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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 :) )
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 :) )
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Yours must have a HDD in it somewhere.
You said a minute ago that the ps2 has a HDD.
You said a minute ago that the ps2 has a HDD.
Think about it:
The Dreamcast has internet access, but no hard drive, and no viruses.
The Dreamcast has internet access, but no hard drive, and no viruses.
The ps2 has a hard drive because it has DVD playing capabilities. It saves the whole film to the hard drive so that it knows what is coming next, so it can play a nice, streaming film. If it didn't, then it would be jumpy, because the film will be trying to keep up with itself, while the ps2 is downloading, analysing and transmitting the film to the T.V.
Basicly, the ps2 has a HDD because, without it, the framerate on the DVD's would be too slow and that may cause it to freeze or something.
Basicly, the ps2 has a HDD because, without it, the framerate on the DVD's would be too slow and that may cause it to freeze or something.
But that won't be possible because the consoles won't have hard drives.
Yes, I know.
But, in one easy sentence:
"Consoles won't get viruses, or need a hard drive, or need a cache."
But, in one easy sentence:
"Consoles won't get viruses, or need a hard drive, or need a cache."
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