If only I could revive my PS3 and load SteamOS on it?

[QuakerOates ★★★☆☆]

I know PS3 is locked once a certain firmware level is installed on the PS3, but worth putting this out-there in the hope one day it becomes reality.
https://store.steampowered.com/steamos

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Escrito originalmente por QuakerOates ★★★☆☆:

If only I could revive my PS3 and load SteamOS on it?

I know PS3 is locked once a certain firmware level is installed on the PS3, but worth putting this out-there in the hope one day it becomes reality.
https://store.steampowered.com/steamos

Well, you aren't using the Steam Deck SteamOS recovery image that link now provides while Valve waits to fully release SteamOS 3.

Officially supporting the PS3 won't happen though.

[Abigail From Sneaky Squid Dept.]

The PS3 has a pitiful 256 mb of RAM, and it has a really obtuse CPU architecture. Trying to port steam os to it would just be a massive waste of everyones time.

[Satoru]

If I recall the biggest issue with the PS3 Linux build was that the GPU was locked behind the hypervisor. So basically you had a pretty underpowered system, with not a lot of RAM, that had a iGPU that's worse than an intel one

[crunchyfrog]

Yeah unlikely to be possible,

As Satoru points out, the PS3 has several layers of memory access - the hypervisor being the TOP one. I think there's around 5 access levels across the board?

The problem is of course unless you can get access to the highest level you ain't getting anywhere. And Sony are not giving that up.

Also there are the hardware limitations that others have said here, so I doubt it'd be that effective - you simply wouldn't have enough system RAM to operate it.

So it's a no on two massive counts.

Also as Satoru rightly points out, when you only have access to lower levels of system access you ain't got access to the CPU or core control. So you are really hobbled in any case.