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Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
Okay, in reverse order: Sony PS3 had Linux on it, then they removed it. That resulted in a lawsuit but honestly - I ran it. It was ****ing useless. It took almost 10 years to get to where the PS3 is easy to hack. Simply put... I don't have time to waste for that.

Why buy a gaming machine just to place Linux on it and then lose functionality? Typical of those types of devices, the folks will have to come up to speed on the chipsets chosen, find (or complain about the utter lack of) drivers and then try to make it work with very limited success. Linux doesn't need to be everywhere. Want emulation, buy one of the many emulation devices out there without losing functionality of the specialized gaming device such as the Nintendo Switch.
The Nintendo Wii and Wii U could be hacked easily, the security of Nintendo consoles is always inferior. Given that Sony Security systems have been broken, whatever this has can be broken. Finally I have hacked several consoles and iy almost never breaks them, even a Linux installation can be undone via a factory reset.