commercial flop since again, the Cell processor just wasn't worth the trouble to program for.

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