USB Memory Support for the Xbox 360 coming April 6thOn April 6th, we will be releasing a system update over Xbox
LIVE for your Xbox 360 that will allow USB flash drives to be used for
storing profiles, game saves, demos and more. I’ve been testing this
feature out for a few weeks, and I have to say it’s really great. Once you take
the system update on April 6th, you’ll be able to connect your
USB flash drives to your console and head over to the memory section to
configure your new storage device. Once you do that, the system will conduct a
one time performance and integrity check to confirm the drive is working
properly. You will then be able to configure how much storage to use on the
device, up to 16 GB. The remaining space on the flash drive will be accessible
by your PC or Mac. USB Hard drives may work, but like flash memory, you’ll only
be able to use up to 16GB of space. Since performance on flash based USB storage
is usually better, I highly recommend using flash
based instead of spinning media like a hard drive…it’s just going to give you a
MUCH better experience.
We’ve also enhanced the memory management functions, so you’ll be able to
have better control on what you want to copy or move between storage devices.
A couple of geeky points:
You can have 2 devices connected to the console at a time, enabling up to
32GB of simultaneous storage.
The system won’t just configure the device once it is connected to the
console. You’ll need to head to the memory area in system settings, select your
USB Device, and choose from Configure Now (Format and Configure the Full
Device), or Customize (you can choose how much memory you want configured for
Xbox360 from the free space on the device.)
While any flash drive can be used, we are partnering with SanDisk to release an Xbox 360 branded USB flash
drive in May that comes pre-configured out of the box and ready to go. I’ll
provide links to those drives once they’re available. Until then,
starting April 6th (when we release the system update) you can
pop any flash drive over 1GB into your Xbox 360 and configure it as storage.
I’ve
posted a bunch of screen shots that show you what the experience is like with a
USB flash drive, as well as a look at the new memory management screens.
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