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But why? Why take the drive into a store to download games when you have the same capability at home? And if you're one of the 5% of console owners without a broadband connection, you'll still know someone who has one.

And this is minor, but USB 2.0 speeds are comparable to Firewire -- or close enough that it probably wouldn't be worth building an extra port into consoles and bringing in nonstandard harddrives.