chicagotribune.com — We're at an interesting point in the development life cycle of third-party programs, those little software applications one can add to gadgets and social pages.Microsoft's approach, confirmed Thursday, is about control. Anyone can create a game, but not everyone will be approved for release on the Xbox Live service.
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Closed AccountJul 26, 2008
Don't forget the PS2 Linux kit.
Closed AccountJul 26, 2008
PS3 was open from day 1.
bartboy919Jul 26, 2008
How did you open it? I tried to make use of the grill capabilities, but was sad to find no way to open it.<a class="user" href="http://ps3pworld.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/ps3grill_2006-11-211.jpg">http://ps3pworld.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/ps3gr ...</a>
Closed AccountJul 27, 2008
"yea right. Sony has fought tooth and nail to ensure that it remains closed, they're extremely litigious even against home brews."We were able to install Linux day 1. Sony was never against homebrew. They are against piracy."Homebrew developers have no access to the GPU. That's not exactly open. :-("It's still open. And there is an OpenGL driver that runs on the SPUs.
glitchenzoJul 27, 2008
What you forgot to mention is how it's a HACKED driver. There is no official support from Sony for GPU access. It was a driver written by some homebrew developers. That is not very promising to me. I want full support for shaders, just like with the 360.On a separate note, I'm really surprised by how the PS3 has a crappier GPU than the 360, and it shipped a year after the 360. No unified pipeline, less total pipelines, its really rather sad.
kibbledbitsJul 28, 2008
This has nothing to do about being open. They are simply streamlining processes. Based on this article you would have thought they had open source DirectX or something. Bad title
feldonJul 29, 2008
Wow big deal Microsoft i use your xbox with Linux lol