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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 :) )

:) I know the games aswell, Im not that thick

I can see we're getting no where here :D

DJ Birchy wrote:
> If u cant get onto websites then whats the point :D

So that you can play GAMES online!

DJ Birchy wrote:
> BUT THE POINT IS YOU CAN GET A HARD DRIVE WHICH WOULD CONTAIN A CACHE :D
And
> when I say copied games I dont mean warez (I do in a way), I mean if some1 buys
> a copied game from a dealer which is on a disc

oh

DJ Birchy wrote:
> And I was saying u needed a cache if u went online so that u can look at stuff
> offline and play games offline

Consoles are designed so that you can play a game offline.

eg. Most people play their games offline because they don't have a modem. The game is stored on a disc, and saved stuff on a mempory card.

BUT THE POINT IS YOU CAN GET A HARD DRIVE WHICH WOULD CONTAIN A CACHE :D
And when I say copied games I dont mean warez (I do in a way), I mean if some1 buys a copied game from a dealer which is on a disc

DJ Birchy wrote:
> People will be tempted to buy copied versions as it already
> shows. And the games u (might, if u have a HD :) ) download might contain them
> :)

I never download games anyway, onto my P.C. It's too risky.

Also, if you could download things from the web onto a console, you wouldn't be able to keep them because the console won't remember them because there won't be a HDD or cache.

And I was saying u needed a cache if u went online so that u can look at stuff offline and play games offline

If u cant get onto websites then whats the point :D

DJ Birchy wrote:
> *cry* U lot keep coming up with
> things.
OK then, u dont need memory to go online....... but that means u cant
> have caches, or download games, movies, programable TV etc.

You won't need a cache because all the games will be on CD or DVD, and you will save onto a memory card. You only need a cache if you are using the internet to access recent files. But you only get them on P.C's.

eg. Ukchatforums is in my P.C's cache.

You won't need it on a console because the internet thing on consoles will be espicially for online gaming, and therefore, you can't get onto websites and so don't need a cache.