Sony Agrees To Potential Settlement Of PS3 Other OS Removed Functionality Lawsuit

In the first few years since release, the original PlayStation 3 sported a rather interesting characteristic which allowed user to install Linux and other not-PlayStation operating system with the Other OS functionality. The functionality has been later removed in 2022 equally it was being driveling by hackers, but some users didn't take it too nicely, filing a lawsuit against Sony. Now, afterwards almost 6, this story has virtually reached its conclusion.

Co-ordinate to a filing that has been discovered recently by Ars Technica, Sony has agreed to settle the lawsuit. Obviously, the Japanese company will pay $55 to PlayStation iii owners who can prove they used the Other Bone functionality, and $9 to owners who can attest they lost "value and/or desired functionality or were otherwise injured as a consequence of the firmware update." The settlement has still to exist approved by a judge, so some details may be changed in the terminate, simply the fact that Sony is trying to put an end to this matter once and for all indicates that information technology's really getting close to an end.

Sony has been pretty supportive of Linux and Other Bone for quite some fourth dimension. Before implementing the Other Bone characteristic in the original PlayStation three model, the Japanese company released a PlayStation 2 Linux Kit, which immune PS2 users to run the Os with the help of additional hardware such as keyboard and mouse and a twoscore GB HDD drive.

The end of the Other OS functionality was fabricated clear with the declaration of the PlayStation three Slim, which didn't come with it. Sony after confirmed that the functionality was eventually going to be removed from original PS3 models with a firmware update. Some claimed they managed to re-enable the functionality, only nil concrete emerged online, non counting some YouTube videos.