With today’s technology, downloading online PC games has become faster and easier than ever before. The introduction of peer-to-peer sharing networks, also known as P2P, allows users to share files with each other over a common network. Though intended for the sharing of personal files, some P2P online games websites also promote the exchange of copyrighted movies, music and games. Although many popular sites like Napster and eDonkey have now been closed down, or made to abide copyright laws, P2P sites are still a popular source of downloading online PC games.

You can also download PC games through pay-and-download game sites. Here you can access the online games network after paying a small membership fee. Often, the quality of these games exceeds that of the P2P networks, as they are not accompanied by viruses, trojans and spyware. Online customer support and money-back guarantees also reinforce the reliability of these games sites. Should you wish to purchase complete versions of these games, sites like Amazon offer digital downloads for the proper retail price of each game. The time taken to download large files has reduced a lot in recent times thanks to constantly increasing bandwidths.

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PSP, or PlayStation Portable, is another device that has prompted the release of a large number of downloadable online games today. Popular with people of all ages, this compact unit allows the user to play not just games, but movies and audio too. However, downloading PSP games is slightly more complicated than downloading online games for your PC.

While the personal computer runs on systems like Mac or Windows the PSP unit requires PSP firmware, which is installed in the flash disk of the console. This allows the PSP to play not just games but also run videos and audio.

However, unlike operating systems in PCs, the PSP firmware is not compatible with all games. For example, newer versions of PSP firmware (i.e. 2.0 and above), though successful in improving the overall performance of the device, do not support PSP game downloads. Introduced as a security feature, this prevents users from playing unauthorized software on the PSP. In addition, it is only possible to upgrade the PSP; one cannot ‘downgrade’ to an older version of firmware.

The system software information located in the system settings menu will allow you to find out that which version of firmware your PSP can use.

New PSP owners however will not be disappointed to know that software designers have discovered a way to work around this problem: in the form of PSP emulators. This software can read and interpret all kinds of console games, almost ‘converting’ your PSP firmware to do so. These emulators come in many different forms, and can be free or paid for.

PSP game downloads are becoming increasingly popular, and with the addition of audio and video downloads, one can virtually build an entire entertainment collection, for less than the cost of a family pizza meal.

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