Hi,
1) PS is a world wide game, so even if the east coast doesnt\'t have any power, it won\'t heavily affect the number of people playing PS. (America isn\'t the world...

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2) Since there are lots of player on PS using Linux, even a Worm wouldn\'t decrease the number of players dramatically...

(btw, the worm didn\'t affect Win98 like systems, only unpatched NT based afaik)