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The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment.

The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment.
It is the successor to PlayStation 2, as part of the PlayStation series.

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Develop for PlayStation 3 Linux

I'm interested in developing software for Sony PlayStation 3 consoles which contains a multi-core Cell processor, targeting any PS3-compatible Linux distribution. "A single PS3 performs better than the highest-end desktops available and compares to…
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Translates the XInput calls to DirectInput calls on MAC OS X (Emulate x360 controller from PS3 one)

There are a lot of games in steam working with x360 controllers but not mapped properly with a PS3 DS3 controller... MotionInJoy do it clean with "emulate 360 controller" but it works only on PC. There is another PC-only project : x360ce :…
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What does programming for PS3's Cell Processor entail?

How is programming for the Cell Processor on the PS3 different than programming for any other processor found on a normal desktop? What kind of programming paradigms, techniques, and practices are used to fully utilize the Cell Processors…
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Send data to a PS3 DualShock3 controller from a Mac (IOHIDDeviceSetReport)

I've been playing around with the HID part of IOKit lately on my Mac with a PS3 controller. I've managed to look though the sample code and connect to my controller, receive a stream of data and parse it (Everything, including the accelerometer and…
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Professional Development Tools for Xbox 360 and PS3

I was curious to know what development tools do Xbox 360 and PS3 game developers use (I know that there are expensive SDK's to access professional development on these consoles). So, do Xbox 360 devs use Visual Studio? And what version? And what…
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Developing an application for the PS3

Is it possible to create an application (not a game) on the PS3? I know that there are ways to install Linux and all that but I was hoping there's something which you can just download from the net and run. I'd want the app to run like a…
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Duplicate Referrer Header - HTTP.sys barfs

I have been testing the PS3 browser (NetFront) with embedded Flash components on a web page and there seems to be a rather serious bug with the way that any requests from Flash are issued. The browser is adding a referrer (referer) and so is the…
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Is the PS3's Cell architecture the wrong platform to be learning game programming?

I have an opportunity to attend Sony licensed training classes to learn about programming with the PS3's cell architecture. However I only have a rudimentary knowledge of C++ and was wondering if the PS3 is a bit of an overkill for a starter…
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How to Cross Compile for Cell Linux on the PS3 from Windows?

How can a cross compilation setup be achieved to allow compiling Cell Linux programs on a Windows PC using the cygwin toolchain? The cygwin tools provide a GNU compiler to use in building the cross compiler, and associated tools for the build…
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How can I learn about cross platform game development?

How do companies like Valve manage to release games to all three major gaming platforms? I am interested in the best-practices regarding code sharing specifically between Windows, Xbox360 and PS3, since the ideal solution is to reuse as much code as…
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How can I buy the XBox 360 and PS3 SDKs?

Does anyone know how I can purchase the above SDKs? Calling the standard Sony / Microsoft Sales numbers does not seem to get me anyone who knows what I'm talking about.
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PS3 controller driver -> uinput-> python? somehow?

I'm trying to read from a PS3 controller in python on Ubuntu and I'm not having much luck. I started with the ps3joy driver from Willow Garage (http://www.ros.org/wiki/ps3joy) which supposedly publishes all the important bits of the PS3 controller…
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Protocol buffers on Game Consoles

Have anyone tried google protocol buffers on game consoles? I'm more interested in High End consoles such as PS3 or Xbox360 than handheld systems. Things I'm interested in hearing about are: Does it compile nicely out of the box or do you need to…
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printf function doesn't work in OpenCL kernel

Hi I trying to debug OpenCL kernel code on PS3. Here is the code: #pragma OPENCL EXTENSION cl_khr_byte_addressable_store : enable int offset() { return 'A' - 'a'; } __kernel void tKernel(__global unsigned char *in, __global unsigned char *out)…
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Creating universal applications for Consoles (PS4/XBoxOne)

I have been looking all over the place for an answer but I haven't found anything on this yet. I want to create an application (not a game) for PS4 or XBoxOne but so far none of the related websites provides either a good documentation or any…
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