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parl_match on Aug 22, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Notris: A Tetris clone for the PlayStation 1

> Seems like they didn't pursue it in future consoles

FWIW, they did:

PS2 had an official linux distro, which was intended to be a sequel

PS3 had an "other os" mode, which allowed you to run your own, unsigned OS. This was eventually removed in a firmware update, due to piracy.

ronsor on Aug 22, 2024 [–]

Ironically the removal brought more piracy.

parl_match on Aug 23, 2024 | [–]

That's not really what the cause of it was, tbh.

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