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"The all importance of Internet gaming."

With years and years of development of computer development, the time has came for online gaming. With Playstation 2, X-Box, Gamecube and Dreamcast (soon to be HomeStation) all online consoles, they need a Hard Drive.

What is that I can hear you all cry?

Yes indeedy. A games console (any computer infact), internet access and a hard drive (e.g. HomeStation will have 150GB HD) means one thing.... well a couple actually.

This has what has come to my attention.

1) Hackers & Crackers - surely they could hack into the console and it would be espcially bad with the HomeStation (with it having more important stuff on).

2) Viruses - again, surely part or all of you games conole would go kaboom (well more like VVVVVvvvvvv.......*dead*) or maybe the virus might over heat it a make it literally catch alight

SO....this leads me to my conclusion.

Take a risk online with your console (fine by me :) ) and risk having your games console damaged ...OR... wait for sufficient software to intercept hackers or detect and get rid of viruses. This has been done with the Personal Computer already.
It won't be long until this software comes out but if you ask me, its a game. The companies (Nintendo, Sony etc.) surely knew this at the time and didnt want to let the public know until the time came and made a big thing out of it, making the punlice pressurised into buying security software.

Thanks for reading,
(Soon to come, a battle of consoles website :) )

He replied by giving me a long winded answer so I asked him to put it into 2 or 3 sentnces and he said:

When playing a DVD on any PS2 and a HD , it'll still play the same as without. However you can put your DVD's onto the HD and therefore save the disc from being scratched.

OK

I'll phone him, get back to you later

Okay then.

But when you mention the things he said, NO TWISTING HIS WORDS!

Talk to my m8 about that one, PAL and US PS2's he's got. He's my clever friend that everyones got (u know how everyone has got a clever friend) I'll ask him. He works for a computer firm.

Damn!

But then, it is a Japenese one, not PAL.

1) Ok I wasnt thinking and made a mistake.
Consoles with HD's

2) The HD makes no difference to DVD's cos my m8 has a JAP PS2 with a JAP HD and the DVD's run exactly the same. SO pish :)

DJ Birchy wrote:
> Yeh, but u have to buy it to put into the Expansion Bay

Yes, but, watch a DVD with the HDD and notice how clear and smooth it is. Then play a online game with it in.

Notice the little virus that hopefully pops up?

The Dreamcast is a console, and you said,
""Consoles could get viruses. . ."
But it still has no hard drive, and thus, doesn't get viruses.

Yeh, but u have to buy it to put into the Expansion Bay