Xbox 360 firmware preview preps for updated disc format
Microsoft is preparing for a new Xbox 360 update, to test an "updated Xbox 360 disc format." The company is taking sign-ups for interested parties now, so check it out.
Microsoft is getting ready for a new Xbox 360 firmware update, and is once again requesting testers for its System Update Preview program. Xbox Live programming director Larry Hryb (aka "Major Nelson") posted the details on his blog. This update is said to prepare for an "updated Xbox 360 disc format," though Nelson was vague on differences between current 360 discs and the new ones.
This update might also be the one to raise the Friends List cap above 100. The limitation was due to the legacy of the first Xbox, and the company couldn't expand it without shutting down multiplayer servers for Halo 2. Now that the servers have been closed, there shouldn't be anything standing in the way of the long-awaited Friends List expansion. Of course, don't take that as a guarantee.
Microsoft is seeking "multiple thousands" of US-based participants for the test. Silver members are allowed in, but Gold members will take priority in the selection process. Those selected will get a copy of Halo: Reach, plus "other possible rewards." If a free copy of a game sounds like apt pay for being Microsoft's guinea pig, sign up to be considered.
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Comment on Xbox 360 firmware preview preps for updated disc format, by Steve Watts.
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I think it should show at least one of those if you go to the liscene transfer screen, or look at the account history it may show what console stuff was bought on. If you registered you 360 (like if you referb'd it or something) you should find that in the help menus, as if you were going to send it in for a rrod.
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Links: https://myservice.xbox.com/en-US/Pages/ConsoleManager.aspx This says the serial of a shipped one. If you go to request a repair from here it *should* tell you the number of a registered console . That is here. https://myservice.xbox.com/en-US/Pages/DeviceRegistration.aspx
https://live.xbox.com/en-US/ConsoleLicenseTransfer/Begin this page will have the ID of a console you bought stuff on.
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Went to sign-up and stopped abruptly after reading "You acknowledge that due to the unique nature of pre-release software update programs, there is a risk that this software update may impair your console's functionality or even render it inoperable." No mention of whether or not they'd replace a console which became 'inoperable'. I wouldn't be so skittish except that this update will be essentially beta testing firmware. I don't feel like running the risk of bricking my 360 and then having to replace it on my dollar. My 2cents.
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