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mschuster91 on Dec 7, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: The rise and fall of the PlayStation supercomputer...

So what? Don't need much difference in hardware, it was only a firmware change.

ChuckNorris89 on Dec 7, 2019 | [–]

Firmware changes that relax the security of your hardware require a lot of red tape and raise much fear in management.

SONY is infamous for going overboard on DRM.

LaserToy on Dec 7, 2019 | [–]

It is time and not a priority.

A lot of things can be done given unlimited time and resources, but unfortunately we don’t have that.

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