UK court says Playstation is NOT a computer.

[Valkysas]

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/sony/uk...ter-181997.php

maybe now they'll shut up about it?

... nah.

[Goufunaki]

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I can see why sony would want to save some money, but would this affect EU buyers once the system is released making it a bit more expensive?

[Riotsword]

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Um, I thought it was a Computer Entertainment System?

It's a computer to me. Just not what one would normally think when they hear "computer".

*EDIT: Read the article. Yeah, it's not THAT kind of computer. Idiots.

[tjoris9]

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Yeah, it's not going to shut them up about the whole "PS3 is a computer" bit, because in they can still use it as a marketing ploy, just not to bypass taxes. Sure, it'll make the PS3 even more expensive. It doesn't make that much difference, though, becasue it's already the most expensive system.

[The_Real_Crunk]

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Strike 99 against the PS3?

[Jamos' Old Account]

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Crunk, you must have lost count. It is at least strike 103.

This seems like one of these situations that I wonder, "Why the **** are the courts involved?" Hell, I could have come up with that verdict in 3.2 seconds.

[thetruecoolness]

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Well I don't know, while it's not a PC the term computer actually encompasses a lot of things. Really most modern game systems could be considered computers, just specialized ones that only run certain software, and have proprietary hardware (similar to a Mac, though not quite as powerful). Most consoles now have operating systems, and include common PC parts like a harddrive. So while it's not as versatile as a PC it still is a computing machine, and technically contains all the same parts as a computer (motherboard, CPU, memory, GPU, I/O, even PC inputs like USB). So it is a computing machine, I mean the term computer was used to describe air speed indicators (kind of like a slide rule) back in WWI days. Of course the functionality is more simlar to a Kioske or a PDA, but really Gaming Computer, or even Media PC could fit todays modern consoles. Since a Media PC is nothing more than a harddrive, processor and video outputs.

So PC, no. Computer, probably, it'll definitly have more computing power than a lot of PCs older than 4 years or so. Really the only thing keeping it from being a computer is installable software, but you can run a full version of Linux on the PS2 (with the harddrive, and a usb keyboard and mouse), and PS3 I believe will have the same deal, since they mentioned the possibility of homebrew games (since they are using a variant of OpenGL and Cg for pixel and vertex shaders). So really this would make it almost a PC. So I think the UK court should look a bit further in their decision, though not just for the PS3, since 360 runs a version of Windows I believe now, and I'm sure someone will eventually find a way to port Linux to it (since people port linux to everything). So for all intents and purposes it could be used as a light PC if you were able to store files and programs on it.

So if we go by common use then yeah it's not a PC, I have never typed a document or used my game systems for work other than making a game on RPG Maker 2 and 1, but if you go by specs and possible use then it is by all means a computer.

[Kefka Jr.]

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Help computer

[John Mora]

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Whoa, so Defamer has a gaming sister site, eh? Cool!