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Sun 25/11/01 at 21:02
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As years pass, consoles and PCs are getting updated more and more. The consoles have changed a lot over the years. We have gone from Nintendos and Mega Drives to PS2s and N64s. Also, soon to be released is the X-Box and the Gamecube. Consoles are getting more and more like PCs though. I mean, now consoles use disks instead of cartridges and are beginning to be able to do other things apart from gaming such as being able to go onto the internet. If you ask me, about 20 years from now the word "console" may not be heard of. They might as well stop making consoles if they are going to be able to do everything a PC can do or they could just call them PCs.

In my view this may be why the gamecube cannot use the internet and do other things which the PS2 and X-Box can do. What do you think?
Sun 25/11/01 at 22:30
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Gamecube is solely for games which may end up being a bad idea for ninty, maybe PC'esque consoles are what people want. DVD playback, hard disks, net access all count to what makes an entertainment system.
Sun 25/11/01 at 22:24
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I tried to think of a major fundamental difference between consoles and PC's, but I couldn't...
Sun 25/11/01 at 22:23
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My consoles are very personel to me! So they are PC's (personel computers)
Sun 25/11/01 at 22:17
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yes they are.

Apart from the GC wich is solely designed to play amazing games.
Sun 25/11/01 at 21:02
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As years pass, consoles and PCs are getting updated more and more. The consoles have changed a lot over the years. We have gone from Nintendos and Mega Drives to PS2s and N64s. Also, soon to be released is the X-Box and the Gamecube. Consoles are getting more and more like PCs though. I mean, now consoles use disks instead of cartridges and are beginning to be able to do other things apart from gaming such as being able to go onto the internet. If you ask me, about 20 years from now the word "console" may not be heard of. They might as well stop making consoles if they are going to be able to do everything a PC can do or they could just call them PCs.

In my view this may be why the gamecube cannot use the internet and do other things which the PS2 and X-Box can do. What do you think?

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