| Games are a HUGE part of our lives now in case | | | | even BROKEN then your game will be ruined I'm |
| you haven't already noticed; you can't watch the | | | | afraid. |
| television without there being a commercial for a | | | | However, there is light at the end of the tunnel |
| game for the Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3 or even | | | | my friends, so never fear. There is information all |
| the Xbox 360. All of these companies that | | | | over the Internet regarding ways of protecting |
| produce these games for us are in competition | | | | your games from damage by backing up/copying |
| with each other to offer us the best gaming | | | | them and you can find it on places like forums, |
| experience there is to have. Important factors | | | | blogs and gaming communities informing you of |
| contribute to having the best gaming experience | | | | so called tried and tested ways of safely backing |
| there is, which are: graphics, storyline and | | | | up your game which personally is a load of trash. |
| entertainment value. So these factors must be | | | | However to SUCCESSFULLY backup/copy your |
| top notch for it to attract potential buyers like | | | | computer games you need to acquire a piece of |
| you or me. | | | | software that allows you to properly create a |
| Now we move onto the actual platform or | | | | duplicate of your game/s thus preventing any loss |
| console you will play it on, consoles like the | | | | of information. It does this by decrypting the |
| Playstation 3 or the Xbox 360 have a built in | | | | encryption code that is on the games disc which |
| internal hard drive which is beneficial for people | | | | acts as a copy protector and prevent privacy, |
| who always play games because it mean you can | | | | once this has been successful you can then put |
| backup your games on there however the space | | | | the duplicate onto a local hard drive which can |
| provided by the console isn't enough to back up | | | | then be burnt onto a blank CD/DVD for further |
| the whole game so if anything bad should happen | | | | use in the future, what's more is that it is only a |
| God forbid like your game becoming damaged or | | | | ONE time investment. |