At PAX East today, Microsoft confirmed that support for USB devices is on the way for the Xbox 360. On April 6, a 360 system update will be released allowing you to use a USB device with your 360. Flash devices are supported, and USB hard drives "may" work with the 360, but both will be limited to a 16GB partition, so let's not get crazy or anything. Flash drives are "highly recommended" over USB hard drives. You'll be able to have two USB devices on your system at a time, boosting memory to an added 32 GB.
While any Flash drive will work with the 360, Microsoft is partnering with Sandisk to release a pre-configured 360-branded USB drive, for Xbox loyalists. That comes out in May. The system update will also provide some enhanced memory functions to make moving data between your storage devices a little smoother.
This is a step in the right direction, especially for 360 users like me who bought a tiny hard drive model, but I can't help but be a little concerned/angered by the 16 GB limit on the USB drives. I'm no technical genius, but couldn't the "ceiling" just as easily been 32 GB? But whatever; I just can't wait to free up precious hard-drive space by making a Rock Band USB device!
Source: Major Nelson
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channelcy
obvious ways to torrent games are obvious
mattmcb0692
i really dont think the 360 needs anymore memory and besides this is just gonna boost the chances of people flashing there 360s.
PersonaShin
16 GB still seems really unimpressive to me. It still feels like they're holding back on us--I don't see a reason why they can't up the gigabytes at least a little bit more. 16 gigs goes by quick for me and I'm not the type of person who likes to buy new space savers over and over again whenever I'm running low. It's a step in the right direction definitely, but I believe that it would make more sense, to me, if the storage device was bigger.
Jabman0025
I'm going to give up and get the 250 hard drive for the 360 my tiny little 20 gig HD is just being a pain lately. I think they are price gouging a little but hey...........its microsoft big surprise
GingerKid
I'm sorry but 360 really SUCKS!! Thumb me down all you want fanboys, I'll be playing God of War, this year's GOTY, on my PS3 with the 500GB hard drive in it.
T_Rexx
Talk about nex-gen.
greyfish7
so the 250gb standalone drive is sitting in my amazon cart, then I hear this....
hrm....
sPaWn324
this is retarded lol 16 gb come one why not 100
kwfang
Couldn't PS3 alreasy do this?
Just wondering
Arius_de_Galdri
Welcome to the year 2010, 360 owners...
AMdG
ABXPuPpeT
finally
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