What is an online game? What is the difference between an online game and a console game?

PC Games can be roughly grouped into online games and console games. Online games refer to the games which at least have one part operating via internet. The main part of online games software operates on their internet servers. The terminal users don’t have to obtain the software and the users’ data are also stored on the server. Though some of the console games share some of the online functions by allowing users to fight against each others in the games through the local area network or server, the data of the users are not stored in the server.