With all the next-gen consoles outfitted with hard drives, and the Xbox basically a computer running a specific OS; I' m kinda surprise that there' s been no console online viruses, which would actually be very potent since I don' t think there' s any Anti-Virus for consoles (besides patch downloads maybe)

Just a thought that maybe playing Online with your console is a wee bit dangerous, or will be, soon. Vicioius console-viruses stealing (not game saves, though possible) but those MP3s and pictures you kept sealed in the hard drive. Or hijacking your Xbox Live accounts, or any other online game you play like FFXI and Phantasy Star.

On the plus side, I can imagine a cool new avenue for BitTorrent...

I' m not saying they' re possible, but I don' t doubt with a little modding, ' online play' would just become another Internet, and then we' re have all the good and the bad.