When Sony issued a recent PlayStation 3 update removing the device's ability to install alternate operating systems like Linux, it did so to protect copyrighted content—but several research projects suffered collateral damage.
Sony's preorder routine is slightly different this time around.
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According to a recent statement by Sony, it has sold out around 25 million PlayStation 5 consoles.
I'm sure that if the Air Force needed to replace one of those PS3's with one that could run Linux Sony would hook them up. That goes for the universities as well. Keeping that PR line (Power of the Cell!) is worth it.