sony talks about homebrew for the ps3

[gameplaya376]

incase you did not read this elsewere

E3: Kawanishi Talks Homebrew Linux PS3 Development
In an intriguing turn of events, Sony executive Izumi Kawanishi has illuminated some of his company's PlayStation 3 Linux plans, indicating that it will be possible for individual 'homebrew' coders to create playable content for PS3, something actively blocked for Sony's PSP handheld.

In comments made to Japanese game website Impress Watch, and translated by GameSetWatch contributor Shou Suzuki, Kawanishi noted: "Because we have plans for having Linux on board [the PS3], we also recognize Linux programming activities... Other than game studios tied to official developer licenses, we'd like to see various individuals participate in content creation for the PS3."

It seems that Sony is happy to let basic application and game construction take place without access to the extremely sophisticated rendering and physics libraries available to licensors - Kawanishi further commented: "When a game studio enacts development on a PS3 by entering a license contract, SDK libraries... will be presented, and various technical support given. In contrast, when using Linux World on the PS3... support will fall to the lowest level required, and you must solve and work on things by yourselves."

Sony has previously made a Linux kit available with the PlayStation 2, but it is unclear whether any code created using PlayStation 3 and Linux will be freely spreadable and runnable via memory cards.

Additionally, Sony has not yet commented on whether it will only be possible to distribute this content via some kind of Sony-regulated online server, or only to fellow Linux coders, as was the case for PlayStation 2 Linux, which spawned a number of homebrew games. More information on the Linux coding opportunities for PS3 are likely to surface over the next few months, however.

from gamasutra

[Shapyi]

Wow so they are still serious about allowing homebrew to be developed on PS3. I know they mentioned something at the Game Developer's Conference awhile back. But this is great news, hopefully non-programmer users will be able to use homebrew apps and games without programming knowledge.

[gameplaya376]

i think that is the lesser intention , but obviously sony is looking at the bigger picture and leaving the region free and allowing hombrew to leave there no excuse to ever use a mod for any other reason than piracy . in a business sense this is the smartest thing they could do .

[kaioshade]

For a lot of people, the sole reason they modded their xboxes was for homebrew. If sony really steps back and fully allows it, i think we can see some real developments.

[nesianstyles]

If sony are making homebrew for the PS3, why not allow it for the PSP?
I only really brought a PSP for homebrew.

[Perseid]

Simple: Because there are no mod chips because you will never be able to burn a UMD.

Confusing, isn't it?

[gameplaya376]

because homebrew is the only thing letting people play backups via mem stick .

[nesianstyles]

Yes, but for playing backups off memory sticks, you need to have kernal access.
This is only on firmware 1.0 and 1.50, which both are getting rarer. Newer versions with the eloader (GTA or TIFF) can only run basic homebrew, it does not have enough access to have a umd emulator. Sony also blocked that so there is no way at all to run homebrew on firmware 2.7

[_zaphod_]

Yeah. Sony is doing their level best to make it so their ps3 has no legitimate need for modchips.

Officially supported homebrew (but making you make your own libs and lockingout the blu ray drive most liekly) will be quite the boon. It will probably b e possible to pass homebreww around online or on memcards to oter ps3linux users, most likely. perhaps even approved games will become official downloads, but even without that this is a major step forward.

[nesianstyles]

What? no legitimate need?
What ever happened to backups? It's legal to make a backup of disks you own.
I don't want my disks scratched.