Xbox 360 USB Storage On The Way
Written by Sandeep Singh in Technology - Print This Post
If you were thinking of switching from your Xbox 360 to any other device just because storage options then you might just need to hold on, Yeah ! Microsoft’s Major Nelson has confirmed the arrival of USB Storage to Xbox 360 pretty soon.
According to Major Nelson the software update that will make this fascinating feature of USB storage work in your Xbox is due on April 6, leaving gamers only a weeks time to rely on the memory cards and hard drives for system storage expansion–at least if they are happy with 32 GB.
The Gamers might still feel little disappointment, according to sources the size limits on storage formatting are relatively quaint. The end users can only have between 1 GB to 16 GB per USB device, and to add on almost two devices can be used at a time, thus summing up to 32GB max. This makes it clear that you wont be able to use your old memory sticks having less than 1 GB storage, and that you can’t utilize a large and cheap external hard disk drive as an alternative to Microsoft’s existing hard drive options.
XBox 360 USB Storage
It’s important to mention that you can’t use your USB sticks directly on the Xbox. You need to run a small formatting utility using Xbox dashboard. To use standard disks Nelson announced that Microsoft would soon be releasing Xbox-branded SanDisk USB sticks that come ready to be used right out of the box. The SanDisk sticks are set to be released in May, though Nelson could not offer capacities or pricing.
This is, the only new feature that is going into April’s system update. The last big update of Microsoft was done in November 2009.
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I am not a game fanatic. But I guess this move can mean a lot to the gaming market. And a concern to the Sony Playstation Company I guess..
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Yeah .. that has been the disadvantage of XBOX for a long tym
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ya sandeep i agree with your point
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This is a good news for me.. I am eagerly waiting for the update .. .
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yeah it is on and rolling
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Wow, That’s a pretty good news for all Xbox lovers
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Thats great news !! i personally needed it
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USB Storage is good thing to hear..
Cheers XBOX
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Yeah it is !!
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Sounds cool. XBOX has unique crowd in the gaming market. This news will surely bring smile in the XBOX Device owners.
Cheers !
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The sales market of xbox has increased by 20 % this week so…it is doing wonders
This was actually a big problem but this seems to be a good news for me and other xbox users, thanks for sharing Sandeep.
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No mention mam !! its my pleasure sharing !!
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great news for all xbox lovers..:)
Hey it is really a good news for all Xbox 360 users including me.I like that you have explained very well in detail about Xbox 360 USB storage and it seems very useful for me.I will definitely get this for me.It will be a good move from Microsoft.
Thanks dean !! yeah hope u will buy it soon
Great news! The only thing I know is that everything is changing and that the games that are released in a few years will be different from what we have now
Life is changing daily nd so will the gaming market !! changes are sure to happen
Nice guest post By you sandeep..
congrats…
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