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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 :) )

U need memory of a HD or sumthing to go online with it.
AND.. I do want consoles to have HD's

Open up your P.C and take a look. The memory chips are completely independant from the HD. They have their own little compartment on the motherboard.

And with no memory u cant go online :)
And still, a virus infects a HD which is 'memory' after all

So, in other words, you don't want a hard drive. You just want consoles to have memory and a cache?

Also, currently the consoles don't have hard drives or memory. Everything is stored on memory cards or game cartridges, so there is nowhere for a virus to encrypt itself. Therefore, a console can't get a virus.

When I say Hard Drive I mean a Hard Drive or the memory it has for the internet.

In reply - Viruses can make it over heat by making the RPM extremely high

and HArd Drives for downloading games, movies, storing other things like game saves (e.g. PS2)

1. Viruses can't make a machine overheat.
2. Why the hell do you want a hard drive in a game?

Oh yeah, before I forget, "Welcome to the Site".

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 :) )