Teddman said:
What kind of advantages does the Hard Drive offer for a PS2 owner?
As Wario said, there's an option to back-up your save files on it. Also, here's a list of upcoming games that'll support it (and the uses):
Ambrosia Odyssey (unknown; would assume optional for offline play, required for online [as it uses PlayOnline])
Final Fantasy XI: Online: Chains of Promathia (
HDD Required; installs & uses PlayOnline)
Front Mission Online (
HDD Required; installs & uses PlayOnline)
Gran Turismo IV (unknown)
Nobunaga's Ambition (
HDD Required; installs) (supposedly seeing US release soon?)
Resident Evil: Outbreak (cache option)
Resident Evil: Outbreak: File #2 (cache option)
Shadow Hearts: Covenant (cache option)
SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals (downloadable content... well, someday...)
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (downloadable content)
Tony Hawk's Underground II (file sharing/storage; custom skaters, parks, etc)
Wild ARMs: Alter Code: F (cache option)
There's probably more I'm forgetting...
Unfortunately, they yanked all of the music ripping, media center, etc features out of the US HDD before release. Nobody knows if they'll be added back in or not, but I'm not holding my breath.
seismologist said:
If you can squeeze in 100 hours or so within that month you'll have seen almost everything there is to see, IMO.
Haha, not even close.