Sony Interactive Entertainment is currently testing PC support for its PlayStation VR2 headset with plans to launch in 2024, the company announced.
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That’s a pretty unexpected surprise. If it provides Linux-compatible usage, I might get one afterall.

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It’s Sony, so they’ll advertise Linux support, then pull it with a firmware update in 3-4 years.

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Hey I got like 10 bucks from that class action lawsuit and no more Linux on my PS3

DarkThoughts
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Is this supposed to refer to something specific?

ThrowawayOnLemmy
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The PlayStation 3 had support to install other OS’s, namely Linux. But it was removed after About 4 years with a system update.

Aatube
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Was that even advertised? I thought that was to claim a tax break or something

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It was advertised and they lost a class action. I ended up with like $150 soccer I could prove my usage.

DarkThoughts
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Would be nice indeed. Cheaper than what a Deckard will likely be (almost certainly in the 4 digit range) and no Facebook garbage. Though the wording in the article is kinda weird and almost sounds like you still require a PS5.

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I hope they do this, even if it’s just as a fuck-you to Microsoft. As long as they don’t actively get in the way of it, I’m sure it’ll happen.

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Probably. Sony provided upstream Linux with drivers for their controllers, and have been for a while now. The controllers arguably work better on Linux than they do on Windows without third party software/drivers.

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It’s not arguably imo. My ps controllers worked way better in Linux.

Refurbished Refurbisher
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I’m 70% sure that Sony just ported their drivers almost directly from Orbis (the PS4/5 OS) since Orbis is based on FreeBSD, which is POSIX-compliant. Windows is not POSIX-compliant, so they’d need to do more work porting it over.

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