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I wonder how much of this is down to them drinking their own Kool-Aid or believing their own hype. It seems to me that each time they are about to release a new
by pacaro 15y ago
I wonder how much of this is down to them drinking their own Kool-Aid or believing their own hype. It seems to me that each time they are about to release a new console they make ridiculous claims about how their new processor is going to make the PC obsolete. I know that people have used PSen of various generations to make "supercomputers" but their impact outside of gaming has been close to zero.
OTOH my most recent laptop was a Vaio and I'm very happy with it.
- redthrowaway 15y agoSony's decision to remove OtherOS functionality, thereby killing the PS3's utility as a supercomputing component, was made in order to staunch losses. The Cell architecture was expensive and every PS3 was sold at a loss, with the idea being to recoup money in game licensing fees. Obviously there weren't many games being played on supercomputers, so once Sony had the feelgood story of the Air Force building supercomputers out of PS3s, they quietly pulled the plug. This is a long-winded way of saying the PS3' lack of widespread use in supercomputing is not responsible for Sony's losses. Rather, blame their flailing consumer electronics and mobile business.