Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
A_Lee_N said:We'll see, from Sony's standpoint it makes perfectly sense to limit exactly how much of the hardware you open up for non certified developers. It has to do with security of the platform and I've seen this coming from a long way.. the fact that they're confirming it now only makes it less likely that they'll ever open up the full hardware.
I hope you're right though, PS3 would be a really interesting platform for homebrew under full capacity. I'm just not holding my breath, and neither should you.
Ok, look at this this way... they give you DVD, CD and BD-ROM mounting access and yet they would restrict FOREVER any KIND OF 2D acceleration (I am not talking about low level RSX register access, I am talking about even an Open GL driver that gives you a completely high Level access of RSX Shader ALU's) ?!?
Take a look back at PlayStation 2 Linux where you could not mount anything besides SCE's Linux discs . Now, why would they remove that restriction (BIG news) and shoot themselves in the foot (they have nothing to gain and quite a bit to lose by not giving any kind of 3d acceleration) ?!?