Sony is making it mandatory in all current and future SDKs to not support 'phat' PS3s at all. Only slim PS3s are supported from here on out. If you have a legacy 'phat' PS3 you might as well sell it because new games will purposely not work on it (note, this is totally 100% serious, Sony is discontinuing support for all PS3 phats especially launch models and PS2-compatible models. Only slim models will be able to play game from now on. Please read PS3 forums for more information)
Once again, wrong...
It has to do with firmware upgrades. All PS3 systems will still work as long as you keep the firmware up to date. This has to do with people that refuse to accept the newer firmware versions that lock out security holes, and Linux support. Stop spreading this misinformation, please.
Unless you can actually provide a direct link from an actual PRESS RELEASE from SCEA, SCEE, or any confirmed accredited technician qualified to work on PS3 system side programming, then please just stop.