The Jailbreak of PS3: OtherOS and Linux

Sony’s PlayStation 3 system has been one of the best game consoles of its time. In fact, any device that is capable of running games in the systematic way that, like how game consoles do is good to me. Therefore PlayStation 3 was different because it was released at a time when the Internet was becoming more common and the world was becoming globalized. So, games released for PS3 could be updated, multiplayer games accumulated but most importantly people could be informed about exploits on their system. Being able to find out about an exploit early on is important because it allows the jailbreak to be spread before Sony can quitely fix it.

The PlayStation 3 system has known about it’s behind-the-scene homebrew community. Early on, the PlayStation 3 system was quickly jailbroken due to a feature known as OtherOS, which allows to boot a Linux system. It used to be common to use your game console like a PC. However, Sony quickly removed this feature shortly after the jailbreak.

With this first jailbreak, the doors of the PS3 system was opened, in a way that will allow third party developers to create native applications for PS3. Developing of applications for their system is fine for with Sony but the problem begins when they can’t regulate what developers will do. They decided to create tools for modding in games, even online, and piracy.

For a company that has already planned its revenue based on game sales and such, piracy on their game console is like a surprise guest. They didn’t take it well so they kept their system up-to-date. Although all that the PS3 system is no longer being maintained as Sony already has already released their fifth generation of game consoles. So now it has become easy for someone to jailbreak their system. Maybe time has been the solution for this situation, for those who want to jailbreak their system, while also new games are being released for newer generation of consoles. So the water still flows through the mill.