What consoles do you load all games off using FTP/SMB?

[Kazmar]

Hello all,

I've always imagined my future to look something like this: a bunch of consoles, connected to a network, and they load all their games off of a central server somewhere in my house. However, that dream is not yet reality, since my house (my parents house) has no ethernet ports in the walls.

I believe the PS3 can load titles directly through FTP, and I think the PS2 can too. Maybe the Wii? Currently, I've got all of my consoles loading games either off of hard drive or SD card, with the exception of the PS1 which I use burned discs.

NES: SD
N64: SD
GameCube: SD
Wii: Hard Drive
Wii U: Hard Drive
PS1: Burned Disc
PS2: Hard Drive
PS3: SSD
Dreamcast: SD
Xbox: Hard Drive
Xbox 360: Hard Drive

As said above, I think the PS2, 3 and Wii can load off FTP. But can any of those other consoles?

All in all, who here has a central server for all their games? Or is using a local storage medium pretty much the only way people load their games? I'm curious if anyone has already obtained my dream setup. It seems handy, but also possibly finniky.

 

[a_username_that_is_cool]

I don't use servers for anything, and if I do, I download them to the storage method from the server, not stream it

 

[sonictopfan]

Hello all,

I've always imagined my future to look something like this: a bunch of consoles, connected to a network, and they load all their games off of a central server somewhere in my house. However, that dream is not yet reality, since my house (my parents house) has no ethernet ports in the walls.

I believe the PS3 can load titles directly through FTP, and I think the PS2 can too. Maybe the Wii? Currently, I've got all of my consoles loading games either off of hard drive or SD card, with the exception of the PS1 which I use burned discs.

NES: SD
N64: SD
GameCube: SD
Wii: Hard Drive
Wii U: Hard Drive
PS1: Burned Disc
PS2: Hard Drive
PS3: SSD
Dreamcast: SD
Xbox: Hard Drive
Xbox 360: Hard Drive

As said above, I think the PS2, 3 and Wii can load off FTP. But can any of those other consoles?

All in all, who here has a central server for all their games? Or is using a local storage medium pretty much the only way people load their games? I'm curious if anyone has already obtained my dream setup. It seems handy, but also possibly finniky.

PS Vita, 3DS, Wii U, my NOKIA Streaming Box, to name a few, I use FTP with all of them using my phone since I don't have a computer.