Is Google Chrome Headed to the PS3?

Sony’s PlayStation 3 is internet-enabled, but gamers have always been unsatisfied with the rather inadequate browser pre-installed on the console. That might now be changing, with rumours on the internet suggesting Google Chrome could be on its way to the device.

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This was first reported on gaming forum NeoGAF, with member androvsky posting about stuff he had stumbled upon on the PS3’s online webkit source. He said, “I’m going through ps3-webkit-support.diff because I’m bored. Looks like we’re actually getting Chrome, since Geoff’s added a couple of files for ChromeClientPOSIX.

There’s a lot of functions that aren’t implemented, but they’re mainly ones that involve windowing that you wouldn’t expect to be supported on the PS3.

This might not mean much since I don’t see the cool stuff from Chrome in these sources, like bookmark syncing, but it’s a huge project, and the diff only covers what needed to be changed so it works on the PS3.”

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Now that is some good news, and I really hope it’s true.